• But trusts have often been reluctant to start proceedings because of the time and resources needed.

    BBC: NHS turns to no win, no fee cases

  • That has made states and companies reluctant to start new, long-term projects until they know how much the future funding will be.

    WSJ: Political Uncertainty Puts Freeze on Small Businesses

  • Meanwhile, amid continuing economic and political uncertainty, local governments have been reluctant to start capital projects, and this combination of increased demand from investors and tight supply due to fewer issues drove muni prices higher.

    WSJ: Conquering Retirement: The Case for Muni Bonds

  • Iranian officials have said they are reluctant to start scaling back nuclear activities without a clear guarantee of what they would eventually get if they go beyond the confidence-building measures and address all concerns about their nuclear program.

    WSJ: Iran Talks Off to Shaky Start

  • Banks are reluctant to lend money to start-ups unless they are already making a profit, so if you want to expand your business, getting into bed with a multinational is often the only game in town.

    BBC: Tesco effect: How big firms quietly own little brands

  • But the SPL were reluctant to make a 'false start' to the next campaign and pointed to the number of European ties Scottish clubs could be involved in at that time of the season.

    BBC: SPL agree Scotland fixture change

  • From the start, Christopher said, officials there seemed reluctant to force the issue.

    CNN: latimes.com: Anxious Christopher sounds conciliatory notes

  • Finally, Medicaid, which has been reluctant to finance stays in residential care facilities, needs to start thinking more creatively about the niche they serve.

    FORBES: Not Your Grandmother's Assisted Living Facility

  • Some economists say the risk for the rest of the world is that if investors outside America start doubting American fiscal prudence, they will be reluctant to invest in the United States, so causing global economic disruption.

    BBC: NEWS | Business | US budget gap squeezes spending

  • To make matters worse, Germany is even reluctant to share more sovereignty when it comes to allowing the ECB to start supervising its banks -- in particular its weaker regional lenders known as the Landesbanken - as the first stage in plans to set up a banking union across Europe.

    CNN: Is the eurozone crisis almost over?

  • Just outside the city centre, the co-founder of a business start up, Hivejobs, says that in his experience, traditional family employers are often reluctant to make room for highly qualified young knowledge workers.

    BBC: Italy election: Disillusioned Italians demand a change

  • According to reporters and photographers who followed the unit into the room and Wilper's own account given to the AP three years ago, Tojo's house staff and a Japanese doctor were reluctant to help the wounded man until Wilpers pointed his gun at the physician and ordered him to start treatment.

    WSJ: US WWII veteran who captured Japan's Tojo dies

  • Getting start-up money was nearly impossible--unlike their American counterparts, Japanese venture capitalists are reluctant to fund 20-something entrepreneurs.

    CNN: ASIANOW - TIME Asia

  • Nearly four years after the start of the financial crisis that sparked our last recession, U.S. CEOs are still reluctant to take risks and place big bets on new initiatives and products for the domestic market.

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