Example sentences of "been prepared [verb] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At least since the early 1970s successive governments have expressed concern about the decline of our inner cities , but no government has been prepared to devote the massive resources which are now required to overcome decades of neglect . |
| 2 | Like Lanfranc he had welcomed royal co-operation , and had been prepared to wait a long time for it . |
| 3 | They had just not been prepared to support a lost cause . |
| 4 | In the first hour after finding her dress and necklace he might have been prepared to accept a rational explanation — or even a bemused denial of involvement . |
| 5 | Although many politicians have not been prepared to accept the thorough-going case for pricing advanced above , many have , under the practical pressure of public spending constraints , been prepared to accept charging as a supplementary way of raising revenue , or to see charges increased as the only way of preserving a service . |
| 6 | But I know of several people who having been in full-time Christian work have been prepared to get a secular job for a time , until the new church was able to support them . |
| 7 | The Minister has shown concern about sentencing patterns , but does his concern extend beyond that to cases where the prosecution service has not been prepared to prosecute an accused person ? |
| 8 | Even after Anselm 's visit in 1079 , Lanfranc had been prepared to consign the greater part of these local saints and customs to oblivion . |
| 9 | To date , it appears that no developer has been prepared to challenge the accepted policy by retaining and adapting a low-rise factory structure for housing rather than choosing demolition and redevelopment . |
| 10 | It has not been prepared to consider the wider implications of the massive developments planned for Canary Wharf and the Royal Docks , which will have all kinds of consequences for London and the South East . |
| 11 | Before the amendments made by the Copyright ( Computer Programs ) Regulations 1992 , there was no such provision although the courts may have been prepared to imply an appropriate term into a software licence where the making of a back-up copy was reasonably necessary to the use of the program in question . |