For one thing, they may not have to cut leverage by as much as feared.
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Business services, such as accountancy and legal advice, also suffered a drop in trading, but not as much as feared.
Neutral observers may be sceptical, but political allies are heartened by his unusual willingness to take on the much-feared Treasury.
Could the market really get caught up in a much-feared seasonal pullback?
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The Kosovo crisis seems to be stumbling toward a relatively peaceful conclusion and the world economy appears to have avoided a much-feared recession.
Marine Le Pen, taking the lead from her father, has then strengthened the party, although not as much as feared in the first results yesterday night were she was granted 20%.
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The problem, of course, comes when easy monetary policy fails to fuel an economic recovery, which appears to be the ongoing case in Europe and could be heading toward a similar fate in the U.S. if the much-feared fiscal cliff causes a significant decline in already-tepid growth.
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In a meeting today, my phone started vibrating so much that I feared it was having a seizure.
Much as one feared, however, their book is splendid because it is full of fascinating detail and analysis, not because it settles anything.
The employment prospects of graduates are "much better than feared", although this might include a stretch of catering and bar work, says a survey.
He said if the shortfall was as much as he feared it would mean adding at least 20p to the cost of every car park visit, which would hit low-paid workers the hardest.
According to alarmist groups, this proves global warming is much worse than previously feared.
The analyst says his more bullish view on Siris reflects continued improvement in U.S. auto sales and evidence that a precent price hike is not affecting churn, retention and discounting as much as he had feared.
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Earlier, acting to counter real or feared deflation in much of the developed world, the authorities had kept money loose and official rates low.
The BBC's Jim Muir in Beirut says the overall casualty figures for Friday, though they may be revised upwards, were very much lower than many had feared.
In 2009, the chain tried a million-sandwich giveaway, but many operators didn't honor the coupons because they feared losing too much money, angering customers who came in seeking the free sandwiches.
Chinalco took its original stake in the hopes of blocking a merger that China feared would hand too much control of iron ore prices to one company.
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"I am reliably told that they feared Mr Hester and much of the board would have quit, if the payment had been vetoed by the government as the majority shareholder, " said our business editor.
Business leaders feared they would lose the much-needed revenue an extra week of shopping would afford them.
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For much of last year, it was feared that Ford, in particular, would topple over into Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
They feared having to pay too much to recruit the people they needed.
Paul Dirac was a shy, lonely character, who almost refused the 1933 Nobel prize for his famous equation because he feared it would incite too much publicity.
If Judge Lake has been spending the summer getting up to date on economics, perhaps Mr Olis will be out of prison much sooner than he must once have feared.
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The Labor Department reports today that around the country, the number of jobs on business payrolls dropped by 35, 000, but that was much lower than what most economists had feared.
Conservative peer Lord Forsyth of Drumlean, who had responsibility for Scottish affairs under John Major, said he feared the bill would result in much higher taxes for those north of the border.
But in a paper circulated this summer, the government said it feared the meeting would focus too much on migrant's rights and the obligations of countries who receive them, without looking at the responsibility of the countries they're coming from.
Mr Hussein is not much liked in the region, but he is feared more as a potential martyr than as a hobbled dictator.
Ward suffered a fractured ankle at Edinburgh just over three weeks ago and it was feared he would be out of action for much longer.
There was always some elusive way in which Naima showed that she needed confirmation not so much of my attention as of my loyalty, as if she feared I might, one day, betray her.
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