But politicians will be reluctant to do anything that appears to favour big business over consumers.

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Police there may be reluctant to do so as intelligence operatives rarely own up to undercover operations publicly.

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The ECB which last stepped in to the currency markets four years ago, when the euro was worth just 82 cents will be reluctant to do so again.

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Mr Lavrov has argued that, since Russia has recognised the governments of both, the Europeans should deal with them directly, something they will be reluctant to do.

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He has staked much on the bet that Britain's path to prosperity lies in making London the world's centre for financial wheeling and dealing, and will be reluctant to do anything to send its denizens packing.

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Obama will let congressional Democrats and Republicans take the legislative lead, but he will quietly make it clear that he'll sign virtually any pro-nuclear legislation they can pass--while publicly pretending to be mighty reluctant to do so.

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Now, because they've exploded a bomb, because they have a larger nuclear arsenal, they may be seeing the weakness of the Bush White House and they may be much more reluctant to do what the United States wants them to do, which is to give up the nuclear weapons program completely, irreversibly, and verifiably.

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But the most efficient way to reform these state-owned giants would be to privatise them and that the government is reluctant to do for now.

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Provincial and lower-level authorities may be reluctant to divert resources to areas that do not produce immediate benefits in terms of boosting employment and GDP growth.

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But many villagers who depend on raising poultry have been reluctant to do so, fearing their livelihoods would be destroyed.

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Global car firms are suffering from over-capacity and will thus be reluctant to invest the millions needed to upgrade the plant: Zastava cars do not meet western safety and emission standards.

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Japan seemed reluctant to be cast as the go-between, but was encouraged to persuade America and Europe that they needed to do more.

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