Sentence examples for be willing to scale from inspiring English sources
WASHINGTON President Obama signaled on Wednesday that he might be willing to scale back his proposed health care overhaul to a version that could attract bipartisan support, as the White House and Congressional Democrats grappled with a political landscape transformed by the Republican victory in the Massachusetts Senate race.
When asked if India would be willing to scale back its activities in Afghanistan to assuage Pakistan, he said, India has no designs beyond "nation building" efforts in that country, and underscored the fact that India was out there at the invitation of the Afghan government.
That criticism led White House spokesman Jay Carney to brief reporters later in the day, arguing that the President was willing to scale down the U.S. mission to "twenty-four hours, thirty-six tops".
The chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, Kent Conrad, Democrat of North Dakota, hinted in an interview that he would be willing to consider using Social Security money to address the economic slowdown if Republicans were willing to scale back some elements of Mr. Bush's 10-year tax cut.
Its aim is to force the Pentagon to get tough with military contractors that fail to deliver the goods.It seems clear that Mr Obama is willing to scale back or scrap projects that are of decreasing relevance to America's 21st-century security requirements, or have become embarrassing money pits.
It does not appear that Tuesday's meeting moved either side, although Mr. Kerry said Tuesday that he was willing to scale back the bill he and Senator Joseph I. Lieberman, independent of Connecticut, proposed this spring to cut energy use and reduce global warming pollution.
While Groupon's CEO Andew Mason has adamantly defended their one-deal-a-day model, Lyne says she is willing to scale up if there is sufficient demand.
I'd ask them the question, what are those things that shoppers would be willing to buy at scale that use less or no plastic?
They may also need to be willing to step on a scale and get a blood draw.
Ergen has said he would be willing to establish a national pricing scale that would offer rural customers the same prices offered to urban and suburban customers where satellite and cable services are in direct competition.
