initial reluctance

collocation in English

meaningsofinitialandreluctance

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initial
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ɪˈnɪʃ.əl/us
/ɪˈnɪʃ.əl/
of or at ...
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reluctance
noun[S or U]
uk
/rɪˈlʌk.təns/us
/rɪˈlʌk.təns/
an unwillingness to ...
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(Definition ofinitialandreluctancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofinitial reluctance

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There is a crucial and compelling irony here between the extent of the impact of trees and theinitialreluctanceto cultivate them.
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The head teacher of a primary school was honest in her report ofinitialreluctanceto accept a special needs child.
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They show how aninitialreluctanceto engage in pedagogy training is gradually overcome as students start to see the relevance of teaching for their future careers.
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In this case, the self-esteem associated with being in an 'adult project' and the pleasurable nature of the child-focused activities overcame the young person'sinitialreluctanceabout self-disclosure.
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Sheng's fears of the pipa's not being able to be heard over an orchestra was the cause of hisinitialreluctanceto include it in the work.
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After someinitialreluctancein some cases, they were all keen to explain their obligations under their licences and anxious to avoid unnecessary controversy.
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After someinitialreluctance, both air and sea carriers have accepted training packages which have been designed by the immigration service.
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Despiteinitialreluctancefrom some members of staff, she integrated very well and took part as fully as she could in school activities.
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I know that there was a certaininitialreluctance.
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Initialreluctanceon the part of the staff side to co-operate in arranging hearings led to considerable delays in the commencement of the appeal hearings programme.
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I believe to be correct the provision which allows the youth offender panel to be adjourned for a day or so if there is someinitialreluctanceto agree.
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So, in spite of hisinitialreluctanceto get involved, she refused to take no for an answer.
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He had been unsuccessful in the 1999 and 2002 elections, and had decided stand again afterinitialreluctance.
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He asks her to come to dinner with him; despite herinitialreluctance, he talks her into it.
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Obsessed, he woos her despite herinitialreluctance.
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According to the scriptures, later, after aninitialreluctance, he also established an order of nuns.
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Herinitialreluctanceto approve the template designs almost lead to her being ejected from the project.
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The later agrees to do so, despiteinitialreluctance.
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Afterinitialreluctance, the band recorded the song, and it was released as a single from the movie's soundtrack in 1996.
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She was frequently shown to feel constrained and trapped by her marriage and motherhood herinitialreluctance to be a mother stemming from her own unhappy childhood.
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