Sentence examples for driven by fears that from inspiring English sources

In the first post-colonial ballot, in 1998, voters were driven by fears that China would curtail Hong Kong's freedoms.

The cabinet's snap decision to sell the bank to Nomura was driven by fears that IPB had only about two months to go before running into deep trouble.

The vote in Ticino, which abuts Italy, was driven by fears that provisions allowing freer movement of people would attract cheap labor from northern Italian areas.

Conservative opposition to the ACA is partly driven by fears that, once fully implemented, the program will prove popular and thus be difficult to roll back.

Now the arms race has begun: Neighboring countries are moving forward, driven by fears that Mr. Obama's diplomacy is fostering a nuclear Iran.

Republicans close to Mr. Romney acknowledge that politics are a factor, but they also say Mr. Romney is driven by fears that Mr. Putin will continue political repression and use his country's energy wealth to finance military expansion.

A panic is a stampede of selling and hoarding, driven by fear, that threatens the financial system and, through it, production and jobs.

The negative bias is driven by fear that dual-identity individuals will be disloyal to the majority, the researchers said.

It was a tic that I came to recognize: self-promotion driven by fear that one's self-effacement might be taken too literally.

In its long pursuit of Wen Ho Lee, the government was driven by fear that he had given up the nation's deepest atomic secrets.

In recent weeks the market for these corporate loans plummeted, driven by fear that banks have too many loans to manage.