But they did not seem to be any direct threat.

They were not a direct threat to our national security.

They are considered to be a direct threat to the rest of society.

But the official said no direct threats were made against his life.

No, we cannot influence him, even with direct threats to the church.

In the past, the most direct threat was killing them for their oil.

Half the population would see their own government as a direct threat, regardless of who's in control.

Such men are a direct threat to the American people, and they will be defeated.

You act differently than expected, and not in response to the direct threat.

In fact, the terrain would hold few direct threats for him now.

In Angela's mind it was a direct threat to her family.

The Witch opened as she usually did, with a direct threat.

Those sales were, of course, an immediate and direct threat to Israel's security.

It's irresponsible and a direct threat to the economy of our nation.

Not in relation to the more direct threats on her life, those she'd lived with for so long.

In fact, the new warning is a direct threat to the lives of millions, not thousands.

This was seen by some as a direct threat to a number of the political parties which are small in membership.

But my patient was far too clever to make any direct threats against me.

"It's natural for Colombia to try to respond first to the direct threat."

They too would respond to direct threats, but not automatically with force.

Who would join forces with someone like that, if they weren't under direct threat?"

This step was interpreted by Kennedy as a direct threat to the "free world".

And our three countries have territory or military forces under direct threat of missile attack today.

"There was a direct threat against the jurors," I said.

Viewing such an expansion as a direct threat to Japanese national security.