Sentence examples for be frightened of having from inspiring English sources
Europe must exert pressure and not be frightened of having a military presence within NATO using its own institutional forms and organisation - the Convention will need to create an institutional form for this - but must at the same time also have the courage to commit itself to this shared security.
He can't deal with Ganna forcefully, not because he loves her but because he is frightened of having offended her gods.
He shared with others that he had been frightened of having himself crucified on a Volkswagen, for "Trans-Fixed" (1974), but was pleasantly surprised by how painlessly the thin nails passed through his hands.
If satirists are frightened of having a go at Islam because they believe they may be killed - and they are - why shouldn't Christian fundamentalists decide to become more menacing?
Simon Mehigan says the tokophobic first-time expectant mothers he sees are frightened of having a complete lack of control over what is happening to them.
But that didn't work, because everything else I was frightened of had already happened.
Nick de Bois, the MP for Enfield North, said: "We should not be frightened of radical change; business has lost confidence in the ability of the education system to deliver work-ready employees so of course Michael is right to push up standards".
Another friend of mine said to me once after I'd given him one of my books: "You get me into the kitchen before I've had time to be frightened of being there".
You may be frightened of rejection or you may have a tendency to perfectionism; both motivations can cause you to avoid accepting help for fear of failing or being seen as a failure.
French employers, Mr Valls has said, are "frightened of hiring" because of labour-market rigidities.
