be unwilling to

Mr Hulme said the two European multinationals might be unwilling to sell in the short term at prices that Huntsman would be willing to pay.

Investors appeared to be unwilling to hold big positions in stocks ahead of the weekend and any news on Ireland's crisis.

Dr Smith must be unwilling to see him making a lot of money out of the milk.

Even if there were a desire to borrow to finance spending, banks might be unwilling to meet it.

Even the major oil companies may be unwilling to put their capital to use if the opportunity cost is too great and the returns too low.

If the cuts demanded are particularly painful, governments may simply be unwilling to bear the political cost of pushing them through.

Note that investors would be unwilling to do this when interest rates are volatile or when inflation is high.

You may be unwilling to consider all options or unwilling to accept responsibility for your actions.

and when all the bidding is one way, dealers may be unwilling to make a market.

refuse, decline, reject, spurn, rebuff These verbs all mean to be unwilling to accept, consider, or receive someone or something.

Our readers may not be unwilling to glance back, for a brief interval at Uncle Tom's Cabin.

But the Japanese government is said to be unwilling to omit its mention.

rudeness will create ill-feeling and cause the seller to be unwilling to resolve matters.

In East Timor, for example, a survey found that 55 percent of rural women would be unwilling to pay even $1 for a pair of glasses.

This difference may make pursuing a legal claim worthwhile for some migrant workers that would otherwise be unwilling to start the process.

He should be aware, however, that English people are, by temperament , often reserved and may be unwilling to start a conversation.

However, for certain goods, some subjects may be willing to pay any price for them, while some others may be unwilling to pay any price.

If the emerging countries grow strong outside the old order, they will freelance and be unwilling to help build a new one.

Though China may be unwilling to give America more than a cautious poke, it is a different story with Europe.

Germany is better placed but would be unwilling to act alone.

But it is hard to stand up claims that they can reach families who would be unwilling to adopt elsewhere.

New investors will be unwilling to risk private capital until losses are transparently recognized and the future of the banks is clarified.

Fewer than 24 percent said they would be unwilling to move for work.

B senior managers might be unwilling to change their work style.

And they will be unwilling to make credit available as long as market conditions are as they are now.

And they will be unwilling to make credit available as long as these market conditions are in the condition they are.

It is a call he will be unwilling to make.

The primary study on STI of ventriculus sinister in pilots to be unwilling to join the exercises

To be unwilling to do something or let something happen

Be unwilling to GO beyond a certain limit in one's actions