1. My tardiness prompted an immediate threat of a fine, but it never materialised.

2. The immediate threat to the West may be inflation; the spectre in the shadows is deflation.

3. Officials said there was no immediate threat of tsunami, a seismic ocean wave, which could be catastrophic to the area.

4. The most significant immediate threat to the existence of wild tiger populations is the illegal trade in poached skins and body parts between India, Nepal and China.

5. The 2014–2015 coup d'état was viewed by Saudi leadership as an immediate threat, and as an opportunity for Iran to gain a foothold in the region.

6. Unless the debris accumulation is an immediate threat to the integrity of the piers and abutments or wing walls (see Measure 4.4), time debris removal to protect spawning fish, their incubating eggs and larval life stages.