Sentence examples for an unwillingness to commit from inspiring English sources

Why? Free-market ideology, denial and an unwillingness to commit taxpayer funds all played roles.

(Is McDonald's watching?) Though one media report suggested Monday that Brenneman's sudden departure was due to conflicts with the company's board of directors and an unwillingness to commit to a long-term future with the company, the recently departed CEO has denied there were any conflicts.

In South Africa's conservative gender context, it is possible to interpret cohabiting as reflecting an unwillingness to commit to a partner, with such men being more likely to seek sex in a range of contexts where there is no expectation of commitment, especially where it is overtly or implicitly commodified.

Previous attempts by the United States to gain the nations' admittance to the alliance were met with unwillingness to commit to a specific date.

But by Saturday, Bank of America, frustrated by the government's unwillingness to commit to a deal, turned its attention to Merrill Lynch, which agreed to a takeover.

Noel Hodson Oxford We were disappointed to read of the science minister Greg Clark's unwillingness to commit to a continued ringfencing of science spending in the Conservative party's manifesto for 2015 (via interview in Research Fortnight, 12 November).

Port became irritated the feelings Lyon had for his ex-girlfriend Danielle and his unwillingness to commit to a relationship, and eventually severed ties with him.

She angrily flings two grievances at him: he has forced her to have an abortion each time she's become pregnant, and she says that his unwillingness to commit to their life as a family is because he's a closeted homosexual (she repeatedly calls him a "faggot").

Why should our unwillingness to commit to overthrowing the Syrian government be a litmus test of our commitment to promoting democracy and human rights?

The Confederate brigade leaders performed, with the exception of Robert Ransom's unwillingness to commit his troops and a few other minor instances; Burton surmises that the blame of July 1 must lie with the overall commanders.

This is as true at the point-of-sale as it is at the polling booth: our late unwillingness to commit to the future is a tool as useful to spin as it is to snack-bar salesmen.