Sentence examples for threatened confidence from inspiring English sources

He was answering Democratic Unionist William McCrea who said the meat revelations threatened "confidence in the safety of the food we eat" as he called for criminal prosecutions.

For example, the discovery of the degree of complexity of FoF challenged expectations that the CBTi could be delivered by non-specialist staff, which in turn threatened confidence that the CBTi would be implementable on a larger scale in 'the real world'.

"All of this threatens confidence in the dollar at home and abroad, leading to the risk of bringing on a worldwide depression," he warned.

More subtly, attacks on national potential also threaten confidence in "my own greatness".

She tried modeling, but that also threatened her self-confidence.

As opposition to the Afghanistan war grows, our very confidence that we can "win" dims, threatening our confidence in military might and a history of prosecuting wars that win territories and hearts and minds.

This is dangerous and threatens consumer confidence in the industry.

But for other employees, that closeness threatens their confidence in confidentiality.

It could threaten public confidence in growth-boosting policies like free trade, reckons Dani Rodrik, of the Institute for Advanced Study, in Princeton.

"The relationship between the police and the local prosecutors is incestuous and threatens public confidence in the integrity of the process," he said.

But this process is too big and important to threaten the confidence of those who have invested in it by further delay.