Sentence examples for have been fear from inspiring English sources

The Fed's only reason for hesitating might have been fear of making inflation worse.

It may have been fear for my own future, and arguably vanity, that ultimately motivated me to donate my eggs.

In view of the total absence of any intimation that petitioner had violated the Interstate Commerce Act or was himself guilty of criminal conduct, the actual basis for his refusal to testify may well have been fear of gangster reprisals, a not unreasonable fear in such circumstances.

Dani Alves, in particular, is a sham of a defender – which is why Dunga prefers Maicon – but so long as Barcelona control possession it doesn't matter because his job is to be an extra man in midfield and to overlap for Messi (it may have been fear he would not be able to get forward as usual that led Guardiola to use Messi not on the right but as a false nine).

Another factor may have been fear that the Umma party would try to re-establish a Mahdist state with Abd al-Rahman as king.

"There have been fears of contagion that could ripple into equity markets" he said.

There have been fears that the pod would become stranded in the shallows.

Eclipses, however, have been feared all over the world for millennia.

There have been fears of a breakdown in law and order.

There have been fears that hydraulic fracturing fluid injected at depth could reach up into drinking water aquifers.

Paul Hickman at KBC Peel Hunt said the figures were "better than might have been feared".