Sentence examples for fearful of taking from inspiring English sources

They are fearful of taking on ill-defined responsibility and being blamed for any subsequent failure.

Andrea Capussela, a former official who helped to oversee economic policy in Kosovo, says that Eulex has proved craven, passive and fearful of taking on Kosovo's elite.

Financial firms, particularly those in Southern Europe, have been wary of offloading holdings at major discounts, fearful of taking losses and further depleting their capital cushions.

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.

At the same time, he nourished deep-seated anxieties and compulsions that made him fearful of taking on any challenge, one of the major themes of "The Quitter" (2005).

I think it's a lazy statement in itself, often directed at us by Americans fearful of taking their paltry two weeks' vacation or Asians, infused – no matter what tabloids tell you - with the true immigrant ethos of unrelenting hard work.

Instil fear in people who are not as young as they were, not quite as sprightly, who may be living alone, and may already be fearful not just of taking a tumble on the stairs but of what the future holds.

But the Democrats, many of whom are running for other offices, are clearly fearful of even taking a vote that would allow a sick, 80-year-old inmate to spend what remains of his life in a nursing home wearing an ankle bracelet.

Late last month investigators were so fearful about the risks of taking some potential Libyan witnesses into the American Embassy that they resorted to questioning people in cars outside the embassy.

But if you feel that the end is nigh, then being clear with a partner is usually a very good idea, unless of course you're fearful of the consequences of taking that step in which case you should seek professional help to keep safe.

Simon Gosden Rayleigh, Essex Can't we just admit that the purpose of the expansion of higher education (Don't hand universities back to the elite, 21 August) is to remove two million young people from the jobs market, while saddling them with a £30,000 debt before they even start work, thus making them fearful of the consequences of taking any possible future industrial action?