Sentence examples for because they were fearful from inspiring English sources

Others said they could not participate because they were fearful of ridicule or reprimand.

"The shogunate banned them because they were fearful of the consequences of having guns in hands of an angry populace," said Robert Whiting, author of Tokyo Underworld.

A number of large law firms reportedly turned down the assignment because they were fearful of taking on an awkward new client and alienating existing ones.

It concluded that Fannie and Freddie had loosened underwriting standards, bought and guaranteed riskier loans and increased their purchases of mortgage-backed securities because they were fearful of losing more market share to Wall Street competitors.

"It wasn't because they were fearful," Mr. Sa'at added, "but because both our media and education system have been very poor at providing Singaporeans with a language with which to discuss politics.

Before 1990, the panel found, the police were reluctant to investigate claims of sexual abuse by the clergy because they were fearful of challenging the privileged position of Roman Catholic Church authorities.

As Dr. Van Zanten said, "The Board of Education fears opening up more campus spaces to parking because they're fearful that if we do add spaces, more kids will drive, exacerbating the problem instead of solving it".

That's because they're fearful of the big dogs.

Migrants crossing through Mexico have long been vulnerable to kidnapping because they are fearful of going to the authorities.

He added that older politicians are hesitant to help younger ones because they are fearful of being replaced by them.

Perabo read a rant from a woman who hated Muslims because they are "fearful and backward-thinking people".