Example sentences of "because [pers pn] feared that " in BNC.
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| 1 | And she also knew that the reason for her pettiness was because she feared that Silas was disappointed in Doreen 's refusal to help at the barbecue . |
| 2 | The authorities sometimes turned down applications for butcher 's licences because they feared that the presence of such establishments would lead to increases in cattle stealing . |
| 3 | In addition , they supported the principle that receipt of the National Insurance pension should be conditional on retirement , because they feared that employers would treat pensions as a subsidy for wages if they were paid automatically at the age of 65 ( ibid . ) . |
| 4 | As they watched the towering ships sail forth his advisors were dismayed because they feared that the despatch of such a force would leave Ulthuan almost defenceless . |
| 5 | So , for various different reasons , most of the Unionist leaders approved of Lloyd George 's intentions ; the party managers agreed because they feared that continuing disorganization on the Coalition Liberal side might eventually wreck the government . |
| 6 | Pollution expert Michael Bradley said that oil companies were " all of a sudden doing some very amazing refinements to gasoline " , because they feared that the substitution of alternatives such as methanol would be made compulsory . |
| 7 | Silkin explained in a press interview that he had refused to enforce the law against the postal workers ' trade union because he feared that the action would precipitate a postal strike . |
| 8 | Buxton initiated his Civilization Society in part because he feared that to wait for antislavery principles to permeate foreign societies of slaveholders , which he believed to be BFASS policy , ‘ would cost us half a century , and that implies the sacrifice of twenty five millions of the human race ’ . |
| 9 | Schuman had not wished to introduce the measure in the French Parliament after the treaty was signed in 1952 because he feared that he could not guarantee its success . |
| 10 | Edward II had tried to suppress tournaments , because he feared that they might be used as occasions to form political conspiracies against the court , but his son now encouraged them as occasions when king and nobles could together demonstrate their knightly prowess . |
| 11 | He was cruel because he wanted to drive me away ; but he wanted to drive me away because he feared that he might love me completely . |
| 12 | It was an issue he preferred to keep quiet during his lifetime because he feared that it might have an adverse effect on his family . |
| 13 | On the strength of this advertisement , the Government persuaded a High Court judge to grant an " interim injunction " against the broadcast , because it feared that ex-employees of the security services might have breached confidence in the course of their interviews . |