Example sentences of "hesitate [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've visited at least two or three times each year since then and I still hesitate to claim to know the area really well . |
| 2 | Not being too vicious , is that I hesitate to support this , until we see what the level is . |
| 3 | After the horror stories about the dogs I hesitate to go near my first one , but with us they are just big balls of fur . |
| 4 | How often is the decision left to junior doctors in the small hours of the morning who hesitate to increase dosage on the grounds that they do n't want to turn patients into addicts ? |
| 5 | Often , people who hesitate to come into the world of education — perhaps because English is not their first language , because education has not been highlighted as important in their households or because they missed an opportunity earlier in life — can come into adult education , not necessarily taking vocational courses in the first instance , but going on to take such courses , which provide them with the training and self-assurance they need . |
| 6 | I hesitate to write such a critical letter , but frankly I am at a loss to see how your new design can in any way be seen as an improvement . |
| 7 | Of course , and I hesitate to broach the matter , the English may have arranged Alexander III 's death but to what advantage ? |
| 8 | That this means that homosexuals should be able to adopt children is , however , a proposition which I hesitate to advance . |
| 9 | Sir , I hesitate to play the league table game , as Macmillan is much more interested in publishing good books than in speculation about who is the biggest . |
| 10 | Mm , normally er people who ca n't afford , hesitate to walk around . |
| 11 | I too hesitate to identify the meaning of John was seen to leave as " Somebody saw that John left " . |
| 12 | I , I hesitate to suggest , I mean that I 'm quite happy to support what Mr is saying , because I really hesitate to suggest reviving the old computer and financial services working party , because I think that was probably my most miserable experience on this council , with the single exception of the budget review er , parallel , or whatever it was , when it was led by . |
| 13 | I , I hesitate to suggest , I mean that I 'm quite happy to support what Mr is saying , because I really hesitate to suggest reviving the old computer and financial services working party , because I think that was probably my most miserable experience on this council , with the single exception of the budget review er , parallel , or whatever it was , when it was led by . |
| 14 | I hesitate to use the word ‘ basic ’ , as a machine with a punchcard patterning system and which will knit Fair Isle , tuck , slip and punch lace is not a basic machine . |
| 15 | I hesitate to use words |
| 16 | I hesitate to use adjectives as to what they would be like if they did n't spend at that level , but we believe it is possible for them to do so and there is something wrong with their spending levels if they do n't do it . |
| 17 | in order to get , because I hesitate to give you more work to do , you got enough work . |
| 18 | I hesitate to do so because that 's actually a source of difference between us and the County Council . |
| 19 | Students often hesitate to let a rhythmic design run on for a long period , fearing monotony ; they therefore begin something different every few bars , sometimes in the belief that changing words need a constantly changing accompaniment . |
| 20 | hesitate to let us have your idea |
| 21 | I hesitate to intervene again , as the hon. Gentleman is getting near to the time left for my contribution . |
| 22 | In the absence of anything comparable among the Greeks , I hesitate to attribute to royal initiative a translation so clearly born within the precincts of the synagogue . |
| 23 | There 's yet another one and I always hesitate to mention this one , Help the Aged , I think it 's most , yes ? |
| 24 | I hesitate to pronounce on the degree of tranquillity in his life , but since 1943 he has not been further than sixty miles from this spot . |
| 25 | Earle I beg your pardon , and I hesitate to raise any appeal decision . |
| 26 | Ways of retreat from this point are various and there is even a metal ring — I hesitate to say bolt — to facilitate an abseil. the able can reverse the climbs on the pinnacle 's short side and the crazy always have the option of hobbling away with a sprained ankle after ‘ successfully ’ negotiating Cook 's Leap , the jump across the gully to the main edge ! |
| 27 | Then I hesitate to say that there 's probably a more complex issue now even than the Fire Station , erm , the figures which are given incidentally are the original estimate there , because that was what was available to us at the time . |
| 28 | I shall certainly do what I can to advance the matter , but I hesitate to say what about the paper , because I do n't think it is an easy thing to cover in a paper . |
| 29 | Chairman , this is not what we , er , agreed before , and it seems to me that there 's been some re-thinking on this , and I hesitate to say that once again , er , members are trying to face all ways because they do n't want to upset somebody , but the policy that we 've had in the past , had total support at property , and it is , it is a policy that has worked . |
| 30 | But if you can raise that profile which I talk about , the of the ethics of of your trade , your profession and become , in effect , a pressure group , a pressure group for the public good , while we may not always agree with you , and indeed we 're going to say that we do n't agree with you and you must n't be afraid of that but we would rather hear from you , you 're the men and women at the sharp end , I hesitate to say ‘ experts ’ because ‘ expert ’ is a , a rather over-used word but we 'd much rather hear from you , at the sharp end , than the part-time politicians who , by the very nature of , of their role , and however well-meaning they may be , they have other priorities . |