In some cases, soldiers are proving no more eager to give up businesses than they were to give up political control.

The prosecutors proved eager to credit the self-serving accounts of felons, whose reputation for reliability is not high.

The one danger was that the servant would prove overly eager; if the whirl didn't stop soon enough, he'd blast away regardless.

Mongolia has proven eager to flex its muscles on the international stage.

The Nightingale solution depended on the patronage of upper class women, and they proved eager to serve.

Kominek proves eager to share, but not all his comrades take him up on the offer.

After an initial hesitation, Brickman had proved remarkably co-operative and eager to please.

Nicolas's victims prove pitifully eager to buy his line.

The courts have also allowed juries to handle more decisions, and many have proven eager to side with inventors against large companies.

Investors have proved eager to finance even risky new ideas.