Sentence examples similar to edge concerns from inspiring English sources

For more than a week, the players whom Thomas had proposed in deals were on edge, concerned about their future to the point of distraction, Mutombo said.

"The desired market stabilization seems farther down the road, as credit markets remain on edge, housing concerns worsen and recession fears intensify," Smith wrote in a research note last week.

Internet companies and cutting-edge telecommunications concerns, after all, were revolutionizing the world.

Another former agency official, Michael Brownlee, who had headed the office of defect investigations and was associate administrator for enforcement when he retired in 1997, said an agency review was warranted by the reports of flying debris, sharp edges and concerns about whether an air bag might properly deploy.

For five years – between 2001 and 2006 – Phoebe Philo, taking over from best friend Stella McCartney as creative director of Chloé, was perhaps more influential than any other designer as far as dressing the savvy young woman who liked her clothes witty, pretty and with just the right amount of urban edge was concerned.

"They were completely wiped out by the freezing temperatures last night," she says, her voice edged with concern.

Several recent polls suggest that if elections were held today Labor would gain the most votes after Likud, and that issues of socioeconomic equality would edge out security concerns.

The increasing popularity of around-the-clock sports highlight shows has taken some of the edge off league concerns that the West's dominance would hurt interest in the game.

" 'I'm for all these good things, and I'm going to go down and fight for New Jersey's values.' That means anything to anybody, it sounds populist in nature, and really takes the edge off any concerns people have about his money.

Gerry's actions in support of the War of 1812 had a partisan edge: he expressed concerns over a possible Federalist seizure of Fort Adams (as Boston's Fort Independence was then known) as a prelude to Anglo-Federalist cooperation, and sought the arrest of printers of Federalist newspapers.

Second, a well-known issue in growth curve modelling concerns "edge effects": estimates are least precise at the oldest and youngest ages, and flexible curves may exhibit undesirable behaviour near these boundaries [ 31].