Example sentences of "to fear for [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All over Britain and Europe , ethnic minorities have suddenly begun to fear for their lives as extreme right-wing parties experience a resurgence of power and support . |
| 2 | A new defence doctrine began to take shape at the same time : it was intended to be non-offensive in character and to give other states no reason to fear for their security , notwithstanding the immense size of Soviet armed forces and the perceptions of those forces that were entertained particularly in Europe . |
| 3 | Leisure spending was projected to grow modestly to 1997 ( 1.1% in 1993 , 2.8% in 1994 , 2.4% in 1995 and 3% in 1996 and 1997 ) as people sought to pay off their debts and continued to fear for their jobs . |
| 4 | Rover says the idea is to encourage teamwork and save money , and insists that employees with genuine health problems have no need to fear for their jobs . |
| 5 | The food in question had , of course , belonged to the dead ; but now the living who still possessed their own meagre stores began to fear for their safety . |
| 6 | Locals began to fear for her safety . |
| 7 | Have we not the right to fear for our homeland as well as to fight and die for it ? ’ |
| 8 | If there 's absolutely no reason to fear for your children 's love , and equally no reason to doubt your man 's attachment to you , then the problem has to be rooted in you as a person . |
| 9 | I , too , began to fear for my life as I stooped over the lavatory bowl . |
| 10 | There is no need to fear for his sanity . |
| 11 | In Richard III Clarence has every reason to fear for his life , since he has been imprisoned in the Tower of London . |