Sentence examples for had been feared from inspiring English sources

Closing bases can cause less dislocation than had been feared.

America's jobs market is less fragile than had been feared.

The move had been feared on Wall Street for months.

A new report, however, suggests that the effects were much less dire than had been feared.

That is horrific, but down from the 165mph lashing that had been feared.

For a start, the news from Equitas was not as bad as had been feared.

She recovered to prove that the risks were not as bad as had been feared.

The tooth's fossilization, the researchers discovered, had not destroyed the barium biomarker, as had been feared.

This, however, is smaller than the £650m cut that had been feared.

But the storm's shift to the east eased some of the risks that had been feared.

A key confidence index was also lower, although it was slightly better than had been feared.