Sentences with phrase «even unwilling»

She is a calm dog who initially appears to be a bit distressed and unsure of herself, even unwilling to take treats.

But the tax collector, standing some distance away, was even unwilling to lift up his eyes to heaven, but was beating his breast, saying, «God, be merciful to me, the sinner!»

Not exact matches

According to Turkish dissidents, social media and external sources such as VICE are even more important than they would be elsewhere because local media outlets are unwilling to report on corruption or the behavior of Turkish police and armed forces.

If nothing else, leaders have a clear obligation to express solidarity with their own beleaguered employees, even if they find themselves unable or unwilling to denounce the ban outright.

United Airlines is scrambling to respond to intense and far - reaching scrutiny after the airline bumped an unwilling passenger, whom authorities forcibly dragged down the aisle, off the flight on Sunday evening.

These managers apparently decided their employees were unable or unwilling to be engaged in the business, understand metrics, make suggestions for improvement or even be productive.

And when Clinton accused him of being so conspiracy obsessed and so unwilling to admit his own failures that he even accused the Emmys of being rigged when he didn't win those, he chose to relitigate the issue, saying he really should have won an Emmy.

A central theme throughout the compensation debate has been that boards and compensation committees — particularly in the U.S. and U.K. (but also elsewhere)-- have been incapable or unwilling to address the uncontrolled disparity between pay of CEOs compared to that of other senior management and, in particular, the pay of average workers, even throughout the financial crisis.

But if CK had opted to choose more — even substantially more — relatively few fans would be unable or unwilling to afford the difference (and even fewer such people who have the requisite internet connection in the first place).

A stodgy employer — one who is unwilling to even entertain new approaches — exemplifies the traditional corporate structure all Millennials have been trained to avoid.

Even if you can't afford — or are unwilling — to give your money to charity, you can certainly help your chosen cause with the gift of your knowledge or labor.

It makes us unwilling to change, even when market trends indicate that our current plan isn't going to work.

All this talk about higher stages of consciousness is fine, but even gung - ho Tealiocrats like Kirby are unwilling to live on the bleeding edge if they have to take a pay cut.

Actually sanctioning Russian actors would be even more useful, but with the White House unwilling to follow through with sanctions already in place, that seems unlikely.

Even if you are unwilling to simplify the tax system you could start a new medium - term program to modernize Canada's infrastructure.

Spain could therefore either use the imported German capital to (a) increase domestic investment (which it did in the form of a real estate bubble)(b) binge on consumption and sharply reduce its savings as a function of GDP (which it also did)(c) accept higher unemployment (which it is now forced to do) which forces GDP to fall faster than consumption falls or (d) try to emulate Germany by passing off a trade imbalance at the expense of the rest of the world (which Europe as a whole is trying to do and which will go nowhere in the long run because only one country is even remotely capable of accepting such massive inflows, and it is increasingly unwilling to import the unemployment caused by German and Asian policies).

But even higher earners with new jobs in today's recovering economy may be unwilling to move closer to jobs, especially in highly competitive housing markets where prices are rising quickly, Moss said.

In the beginning of 2000, when investors finally decided they were unwilling to take on even greater amounts of risk, the market crumbled under its own weight.

Holder even called us «a nation of cowards» because we were unwilling to have a «national conversation» about race.

Well guys it is Hell already here on earth endless killings worldwide... Back here where I am Ye is already heading towards that the whole country is on demonstrations demanding resignation of the ruler but he seems unwilling to resign before the end of his ruling period on 2013, while the streets are demanding immediate resignation and that has caused bloodshed in every city in the country... the streets demonstrations has enforced civil strikes all over the country which is now paralyzed... no cash with the banks all money frozen in the central bank... My business is in the field of services therefore I find my self now obliged to dismiss part of my staff in order to be able to survive this unfortunate thing... Already have reduced working hour to one shift to reduce running cost... so you see am now sitting alone in the whole building of our business office writing here as nothing can be done to carry on business even if there is business... Just I pray these unfortunate events passes over soon before it becomes out of control as had happened in Libya... we have nothing to say but (Ina - Lilah - WaIna - Alih - Ragoon) & (Alhmed - Lilah for every thing)... «Mankind has always been Hasty while God has always been the most Patient»...

Yet we do not go to cancer wards preaching to the victims of lung cancer about their sinful lifestyles... Could it be that the weight of our moral judgments is clouded by the fact that a lot of conservatives smoke (smoking can even cause harm to nonsmokers who are unwilling breathers of the cancer - causing substance)?

We therefore, that we may refute these, who seem to themselves through prudence to be unwilling to believe what they can not see, although we are not able to show unto human sight those divine things which we believe, yet do show unto human minds that even those things which are not seen are to be believed.

You, however, are unwilling to even consider that you might be wrong, and that is sad.

He shrunk away, his shoulders hunched, unwilling to look at me, uncomfortable even to be noticed.

Claiming it is «impossible» to get him to consider different points of view, exasperated acquaintances of local man Kyle Dunham told reporters Wednesday that the 34 - year - old is completely unwilling to listen to even a single argument as to why ho.mose.xuality is an abomination.

The awareness of the particularity, indeed the precious particularity, of our language, «even the language of «God» and «salvation,» made some unwilling to use» it to blanket the religious lives and experiences of people of other faiths.

Though he was shown mercy and grace, he was unwilling to extend it even in a small way.

For many socially responsible seminarians in the late 1970s, liberation theology was the only show in town, the only show in a culture that seemed unwilling even to consider the social challenges of the gospel.

He writes, for example: «The fact that our author can persistently talk about sacrifice as if it meant a joyless, unwilling and hesitant gift shows that not even the faintest spark of religious inspiration can have glowed in his heart» (p26).

(Matthew 6:8) Prayer was not begging a reluctant deity for his best gifts, as though he were an unjust judge or a surly neighbor in bed with his children unwilling to arise and answer a call for help — although if patience in prayer could accomplish its end even in such cases, how much more with the righteous and merciful God!

If we do not learn to question our beliefs, we will grow arrogant and prideful, unwilling to change our minds even when it's the right thing to do.

He might even have been prevented from reaching the goal just by being unwilling to use any other means than those which the judgment of eternity permits.

I think true bigotry arises when we are unwilling to respect the position of others who may not feel the same as we do, even if we don't necissarily agree.

This is similar to a child that receives a gift from his parents which they didn't earn of even deserve but are unwilling to share it with others.

James is revealed as a late - Victorian gentleman, unwilling to act on his impulses, unwilling even to acknowledge them, and yet, contrary to the prevailing wisdom of the twenty - first century, a man leading a worthwhile and satisfying life.

These people fully believed they were in the right, because they thought God had directed them to commit these crimes against their fellow human beings, and they were largely unwilling to even begin questioning their long - held beliefs.

Unwilling to reduce biology to physics, this expert on Darwinian theory considers it silly and not even good biology to overlook the actual goals that specific features like plates and beaks serve.

He foresaw that it would be so; and he said that no one unwilling to sacrifice everything that life offered, or even life itself, could be his disciple (Lk 14:26 - 27).

Of course the left wing media and the Democrats were unwittingly helping Al Qaeda in their propaganda war, but its sad that even today most of you are unwilling to admit that Al Qaeda was even there.

Obviously, there are people who are unwilling to acknowledge or confront their privilege and continue to wound even after they've been told that their words, attitudes, and actions are hurtful; they should be called out, and in some cases avoided for the sake of creating safe communities for the people they hurt.

This writer has heard it suggested by diocesan officials, and even sometimes by teachers, that the vast majority of parents are incapable of giving sex education to their own children, or are embarrassed, unwilling or too lazy to give it.

But Americans are curiously unwilling to learn from Europe, even though almost all member - states of the European Union have better policies and lower rates of addiction than the U.S.. On other points, Massing is in agreement with the harm - reduction approach: he favors free needles, methadone treatment, decriminalization of marijuana and repeal of mandatory sentencing.

It is a source of great frustration because even though women, people of color, and people of various sexual orientations and identities are raising their voices and sometimes being heard, those at the control center are straight white men who may be or pretend to be sympathetic to their voices but are unable or unwilling to change the landscape because they're hopelessly entangled in it.

If this is correct, it is one of the ironies of history that the title by which Jesus was unwilling to be known became very soon the one most commonly applied to him, even ceasing to be recognized as a title and being used practically as a surname.

But note that even though God tried to rescue Lot's wife, and Lot's two sons - in - law, they were unwilling to be rescued, and there was nothing God could do to prevent their destruction.

If we are unwilling to welcome great matters, even when they come to us in obsolete vehicles of thought, it is of no use to read any ancient literature whatsoever.

It's not that hard to do, it's just that most people have adopted this all - or - nothing approach to the universe that they're unwilling to even try.

Truly the very fact of existing is by some natural spell so pleasant, that even the wretched are, for no other reason, unwilling to perish; and, when they feel that they are wretched, wish not that they themselves be annihilated, but that their misery be... [removed]....

We may be unwilling to change or challenge those securities even when the word of God invites us to do so.

II Thessalonians 3:10; Paul writes: «For even when we were with you, we gave you this rule: «The one who is unwilling to work shall not eat.»