Example sentences of "who were prepared [to-vb] the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 She guessed these were harlots who were prepared to entertain the men according to their preferences .
2 In fact , there was only a small nucleus of non-party men who were prepared to support the Court on all occasions — men such as the Secretary of War , William Blathwayt , or Treasury Secretary , William Lowndes , who were essentially civil servants .
3 Moreover , the war intensified factional disputes as socialists divided between ‘ defencists ’ who were prepared to support the war effort and ‘ internationalists ’ , among whom Lenin was most uncompromising , who condemned it .
4 teachers who were prepared to discuss the GIST problem with children , rather than simply accepting VISTA and other interventions and hoping that an implicit message would get through ;
5 There were an increasing number of scientists , engineers , doctors , economists and statisticians who were prepared to challenge the industry on its own terms .
6 Because it appeared more resolute in its unionism , it was taken to be more trustworthy by those who were prepared to break the law for their unionism .
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