Some are reluctant balancers.

It is understandable that the Chinese are now reluctant to invest more money in the US.

For a start, financial institutions and investors are more reluctant to lend in such an environment.

Many women in the agricultural areas use traditional methods, and are more reluctant to using modern methods.

and people are initially reluctant to tell you.

And since kindergartens are mostly commercial enterprises, they have undergone large losses, so are reluctant to bear more by paying for a party, however simple.

Policymakers are understandably reluctant to go down this road. Contracts are sacrosanct.

The developed countries are reluctant to make additional financial commitments.

Of course, one might argue that Asian thrift and American profligacy merely reflect asymmetric demands for credit Asians are intrinsically more reluctant to borrow.

Both South Korea and China are reluctant to support robust sanctions.

As a result, donors are reluctant to provide funds for the elections.

But you know, many adults are pretty reluctant to engage with role play.

They are reluctant to negotiate salaries and rarely know how to do so.

This is why European banks are now reluctant to lend to each other.

Likewise, politicians are reluctant to adopt deregulation that eliminates state sponsored special privileges.

To see why, we need to understand why banks are still so reluctant.

Often the police and prosecutors are reluctant to follow through on reported violations.

They are reluctant members of the Bretton Woods institutions, which are dominated by countries that are no longer dominant.

Multiculturalists are reluctant to endorse this part of the cosmopolitan bargain, but liberals must.

Yet Chinese entrepreneurs are reluctant to invest in Afghanistan due to the widespread violence there.

Families are reluctant for safety and cultural reasons to allow girls to go to school.

Everyone wants economic stability, and many are reluctant to abandon today what gave them stability yesterday.

The majority of these are in Africa, where I regret to say developed countries are increasingly reluctant to contribute troops.

The possibility of sudden falls in commodity prices means that they are usually reluctant to lend more than about 60 of the value of the inventory at the time of the loan.

I was reluctant to say anything.

Legislatures are sometimes reluctant to grant a new agency the power to use such an invasive process.

These countries have been more hesitant in trade matters, more ambiguous in the instruments they have chosen for managing the crisis, and remain reluctant to deal with environmental issues.

Finally, the Chinese and the Russians have been brought along principally by the US to a more robust policy, yet they remain reluctant.

He added that the ban of Alwefaq might push those more reluctant to take part in the political struggle to take a stand.

The police are said to be often reluctant to pursue investigations against persons affiliated with the ruling party.

At a time of reconciliation between Christianity and Judaism, a less Christian Europe has been more reluctant to consider the spiritual specificity of Israel.

Both were reluctant to lower interest rates markedly.

Americans find their patience tried by Europeans who are free with their advice and criticism yet reluctant to shoulder risks.

First, rich countries are deeply reluctant to embrace any collective plan that might impinge on their own domestic policy maneuvers.

The government run schools are reluctant towards filling up the vacant permanent posts of teachers for cutting up the costs.

Thus, his announcement that he will leave Downing Street next year is no more than a reluctant acceptance of what has been reality for some time.

But the PBC is also reluctant to buy dollars constantly.

The reason Europeans are reluctant to increase defense spending is expense. Cutting welfare spending where the big money is would be painful.

Managements that are reluctant to accept the consequences of past mistakes could be penalized by depriving them of the Fed s credit facilities.

I fear that the French and Germans have now lost patience with the troublesome British, and are reluctant to cut a deal.

But Russia, China, and others are reluctant to provide a legal or political basis for actions such as what occurred in Libya.

In doing so, officials are reluctant to take into account that the recent crisis resulted from an unprecedented credit boom gone bust.

So what are the eurozone s heads of government waiting for? Are they reluctant to come clean with their people out of fear for their own political futures?

From an investor s perspective, the mechanics of this are simple all are reluctant to hold private or public debt from a country that is vulnerable to redenomination.

In Peru, youth are reluctant to participate in politics, because they are disillusioned, as is often the case in other countries, about political involvement and about politicians.