The potential benefits must be weighed up against the costs involved and the risk of failure.
Why not leave them alone if the risk of failure is so great?
Should a woman be given a kidney transplant when there is a high risk of failure?
Without American participation, any intervention will carry a high risk of failure.
In other words, he needed to act more like an entrepreneur, even at the risk of failure.
The risk of failure was remote - but on a day like this?
The men since and the risk of failure just didn't seem worth it.
Many managers say they trust their employees but don't want to take the risk of failure.
With higher targets, more schools are now at risk of failure.
Either get involved, or run the risk of failure.