Sentence examples for not exactly willing from inspiring English sources

He said he is ready, if not exactly willing, to go on strike.

Carson is not exactly willing to talk about her life, and she recites the few details she gives me in the form of data, and only after considerable prodding.

"In the criminal context it's trickier because it's the government asking for stuff, and I think it's going to be harder to fashion a rule, especially when the government is not exactly willing to part with the reasons" for requesting the information in the first place, said Jonathan Zittrain, a law professor at Harvard.

She admitted it was hard to assess whether such virtual online battles were helping to win the war against extremists, quipping that "terrorists are not exactly willing to participate in surveys".

And while Jacques thinks his prank is funny, he isn't exactly willing to lose his house over it.

Both watchdog groups deemed a commercial Kirk was running that painted Zemenides as a BP lobbyist as "barely true," but Kirk wasn't exactly willing to own up to it.

William M. Daley, the chairman of the Gore campaign, who also appeared on "Meet the Press," told Mr. Rove: "I would just say that Newt Gingrich and the Republican leadership in the House and Senate over the last eight years haven't been exactly willing to work with President Clinton or Vice President Gore, and that's one of the reasons why we've had a stalemate on important issues".

Beyond the country turning hard-right, accountants and agents had replaced eccentric, dope-addled businessmen who, while not exactly Abbie Hoffmans, were nonetheless willing to take risks.

Today, he seems if not exactly happy, then at least willing to discuss it.

Not exactly the stuff for which investors are willing to pay 41 times earnings.

And like all stories, it sustained itself, if not exactly with belief, then at least with a willing suspension of disbelief.