Sentences with phrase «balked at accepting»

«In following instructions to sort images rapidly, the mind often balked at accepting a woman as a leader.

Cuomo, who was running on a platform of scaling back spending in state government and pension reform, still balked at accepting the WFP line until he was assured they would back his proposals.

Like the first Jewish Christians who had a hard time wrapping their heads around the thought of embracing «unclean» Gentiles — even though their Bible clearly commanded circumcision and to keep kosher — so some believers today balk at accepting LGBT folk.

Cuomo acknowledged that the Legislature will likely balk at accepting the reform plan he has laid out.

In the rare instance where a creditor balks at accepting a reasonable settlement at the time it is proposed, it is often a matter of simply waiting for a different phase of the collection process.

If your cat balks at accepting its daily pill portion, compounding pharmacies can prepare something less bitter.

Not exact matches

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Although Dad doesn't grasp the fact that Billy is literally eating worms, he does offer some encouragement and shares his own apprehensions about being accepted when his son balks at going to school.

Some IRA providers balk at the idea of IRAs for minors, but many mutual funds, brokers and banks accept them, so if you strike out the first time you ask, try again elsewhere.

If the government balks at requiring a few hundred power plants to install rudimentary emission controls, how can thousands of farms or crores of motorists be expected to accept new regulations?

With Project Fi, Google uses a blend of Wi - Fi and the networks of three carriers to keep you covered, and its pay - only - for - what - you - use approach may appeal to smartphone owners who balk at paying for one unused megabyte of data — provided they're using an accepted device.

Businesses balk at the idea of accepting payments in a currency that may drop in value by 40 - 50 % in a week, as bitcoin did a couple of times in 2013, as well as making exponential gains.

No legitimate employer will have issues with putting the offer in writing, so if yours balks at your request and accuses you of not having any trust and tries to bully you to accept the verbal agreement, take it as a MAJOR red flag that there is something seriously wrong.

Parents of children on the autism spectrum often balk at breaking the news of a diagnosis to their son or daughter; after all, while they know that they will always love and accept their autistic child because of, and not in spite of, who he (or she) is, there's no way to be sure that the child will feel the same way.