Sentence examples for heightened the concern from inspiring English sources

The widespread layoffs of 2001 heightened the concern, and when the attacks of Sept. 11 accelerated the layoffs, the end of the spend-a-thon seemed likely.

In a sign of how heightened the concern over the Continent's banks has become, government officials raced to prop up Dexia before global financial markets opened Monday, in a bid to stave off investors' concerns about other banks.

The apparent selection of strangers as targets -- a man mowing the grass, a woman on a park bench, a cabdriver gassing up his taxi, a man tending to his groceries, the woman vacuuming -- heightened the concern as the public went about the same sort of daily activities that the victims had been engaged in.

The recent revelation about a high government official allegedly surfing for 14-year-old girls has heightened the concern.

The increasing application of engineered nanoparticles (ENPs) has heightened the concern that these ENPs would eventually be released to the environment and may enter into life cycle of living beings.

That other community members selected those who were indigent, and that those selected then received an identity card as an indigent, heightened the concerns of stigmatization.

Would this heighten the concern that causes the most denial: the fear of injury and death?

Apparently, the site said, someone later used her seized laptop and e-mail account to send messages to friends that word of her arrest was a "mere rumor," heightening the concern about her.

The appointments of Mr. Taeb and Mr. Naqdi are likely to heighten the concerns of the opposition.

Morley's injury and Sam Tomkins' groin strain can only heighten the concerns that have already emerged from England's deeply uneven performance in Auckland on Saturday.

Mr. Zapatero, who is also in his second term but without a parliamentary majority, this week urged the center-right opposition Popular Party to show patriotism and avoid heightening the concerns of investors.