He expressed his willingness to help.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

Not a strong blocker, lacking technique, but his willingness is there.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com] Reference

McCain criticized Barack Obama for what he calls a willingness to sit down with Cuban leader Raul Castro.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript May 21, 2008] Reference

He also criticized Barack Obama for what he calls a willingness to sit down the Cuban leader Raoul Castro.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript May 21, 2008] Reference

"The willingness is there, but it's the same sad story,".    From Wordnik.com.  [National Hockey League - Avalanche vs. Senators] Reference

It is as if there is even a certain willingness to excuse our own Hitlers and Goerings.    From Wordnik.com.  [McCain as Neo-Con, Obama as Neo-Con « Antiwar.com Blog] Reference

Courage is defined as the willingness to act even when you are wracked by fear for your own life or safety.    From Wordnik.com.  [Born to Bark] Reference

At its best, it was impossible to tell between true popularity and differentials in willingness to campaign.    From Wordnik.com.  [Victor on Cyveillance] Reference

So far, foreign central banks have stepped into the breach, but their long-term willingness to absorb additional U.S.    From Wordnik.com.  [PERSICOPE] Reference

All of those efforts will require incredibly skilled leadership and a long-term willingness of the entire society to face hard facts.    From Wordnik.com.  [Rep. David R. Obey: We Owe It to Our Troops to Bring Hardnosed Realism to Whatever We Ask Them to Do] Reference

It would require a certain willingness for the President to throw his legislative colleagues under the bus en masse, though: and, really, how likely is that?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Maybe - *maybe* - teaching Obama? | RedState] Reference

And look to be a little more definite in terms their willingness to deploy.    From Wordnik.com.  [SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page] Reference

The willingness is a way to underscore the voluntary nature of what goes on.    From Wordnik.com.  [Financial Sector and Stocks Analysis from Seeking Alpha] Reference

Vice President Biden while a candidate called a willingness to pay higher taxes in a time of need "patriotic.".    From Wordnik.com.  [David M. Abromowitz: Who Gave the Winners Another Pass on Taxes?] Reference

Brad's right, we're starting to reach levels of the affordability but now we're running into a wall called willingness to pay.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jun 28, 2008] Reference

In searing heat, the intraclub match at Ballarat last night had plenty of North's future in the play and their willingness was a standout.    From Wordnik.com.  [AustralianIT.com.au | Top Stories] Reference

Social scientists call the willingness to build a case for conviction, while ignoring evidence that points away from guilty "tunnel vision.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Amy Bach: Willingham Prosecutor's Lack of Doubt Too Extreme] Reference

Given the dollar’s current weakness, the AAA report reflects both optimism in the future and a short-term willingness on the part of consumers to spend.    From Wordnik.com.  [Is the U.S. Economy in a Recession?] Reference

While he doesn’t deny that the chance to get caught is a factor in willingness to cheat, his point is that the correlation between the two is not absolute.    From Wordnik.com.  [EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - Brilliant and very interesting talk about moral code and cheating] Reference

Her willingness was the more widely known because in the circle which fate had drawn around her -- ironically, she sometimes thought -- it was not usual to sacrifice these things.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Daughter of To-Day] Reference

The willingness is there.    From Wordnik.com.  [Stan Kasten's final news conference: the highlights] Reference

I think that kind of willingness to experiment is as cool as some of the stories he writes.    From Wordnik.com.  [A King's Standing Dark Tower - Suvudu - Science Fiction and Fantasy Books, Movies, and Games] Reference

Everybody has to come to some kind of willingness to let go in their own time, in their own way.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Daily Challenges Of Learning To Be A Widow] Reference

That is why the question was phrased as it was, in terms of 'willingness' and 'without preconditions'.    From Wordnik.com.  [Obama Camp To Hillary: Not So Fast With That Coronation] Reference

The search for truth may demand this kind of willingness and commitment, if not literally at least fi guratively.    From Wordnik.com.  [Noah Levine: Sid - The Rebel Saint - Part I] Reference

He has the ability to exercise JUDGEMENT and determine when his 'willingness' is in the country's best interest and when it isn't.    From Wordnik.com.  [Obama Clarifies Position On Meeting With Foreign Leaders] Reference

PPS--and what does it mean about my own "willingness" to tolerate non-private harm Because I scored the same as Althouse this time around.    From Wordnik.com.  [That morality test.] Reference

I believe the word assassin came from a group of individuals back in the 11th century that started this kind of willingness to sacrifice one's own lives.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Sep 15, 2001] Reference

A Republic Windows & Doors spokesman called the gesture "positive and productive" and said there was a "willingness" to reach a settlement that would cover the employees 'claims.    From Wordnik.com.  [BofA Offers 'Limited' Loans to Illinois Factory After Sit-In] Reference

A brief commentary on Obama's "willingness" to.    From Wordnik.com.  [GraniteGrok] Reference

In June, many in the media marveled at Elton's "willingness" to perform at Rush Limbaugh's wedding reception.    From Wordnik.com.  [Latest Articles] Reference

Note Bronner's use of "willingness" and "yielding," suggesting his own tacit endorsement of Israel's magnanimity.    From Wordnik.com.  [Palestine Blogs aggregator] Reference

Essentially what makes it different from the Ponzi scheme is the 'willingness' to pay-back, only if technology advances.    From Wordnik.com.  [Money And Investing] Reference

That kind of willingness to veer off in unexpected directions has long been a hallmark of Mr. Blades, who manages his own career.    From Wordnik.com.  [NYT > Home Page] Reference

The point is even more valid now, with the qualification that as much attention needs to be paid to "willingness" as to "ability".    From Wordnik.com.  [openDemocracy] Reference

"They're going to have to signal some kind of willingness to work with Republicans to cut spending," Boehner told The Associated Press.    From Wordnik.com.  [Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion] Reference

"willingness", most transgressions can be made whole in good time.    From Wordnik.com.  [Yahoo! Sports - Top News] Reference