Example sentences of "[adv] willing to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dr Pertwee says there is no longer a stigma attached to cannabis research in the scientific world , although pharmaceutical companies have been less willing to be seen to be working with cannabis-like substances . |
| 2 | Once both do , neither may be so willing to be bullied . |
| 3 | The reputations of others who may not have been so willing to be identified are sacrificed in the quest for titillation . |
| 4 | They looked so eager , so willing to be pleased . |
| 5 | He had clearly learned a thing or two from his family 's entrepreneurship , and was not willing to be confined to any form of anonymity such as overtook some would-be poets . |
| 6 | ‘ I am not willing to be interviewed only to be compared with the chief executive of some Midlands council . |
| 7 | I am not willing to be interviewed only to be compared with the chief executive of some Midlands council . |
| 8 | However , ‘ not represented ’ must be understood to include ‘ not willing to be represented ’ , as well as ‘ not able to be represented ’ — a qualification without which the very essence of parliamentary representation itself is denied . |
| 9 | If things are really bad , you are getting nowhere and you feel that an argument is developing , the best action is to state politely that you are not willing to be interviewed in such a manner , that you are clearly wasting one another 's time and you have decided to leave . |
| 10 | It is obvious that we should have talks but I am not willing to be told that the talks can only take place at one location and I am not willing to accept an invitation to a slanging match . |
| 11 | SCO NOT WILLING TO BE DRAWN ON SCHEDULE |
| 12 | Therefore she was no longer willing to be destroyed . |
| 13 | Modi , too , tried to join the Foreign Legion , felt it was the ‘ price ’ to pay for living as a foreigner in France , and justified his inconsistency by saying : ‘ I 'm so much a revolutionary that I 'm even willing to be a soldier and revolt against my own anti-militarist beliefs . |
| 14 | At the Christian Aid Executive meeting , was very willing to be involved , and no doubt there are others within Britain that could be drawn on . |
| 15 | At Oxford I discovered that most people were only too willing to be friendly if I gave them a chance . |
| 16 | Sleepy and satisfied , Emily was only too willing to be tucked up in bed , just after nine o'clock . |
| 17 | Her very good degree and her dedication had earned her a place here the year before and now she taught English to girls who were only too willing to be taught . |