extreme reluctance
collocation in Englishmeaningsofextremeandreluctance
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extreme
adjective
uk/ɪkˈstriːm/us/ɪkˈstriːm/
very large in amount ...
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reluctance
noun[S or U]
uk/rɪˈlʌk.təns/us/rɪˈlʌk.təns/
an unwillingness to ...
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(Definition ofextremeandreluctancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Several had displayed symptoms of mild mental disorder and had been receiving or offered help from their local authority; but such help was either rejected or accepted withextremereluctance.
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Both ideas were soon discarded since the increments in fish stress and theirextremereluctanceto approach the system.
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We possess them withextremereluctancebut possess them we must until the world is made into a much safer place.
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The second was that every ministerial statement on the subject of racially motivated crime had displayed anextremereluctanceto legislate effectively on the issue.
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All are init to a certain extent, and all are in it withextremereluctance.
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This may be explained by theextremereluctanceof the parents of these children to part with them at an early age.
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Many manufacturers have shownextremereluctancein providing this information.
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Increasingly we are having withextremereluctanceto place some of these children not just in community homes but in homes with special secure accommodation.
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I know—for he has told me himself—that he quits his office with the happiest of memories and withextremereluctanceand regret.
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On the contrary, we look forward to the next period withextremereluctanceand regret.
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The industry was only prepared to acquiesce withextremereluctance.
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I share theextremereluctancewith which the convention said it decided that postponement was now inevitable.
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There wasextremereluctanceto show how far the cameras would hang down.
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Economic circumstances forced it on him, and he did it withextremereluctanceand unhappiness.
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I reached my conclusion withextremereluctance.
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I have sanctioned withextremereluctancethe export of this total of 5,000 tons early in the spring, when driven by the necessity of clearing the mills.
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I know of cases in which farmers have only been willing to obtain court orders as a last resort, and they have done so withextremereluctance.
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Several had displayed symptoms of mild mental disorder and had been receiving or offered help from their local authority; but such help was either rejected or accepted withextremereluctance.
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And the board has withextremereluctanceaccepted his decision.
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Due to the high cost of land and theextremereluctanceof the public to part with their property, widening of roads to accommodate mass transit systems is difficult.
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