Sentence examples for fearful of setting from inspiring English sources

Twenty marines were nearby, 11 of them wounded, one already dead, and the other 8 in place, fearful of setting off additional mines if they moved.

While such employment assistance is becoming more prevalent, recruiting experts say, many companies are reluctant to talk about the practice, fearful of setting a precedent they will be unable to live up to for every new hire.

Since 1989 it has been particularly fearful of setting a precedent for international action against itself should it stage another bloody crackdown on dissent such as on the Tiananmen Square protests that year.

Fearful of setting a precedent that would open a floodgate of claims, the British government has always insisted that the legal responsibility for actions of the colonial administration lies with its successor; in other words, the government established at independence.

Two company officers had been wounded and two soldiers were trapped, fearful of setting off more mines.

The Ohio senator George Voinovich said: "I am fearful that today's action will begin the process of setting the American auto industry back even further.

"They must never be fearful about setting foot on one of our campuses".

But "Fearful Symmetries," set to the modular pulse of John Adams's 1988 Minimalist score of the same title, is an exception.

Thayer refused, fearful of seeding the practice.

"We're fearful this will set a precedent," said Cecil E. Roberts, president of the United Mine Workers.

Satellite television companies, previously fearful of the "high-risk" community, set up tables along the main avenue.