general reluctance
collocation in Englishmeaningsofgeneralandreluctance
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general
adjective
uk/ˈdʒen.ər.əl/us/ˈdʒen.ər.əl/
involving or relating to most or all people, things, or places, especially when these are considered as ...
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reluctance
noun[S or U]
uk/rɪˈlʌk.təns/us/rɪˈlʌk.təns/
an unwillingness to ...
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(Definition ofgeneralandreluctancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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One that exists concerns ageneralreluctancetoward a commercialization of organ procurement.
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There was ageneralreluctanceto co-operate with the state, as it was feared this would mean disclosing financial details.
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It finds expression in ageneralreluctancewithin the discipline to engage with genuine art or contemporary trends in music over the past century.
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Despite the growing need for services, there is ageneralreluctanceto work in this area, for which a number of reasons may be proposed.
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But this matter is closely related to thegeneralreluctanceof far too many employers to take their workpeople into their confidence.
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I am not aware of anygeneralreluctanceto supply this information, but the suggestion will be borne in mind.
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I think it also emerges that there is ageneralreluctanceto promote them into any positions of authority over white people.
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The same principle surely applies to museums, in view of thegeneralreluctanceto extend the provision of charges for museums and galleries.
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There is ageneralreluctanceto believe that he does not do that.
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There still seems to be ageneralreluctanceto accept women on equal terms.
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That explains thegeneralreluctanceof continental prosecuting authorities to prosecute.
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There is ageneralreluctanceto stick one’s neck out for anyone these days.
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We have seen ageneralreluctancein our society to check behaviour, however bad.
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In some areas there is ageneralreluctanceto have any such procedure.
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It is ageneralreluctanceon the part of fair-minded citizens to become part of a body which enforces such a law.
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There was the problem of transportation generally and, of course, there was ageneralreluctanceto make a change into the comparatively unknown.
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There is ageneralreluctanceto accept what voluntary service can offer.
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For example, there appears to begeneralreluctanceto engage men over 50 years of age.
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It is worth noting, however, thegeneralreluctanceof higher courts to get involved in uncompleted proceedings.
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There is, however, ageneralreluctanceto admit that they are of great importance.
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