Example sentences of "prepared for an [adj] " in BNC.

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1 His mind had been prepared for an impossible radiance and it had taken time to absorb a new set of signals .
2 I had warned my men overnight to be prepared for an early start , and a little before sunrise , leaving them to pack up and follow me , I said good-bye to my friends at Dalkania and started on the two-mile climb to the forest road on the ridge above … .
3 We must be prepared for an ironic result — that the reduction of US military spending will lead to an increase in Japan 's defence spending .
4 And yet , for all his reservations , Nietzsche continued to devote time and energy to orthodox classical scholarship ; and he was still prepared for an academic career , albeit with the special aims appropriate to one so sceptical of the established order .
5 They were prepared for an unyielding defence of their two flocks of 10,000 battery hens against the Ministry of Agriculture and the 10 burly ex-miners who form the ministry 's chicken-killing squad , ever-ready to wring a feathered neck .
6 Be prepared for an old school rap album from Hollywood Records International and the Hollywood Basic US labels .
7 Toffler-junkies should be prepared for an intellectual placebo .
8 The pilot should always be prepared for an unexpected power failure during this critical stage of the launch .
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