But many people balked at taking low-wage jobs, so in April the state introduced sanctions.

One problem, he said, is that people often balk at the emotional aspects of estate planning.

Price it higher and people balk, regardless of what's being offered.

For one thing, he said, public resistance would be too great - people would balk at giving up all control.

Some people balk at the crowds, the pace, the noise.

That suggests that people might balk at the new machines.

The product saw initial success, but at US$119 some people balked.

Indeed, you wonder how many people would balk at buying motor car insurance if it wasn't compulsory.

At that, however, the people and the politicians balked.

Yet most people still balk at exploring ways in which a legal regime might undermine such effects.