Even confident investors, however, may balk at how much debt they will soon be asked to buy.
A few will balk. They don't want the responsibility of figuring out a fee. They don't want the anguish. That's okay. Give them a quote.
If demand rises as forecast, the expansion can be delivered to budget, and if shippers do not balk at higher tolls, the canal will be even better business for the government.
Failure is a pain, and some people balk at it and dare not move on.
And Hamas leaders, though desperate for a ceasefire, will balk at any deal that reeks of capitulation.
Mrs Clinton might stumble and fall. The American electorate might balk at the idea of handing both the White House and Capitol Hill to a single party and go for a Republican president.
To emancipate all mankind, we will balk at no sacrifice. even that of our lives.
Christopher McKenna, a historian of consulting at Oxford University, says clients may balk at paying handsomely for a “young punk” of a consultant.
The Greens themselves might balk, perhaps preferring a “Jamaica” coalition with the CDU and FDP instead.
A state whose ship was not attacked, and whose only involvement with the incident was as rescuer, might balk at being asked to foot the bill for lengthy and costly proceedings.
It is usually patients not doctors who balk at the sight of a medical instrument being unwrapped.
When I talk about giving up unnecessary shopping or clothes or shoes, many people balk.
What happens when factory workers begin to demand a more Western living standard, and miners balk at descending into industrial death traps?
Both sides still balk at his draft document's latest wording.
A few will balk.
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