Barszczow A. N. (orpheus_samhain) wrote in linguaphiles,
Barszczow A. N.
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FRENCH: il est à craindre que

...should be used with subjonctif. But I came across a sentence that uses conditional:

Il est à craindre que les mineurs ne seraient pas prêts à accepter de différentes restrictions qui leurs impose le ministre.

Is it correct? If so, how it should be translated into English?
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