1.   In general, ministers are willing to be flexible to ensure that they can counter criticism arising from immediate public anxieties.

2.   Public anxiety about the economy was rising.

3.   There is growing public anxiety over levels of air pollution in our cities.

4.   They also touched a nerve of public anxiety.

5.   They hope to quell public anxiety about offshore oil drilling.

6.   The president made a statement to allay public anxiety.

7.   A poll conducted by the European Commission has revealed widespread public anxiety over the implications of biotechnology.

8.   Girton today launched a unique council helpline in response to the wave of public anxiety about food safety.

9.   And spraying campaigns, including the one in New York, inevitably raise public anxieties over pesticide exposure and collateral damage to fish and birds.

10.   As part of the effort to calm public anxiety, police officials were assuring residents that they would not be making sweeps into black neighborhoods for suspects.