Example sentences of "who feared that [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This may be a relief for those who feared that a bigger Germany would be a militarily pugnacious Germany . |
| 2 | The seemingly extensive ambitions of Tsar Nicholas I in the Near East alarmed British statesmen who feared that a collapse of the large and decaying Ottoman Empire would be followed by Russian expansion into the areas formerly controlled by the Sultan . |
| 3 | Typically , it was an economic dispute between Muslims and Christians in Sidon — involving Muslim fishermen who feared that a new fishing consortium run by Chamoun and other Maronites would destroy their livelihood — that ignited the fire . |
| 4 | In March , however , the Halifax decided against this course of action while it became apparent that the Abbey National was going to face some opposition from its members who feared that an incorporated society would be more interested in the welfare of its shareholders than of its depositors and borrowers . |
| 5 | R. R. Stokes , a Catholic Labour MP who feared that the price of resistance to Hitler would be the establishment of Communism throughout Europe , led a small group of MPs in calling for peace negotiations — a position which accepted the partition of Poland as a fait accompli . |
| 6 | But his candidacy was naturally unacceptable to Henry I of England , who feared that the wealth and military power of Flanders would give Clito an unassailable advantage in Normandy ; and the risk of antagonizing Henry was not one which the cloth towns cared to take , because they feared disruption of the wool supply . |
| 7 | Initially there was considerable opposition from members of the faculty who feared that the proposals would undermine their own positions . |
| 8 | There was widespread opposition among the public at large who feared that the move would lead to too great an increase in presidential power . |
| 9 | A number of reports claimed that the postponement resulted from pressure by Congress ( I ) leaders who feared that the budget would be sufficiently unpopular seriously to diminish support for the party . |
| 10 | It has been welcomed by environmentalists , who feared that the dam would upset the Cher 's ecology . |