Infinitive complement

• admit: Talking of lighting, I'm loath to admit that we nearly fused all the lights with a faulty kettle!

• let: The devil is loath to let us go too far, lest Christ get a subject into his kingdom.

• leave: My brothers left the farm when they came of age, but I stayed a year longer, loath to leave home.

• lose: In fact many funds are loath to lose the ' illiquidity premium ' of real estate by joining pooled vehicles.

• give: Obviously the Belgians were loath to give land over to the enemy's dead.

• go: I linger by the fire, loath to go to bed.

Used with adjective complement

• seem: They all recognize the importance of consumption, but most seem loath to discuss the details.

• do: One of his rather uninspiring quotes was: " How I did loath that journey around the world!

Modifying Another Word

• very: PIPES: The CIA was very loath to deal with issues which could not be demonstrated in a kind of mathematical form.

• so: No wonder the political parties are so loath to get involved.

• often: Unless faced will ` real life ' situations developers are often loath to modify code or their work practices.

• not: The young man was not loath to take the hint.

• still: Clearly members wanted management but were still loath to give ' management ' any power.

• now: Which may just explain both why the Chumash are now loath to discuss it.