Example sentences of "had [been] fear " in BNC.
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| 1 | Louis Gerstner clearly decided that discretion was the better part of valour when it came to facing the blue rinse brigade at the annual meeting in Tampa , Florida yesterday , and just before the meeting , IBM Corp announced that its diminished dividend would be unchanged at 54 cents a share for the first quarter ; there had been fears that the company would cut it again . |
| 2 | Indeed , during the 1950s there had been fears that there might be a liquidity shortage unless the USA took steps to increase the supply of dollars . |
| 3 | There had been fears about his position after he met namesake Albert Reynolds , the Eire Premier , a few weeks ago . |
| 4 | The French Foreign Minister , Roland Dumas , said on Aug. 22 that there was " as yet " no evidence of official Iranian involvement ; there had been fears that the incident , coming on top of the recent difficulties in resolving a financial dispute between France and Iran [ see p. 38363 ] , could jeopardize a planned visit to Iran by French President Mitterrand . |
| 5 | There had been fears in Lithuania that Poland might claim part of its territory , including Vilnius . |
| 6 | There had been fears that increasingly vociferous Russian nationalism would cause the conflict to escalate . |
| 7 | There had been fears that construction of the tunnel in the scenic Aspe valley , and the increased traffic it would bring , would threaten wildlife , including the 10 remaining Pyrenean bears [ see ED 62 , passim ] . |
| 8 | There had been fears that the entry of SeaCat into the cross-Channel route would mean more companies competing for business in a static market . |
| 9 | There had been fears for her life but she had recovered . |
| 10 | There had been fears that allegations of British Conservative support for ‘ dirty tricks ’ against Mr Clinton during the American election campaign last year may also cast a cloud over the Prime Minister 's visit . |
| 11 | There had been fears the scheme had collapsed . |
| 12 | One factor inhibiting the spread of written documents had been fear of forgery . |
| 13 | They stayed there for about twenty minutes , walked where once there had been fear and intimidation , tried to imagine it as it had been , wondered who 'd died there , whose dreams had been shattered . |