Sentence examples for far from eager from inspiring English sources

Today, Mr. Neal is far from eager to discuss his amendment.

Kirch executives refuse to say whether they might be willing to sell such properties, but they are far from eager.

The task of stopping him falls to Jane, who reluctantly recruits Dan Frost Joel Edgertonn), a former lover, who is far from eager to help.

She wasn't, but she was far from eager to snap up the warren of dirty little rooms on two floors that didn't really qualify for the label "apartment".

Four years ago, the last time Congress agreed to raise the minimum wage, Lynn Martins was quick -- though far from eager -- to respond.

There were risks attached to signing him: the Guardian already had a celebrated political columnist in Peter Jenkins, who was far from eager to share his position of eminence.

It didn't seem to occur to either crowd, Carter's or Clinton's, that old hands, far from being eager to repeat the errors of the Administrations of which they had been a part, would be especially keen to avoid them.

Mr. Quaid said he and Ms. Ryan shared custody of their son and lived not far from each other, eager to keep things as normal as possible for Jack.

(Why not a $20 monthly fee for debit card use?) But far from receiving an eager farewell at bank branches impatient to shed small-time depositors, many of those who have descended upon institutions such as Citibank demanding to close their accounts report encountering bank managers who tried to convince them to change their minds.

Mr. Song said he was perplexed why people far from China were so eager for the golden flecks of rare earths that dot the clay of his formerly pristine valley.

Stick to this main drag and you will eventually reach the city's oldest monument, the Great Mosque; wander down a side alley to venture deeper into the medina, although you will never be far from a helpful local eager to point you back in the direction of the "grande mosquée".