People are in a siege mentality and very reluctant to become the economic participant of old.
They have lived in their present house for 16 years and are very reluctant to move.
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Some of you will have read that I was initially very reluctant to do that, and I was.
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This was a particular problem with male patients, who were often very reluctant to talk about their concerns.
Hence, even the most transparent countries developing IW have been very reluctant to reveal their strategies and capabilities.
"I am very, very reluctant to delay this case any further, " he said.
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Indeed, Bohr had a series of famous debates with Albert Einstein, in which Einstein was very reluctant to accept quantum mechanics.
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They can't afford not to run in F1 and we would be very reluctant to have an F1 world championship without them.
Since abandoning the dollar as a reserve implies radical change with unknown consequences, governments have been very reluctant to take the chance.
Once our creditors come to the conclusion that they have lent beyond our capacity to repay, they will be very reluctant to lend more.
If we think about cyber arms control proposals, for example, my impression is that the US has been very reluctant to go down this route.
Lesson: be very reluctant to second-guess a master like Sondheim.
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The Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB) said it was difficult to assess the scale of the problem in Wales as victims were very reluctant to report problems to the police or trading standards.
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"It's become a very lucrative revenue stream for them, and I think they'll be very reluctant to see it disappear, " said Chris Austen, chief executive of Maritime and Underwater Security Consultants, which consults with companies around the world on security issues.
For example, Hispanics tend to be very agreeable and warm--and reluctant to say no to requests.
On the other hand, investors are reluctant to pay very little for the certainty that they can receive a market rate of return, nothing more and nothing less.
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Banks and voters in core countries (let alone Britain, whose position in a more integrated European banking system is very muddy) would be reluctant to insure peripheral deposits.
When it comes to these very real areas, liberal America proves far more reluctant to speak forthrightly.
"It is very disappointing that hospitals are still reluctant to change their ways, " he said.
Until businesses feel as if the expansion is very solid, they may be reluctant to hire significantly.
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Directed by Michael Wilson, the staging is dynamic, as Matt bounds around the boathouse trying to persuade a very reluctant, spiky Sally that she would be happy with him.
She said they tended to be very private, very positive in the face of adversity, and were usually reluctant to access social services for help.
Because they are considered high-risk and require high capital expenditure ( unlike Internet technologies which are very cheap and practically commoditized), banks are reluctant to finance them unless they are able to find government-secured financing.
Paradoxically, the very size of the required subsidies may make firms reluctant to invest, says Peter Atherton, a utilities analyst at Citigroup, a big bank, out of fear that the government may not honour the commitments if voters start to complain.
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Windows 8 could very well be hampered by users being too busy or reluctant to upgrade over the holidays (especially business users).
Even with a carefully managed credit score and a hefty down payment, lenders were reluctant to give out a loan to a very recent college graduate in a mostly cash business.
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Leadership often involves negotiating very tough deals, or handling strong objections, or getting a reluctant team to agree to some difficult course of action.
Nominal wage inflation remains very low, as companies sit on vast piles of cash but remain reluctant to spend, and there is still a large amount of slack in the U.S. economy, particularly given a stubbornly high rate of unemployment stuck at 9%.
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Another concern is that private insurers will be reluctant to provide drug-only cover for fear that only the very sick will take it up.
All this could take a while - and with the government reluctant to allocate more debating time, that could mean a few very late nights for peers, as ministers try to keep the bill on schedule.
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