Example sentences of "[be] ready to take [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The councils say they 're ready to take on the job . |
| 2 | The abrupt cessation of his trading can not but have caused more or less severe dislocation until others were ready to take up the slack , just as Bath became ‘ somewhat decayed ’ after the deaths of three of its clothiers . |
| 3 | We received a message by telephone that this was fine and that we were to get in touch when we were ready to take up the offer . |
| 4 | Although slightly wounded , says that she is ready to take up the challenge again next year . |
| 5 | It needs an understanding of how all the parts contribute to the whole , so that new elements of collaboration can be introduced as and when appropriate , with the children 's confidence and understanding being developed until they are ready to take over the initiative for themselves . |
| 6 | Perfectly groomed from head to toe and with all that assurance , she was ready to take on the world , Arlene thought with satisfaction , for she looked on Paula as her very own creation . |
| 7 | Now I was ready to take on the guards and he was calming me , rather than me him . |
| 8 | She felt refreshed and renewed , filled with such a healthy glow of well-being that she was ready to take on the world ; and Johnny Latimer with it . |