Sentence examples for an expression of willingness from inspiring English sources

The allegations raised again the ugly specter of hazing, a largely hidden phenomenon in which high school and college athletes, initiates of fraternities and sororities and others eager to join groups let themselves be physically abused or humiliated as an expression of willingness to participate.

An explanation came in the form of a letter from a cemetery official: The sales man was in a hospital with a serious illness, and, in the opinion of the writer, nothing in the world would give him a better boost than an expression of willingness on the prospect's part to close the deal...too bad Evelyn Waugh couldn't be present.

Some elements would require changes to the law, a move America's divided Congress is unlikely to make.Nonetheless, many bankers are cheering Mr Tarullo's speech, reading it as an expression of willingness to revisit the deluge of new rules tied to Dodd-Frank.

However, the source said the agreement reached was an expression of willingness by the Turkish-Saudi-Qatari trio to use their influence on the rebels to separate from the Nusra, in return for Russia working with the regime in Damascus to freeze operations in Aleppo, end systematic killing of civilians, and end sieges on rebel areas.

In the new Hezbollah platform, there is no reference to its militia and its weapons, nor is there any expression of willingness to dismantle its military capability and integrate it into the Lebanese armed forces.

That decision was seen by some experts as an expression of a new willingness by the courts to challenge the administration's contention that the nature of the antiterror effort made the administration the final arbiter on many questions over treating detainees.

And it needs a well-funded navy that can become both a provider of maritime security along some of the world's busiest sea-lanes and an expression of India's willingness to shoulder the responsibilities of a great power.Most of all, though, India needs to give up its outdated philosophy of non-alignment.

The statement, from North Korea's Foreign Ministry, was seen as an unusually conciliatory-sounding expression of willingness to engage the United States in direct, one-on-one talks — a longstanding North Korean preference.

Cook also said that, in response to suggestions that other product categories are cannabalizing iPad sales, he conceded that some customers are probably opting to purchase Macs or iPhones instead of iPads, and also that he had no problem with that – an expression of Apple's continuing willingness to eat into parts of their own business with successful products from others.

All this serves -- on top of the previously instituted reduction of CET days -- as an expression of the Paris newsroom's willingness to stand by the IHT and help it financially.

Following President Obama's strong renunciation of "containment" and his expression of willingness to use military force as a last resort to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons, some on the left continue to oppose any threat to use the military option.