increasing reluctance

collocation in English

meaningsofincreaseandreluctance

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increase
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈɪn.kriːs/us
/ˈɪn.kriːs/
a rise in the amount or size ...
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reluctance
noun[S or U]
uk
/rɪˈlʌk.təns/us
/rɪˈlʌk.təns/
an unwillingness to ...
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(Definition ofincreaseandreluctancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Too often this is the price the country pays—withincreasingreluctance, let us note—for our present political system of intensely divisive partisanship.
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It can only add to theincreasingreluctanceon the part of labour to accept labour-saving equipment.
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This problem is exacerbated by anincreasingreluctanceto transfer from short service to longer service commissions.
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There has been anincreasingreluctanceto commit themselves to that view.
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Theincreasingreluctanceof the citizen to co-operate with the tax gatherers will be given added impetus because the media will be alerted.
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His party did not take his advice and has shown anincreasingreluctanceto do so.
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Increasing recognition of that in recent years has been reflected in theincreasingreluctanceof workers to take industrial action.
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First of all, the conditions of modern warfare are so fearful that there isincreasingreluctanceamong all nations to put them to use.
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It fell victim to changes: steam power and gunnery in ships, more rapid communications that enabled greater central control, and theincreasingreluctanceof governments everywhere to relinquish power.
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Martha submits to her husband will withincreasingreluctance.
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