adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be willing/prepared/happy/ready to admit sth
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She was willing to admit that she’d made a mistake.
ready and willing
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She was ready and willing to work hard.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
always
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Nizan is always willing to oblige with the battering ram technique, if required.
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Chimney sweeps are few, and are not always willing to come so far out for a couple of chimneys.
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None the less, they are not always willing or able to deploy this skill.
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My parents moan at me because I am not always willing to go to work.
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We are always willing to consider proposals put forward by members of the Bar.
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Adam joined Lyles in July 1977 and was a conscientious employee who was always willing to help out.
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In fact, we urged the Government to seek resolutions when they were not always willing .
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Token triers. Always willing to Lack-a-daisy.
less
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As a result they are less willing to accept the increasing costs caused by disruption and seek to recover them through claims.
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As bad loans proliferate, investors are less willing to buy bank debt and equity, making capital scarcer.
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While two companies were prepared to pay this cost for their searches, three others were less willing to do so.
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We might speculate that those with dementia would be less willing to participate in a research project than the mentally fit.
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Hong Kong manufacturers depend almost entirely on export markets, many of which have been less willing to forgive and forget.
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They became less willing to transfer capital to the most troubled borrowers by the conventional means of foreign direct investment.
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Slightly less willing to react is a chassis afflicted by over-light steering that lacks feel.
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Although the increase was understandable given the Government's vacillation, it made ministers even less willing to intervene.
more
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Semi-skilled and unskilled workers were more willing to relocate than management and professional staff.
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In general, computational linguists are more willing to accept computer systems that are able to process a useful range of language input.
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People were far more willing to use them if they were diluted in a traditional herbal infusion like chamomile.
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This makes manufacturers more willing to take lower prices to get established Stateside.
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Obviously they will be much more willing to do this if they already have plenty of spare liquidity.
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They may be more willing than some social workers.
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Campbell points out, however: that girls are more willing than boys to acknowledge the relative harmlessness of fighting.
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Finally, in terms of status situation Lockwood is more willing to concede a deterioration in the position of the clerical workforce.
quite
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Yet on the other hand governments were quite willing to disregard clearly expressed public feeling when this seemed in the national interest.
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He was quite willing to delegate field command to Terhune until the objective was obtained.
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He's quite willing to do the right thing by the girl.
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He seemed quite willing to lend a hand and came straight round.
so
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If people weren't sure of getting the victim for their money they wouldn't be so willing to pay up.
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Investors are so willing to believe in recovery around the corner that they will clutch at false hopes almost indefinitely.
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They looked so eager, so willing to be pleased.
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Few cultures have been so willing to tempt the gods.
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Once both do, neither may be so willing to be bullied.
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The reputations of others who may not have been so willing to be identified are sacrificed in the quest for titillation.
too
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At Oxford I discovered that most people were only too willing to be friendly if I gave them a chance.
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Wilson had nursed her and taken care of her and Phoebe was only too willing to show her gratitude.
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Maggie Parkin was infatuated with her husband and only too willing to believe his promise.
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Far too willing for my own good.
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High-ranking officers were only too willing to pay vastly inflated prices for a little judicious alteration and improvement to their standard uniforms.
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Surely one of your delightful friends would be only too willing to come back and get you.
very
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Plump young body. Very willing to show it off, she was.
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He now had a permanent and very willing model, and not only one; he had several.
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But we were five against double as many, and armed villains very willing to kill.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
God willing
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God willing, the war will end soon.
God willing
show willing
the spirit is willing (but the flesh is weak)
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Get a bike, find a willing friend, and explore the bike trails.
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He's not a very bright boy, but he's young, strong, and willing .
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She's an enthusiastic, willing learner.
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The police believe Davison was a willing participant in the murder.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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During our last barbecue Lucy worked with a willing heart.
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Houghton convinced himself he was searching so avidly for the match that he was almost willing himself to find it.
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It is willing and able to feed on a variety of prey species, up to the size of antelopes.
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My father would be willing to move with me and this of course would allow me to sell my present house.
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Some certainly saw her as a kind of human sacrifice, albeit a willing one.
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The two councillors serve the Association and the area well and are always willing to attend meetings and find out information.
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Under question, Edward told me a little more about Laura's past than she herself was willing to volunteer.
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Would they be willing to lose a little as well as win a little as the days added up to years?