Example sentences of "[be] willing [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The typical witch was now the poor neighbour , begging food and drink from people who had once been willing to acknowledge these claims , but did so no longer . |
| 2 | The Democrats in Congress had then been willing to accept such measures provided that the President would agree to more federal funding for local law enforcement and controls on the sale of assault weapons . |
| 3 | Since the 1970s , however , fewer and fewer black , Asian or Coloured people have been willing to accept this separate and unequal provision . |
| 4 | The judges have been willing to concede little more than that separation agreements , divorce and certain other matrimonial orders which were not available in Hale 's time must have some effect upon the exemption . |
| 5 | As usual , they have been willing to sub-contract these important decisions to the nuclear industry and to stand back , like Pontius Pilate , and say , ’ This has nothing to do with us . ’ |
| 6 | Fears of what might happen in the East are one reason EC leaders have been willing to offer some help to those on the other side of the broken Berlin Wall . |
| 7 | I must stick with the composers and make it known that I am willing to perform these new works anywhere . |
| 8 | If you 're willing to go down the route to drag hunting I am willing to support any hunt that wants to go down that route and I am sure this authority would . |
| 9 | I am willing to fail any dope test be it verbal , non-verbal , as long as it 's after this year 's London Marathon . |
| 10 | But I am willing to accept that ’ . ’ |
| 11 | In Zone ‘ UK ’ , 67 per cent of humans are willing to exchange more currency for such objects . |
| 12 | In theory , if customers are willing to give each bank enough business to survive , supply is balancing demand . |
| 13 | The teachers are willing to back each other up . |
| 14 | These commands will do the job but , if you are willing to spend some money , there are programs available which will make the whole process much easier , even automating back-ups so that your data is kept fully secure at all times . |
| 15 | And last those who should probably be first — the experts who have the knowledge that enables them to evaluate books , records , stamps and other valuables professionally and are willing to put this skill and their time at our disposal . |
| 16 | Plainly , the simplest case is that where people are willing to hold that expanding stock of deposits which results from other people 's decisions to borrow . |
| 17 | Yet in almost every workplace in Britain we all know there are people who are willing to receive all the benefits of working in a trade union workplace , but too unknown to their colleagues , refuse to pay the costs . |
| 18 | Informal investors or ‘ business angels ’ tend to be wealthy individuals ( often successful entrepreneurs ) who are willing to invest some of their personal wealth in small businesses . |
| 19 | The South Koreans offer cheaper materials and are willing to do more of the grunt work than Americans or Europeans are . |
| 20 | The letter should explain that you have the right qualifications , and say that you are willing to learn those you do n't have : you may be a competent typist , for example , but need a few hours to learn how to use a word processor . |
| 21 | For example , the expansion of tax and management advisory services has created an impression that these firms are willing to enter any area of service in which the economic rewards are advantageous . |
| 22 | What I can say to the hon. Gentleman is that the Government are willing to consider any claim where any evidence can be adduced of exposure to radiation . |
| 23 | You 're not talking about a few thousand pounds but millions , millions I shall be borrowing from various banking concerns who are willing to lend that money on the strength of my reputation . |
| 24 | But is n't it funny how people who are now well and truly ‘ progged up ’ are willing to accept this sort of thing which a few months ago they 'd have left well alone ? |
| 25 | If the vendor shareholders are willing to accept this form of deferred consideration , with the debentures carrying less than an arm's-length interest rate , there is obviously a funding advantage to Newco . |
| 26 | G. Lightheart will place the matter before the Region stating that we are willing to bear some of the cost . |
| 27 | These results support the hypothesis that individuals are willing to pay more in order to live in communities that provide high-quality services . |
| 28 | This assumes that governments are willing to make all their objectives explicit , that they can specify them precisely , and that they are stable over time . |
| 29 | ‘ I need to feel that you are willing to make some effort . ’ |
| 30 | Jonny says : ‘ Rowing is the sort of sport that , if you 're tall enough and weigh enough , you can get pretty good at it — if you 're willing to put all the hours into training . |