Sentences with phrase «scared off»

After a flood of optimism and investment in the early 1990's, the struggle to overcome host immune response and fears that organs could transmit pig viruses to humans scared off pharmaceutical funders.

Seidel isn't scared off by a different culture and an unfamiliar language.

The day before he said that in July, a polar bear wandered onto the Ny - Ålesund compound, provoking some fear before authorities scared it off.

«A lot of jobs in the Washington, D.C., area look like good positions,» he says, but he's scared off by the higher cost of living, in particular the disparity with the deep South on housing.

So, don't be scared off by titles or positions.

ACT's actions — and the highly politicized nature of stem - cell research — scared off investors, leaving the company teetering on the verge of bankruptcy for most of the past decade.

But it is not just social taboos that have scared off government funders and pharmaceutical companies.

«People get scared off,» Tolbert said at the time.

• Labour supporters who switched to the Tories early in the campaign, were scared off by the dementia tax and the possible return of fox hunting, and have come back to the fold • Supporters of smaller parties - the Lib Dems, the Greens and to a lesser extent Ukip - switching to Labour • Young voters

Scared off from responding to the substance of the comment... typical corporate shill!

«No serious candidate should ever be scared off because of a personal loan,» Dawidziak said.

Workers dredging water courses in and around Tema Community 18 were scared off their routine when an embittered land owner pulled a gun at them, says Alhajia Zainab Abdulai, Tema Metropolitan Director for National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO).

New York officials believe, rightly or wrongly, that investors in New Jersey might be scared off if officials on the east side of the Hudson River were to also permit casinos in such population centers as Manhattan.

His fundamental point is this: that Labour in the past 20 years has been scared off the most potent vehicle for the expression of its values, and in the process has come to be seen as ineffective as well as unprincipled.

«People get scared off,» Tolbert said.

He railed against the «British curse of short - termism both in the corporate world and in government», referring to the problem of potential industrial and infrastructure investors being scared off by the vagaries of British politics and timidity towards infrastructure projects.

And he is one of the very rare breed of Democrats who is not scared off by the Cuomo / Hochul horde of millions of campaign dollars collected almost exclusively from the one percent of corporate polluters, hedge fund billionaires and other rich special interests.

The prospect of serving just 15 months has scared off some prospective candidates.

They scared off foreign investors that could have helped them develop these technologies years ago when they shut off gas to Europe in 2005 and other scandals.

It's a shame that Laws chose friends who he seems to think would be scared off by his sexuality.

The area's family - owned businesses, many forced to wait months or longer for essential insurance payouts and government compensation, struggled as potential investors were scared off and punters stayed away.

Don't be scared off by one individual claiming it to be unsafe and / or unhealthy.

I don't want people on a really tight budget to be scared off from cloth diapering.

«We must have scared him off,» the father concluded.

I get scared off a poosplosion if our LO goes a few days without a movement..

Now don't get scared off!

Having the patience to remain quiet and respectful along the trails allowed us to spot many creatures that we would have otherwise scared off.

When I first did research on using mama cloth I read that they needed to be wet pailed and it scared me off from the idea.

Whilst # 15million has scared off some teams — Boro are very much still keen and are ready to smash their transfer record by paying that for the 24 - year - old.

Liverpool are refusing to be scared off by Arsenal's # 35m valuation of Alex Oxlade - Chamberlain as Jurgen Klopp steps up his pursuit of the unsettled England midfielder.

Could be a nice contrarian spot on NC State if you can get +7.5 / +8, especially since bettors are scared off after their blowout loss at ND last week.

I told you guys that our team is one to be scared off.

The rumored $ 110 million offer that Shields had — and turned down — supposedly scared off many interested teams, who then went in other directions.

We need somebody who will sit back when we attack and is not scared off bullying the play makers of opposing teams.

LSU got pasted by Mississippi State in the opener and then lost a home game to Troy, so it makes some sense why bettors are still scared off from betting LSU.

In a separate report by TMZ the alarm allegedly scared off the burgler, preventing them from getting away with more valuables than just the jewelry.

The combination of his age (nearly 35) and frequent injuries most likely scared off teams off from making a big long - term commitment, but he's a very solid re-sign for the Rockets.

The price scared off Chelsea this past summer, but has inspired Arsene Wenger to ask the Arsenal board to make an offer.

Public bettors have been scared off to bet on them, and they're getting just 22 % of tickets around the market.

Recruiters also seem to be scared off by athletes who sit out a year of football in high school.

I believe the Reid / Ogbonna pairing scared us off of this to be fair.

wont be as easy... JM will play for DRAW, even if it means parking a train... (his usual style against teams he scared off)..

Seriously it can't get any worse even if the new guy has a bad year while he integrates and builds chemistry with the current and new players we can't be scared off change.

Even though, wenger might be scared off by his asking price!

It's obvious that the pensioner got scared off by Prat Wheelchairs minder and declined from pressing charges.

Sorry, I'm not buying that candidates would be scared off due to there being an interim AD in place.

The Orangemen aren't as loaded with talent as they have been in previous years, in part because the Syracuse administration is conducting an investigation into possible NCAA violations, and the threat of probation scared off a number of top recruits who might otherwise have signed with the Orange, including Donyell Marshall, who ended up at Connecticut, and Jalen Rose, who went to Michigan.

Man United made a late move for Borussia Dortmund forward Marco Reus but were apparently scared off by the German international's # 60m price - tag according to ESPN.

I love Mayfield but I've been scared off by the scouts and my fear of Manziel like problems.

There will be at least a couple candidates scared off by the fact that he's been there and has sort of an incumbent factor to him.