Sentence examples for once unwilling from inspiring English sources

But Acer's humility and acknowledgement of the problem (they cite the iPad and Fire as major competitors in the low-end notebook space, a fact they were once unwilling to acknowledge) are reassuring.

For example, at the Juvenile Detention Center where I once taught as part of Berkeley Law's Advocates for Youth Justice program, some of the very same students who were once unwilling participants in the criminal justice system willingly took on the prosecutorial role in our mock trial, aggressively advocating for strict enforcement of our nation's criminal laws.

The appointment of the Saxon premier, Beust, as Austrian prime minister in 1867 shows that initially Franz Joseph was once again unwilling to accept the decision.

But the Saudi government, which once seemed unwilling to acknowledge this country's critical role in fostering jihadist violence around the world, has become far more open about the challenges it faces.

The law firm's courtship of dot-coms demonstrates how little distance is left between the high-technology world, once staunchly unwilling to cozy up to Capitol Hill, and the inside-the-beltway elite, formerly dismissive of the Internet's role in the economy.

Indeed, the law firm's courtship of dot-coms demonstrates how little distance is left between the high-technology world, once staunchly unwilling to cozy up to Capitol Hill, and the inside-the-beltway elite, formerly dismissive of the Internet's role in the economy.

Once the unwilling are willing, they'll be willing and able.

Twenty years later, many Americans believed that Europe's squabbling powers once again seemed unwilling or unable to defend democracy.

On the other hand, if -- as appears likely -- Democratic senators make dire predictions about how disastrous an Alito nomination will be for the country but then do not back those statements up with a filibuster, the party will once again appear unwilling or unable to put principle ahead of expediency.

Once she was unwilling to sit on the CSS, I would remind her by saying "Mika (a character in the story) sits in the CSS, Mika wears the seat belt.

It struck me at once that he was unwilling, or unable, to acknowledge what had happened.