Example sentences of "willing [verb] [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Meanwhile Abdul Kaizer , founder of the Quaid-e-Azam League , not exactly , one imagines , from Tendulkar 's part of the world , has announced to Calvin , ‘ I 'm willing to promote Yorkshire cricket . |
| 2 | Somewhat more plausible is the possibility that Gloucester had decided to proceed to the execution of the captured Woodvilles ( as his letter to York perhaps implies ) and that Hastings , while willing to see Woodville power limited , was not prepared to countenance their execution . |
| 3 | Somewhat more plausible is the possibility that Gloucester had decided to proceed to the execution of the captured Woodvilles ( as his letter to York perhaps implies ) and that Hastings , while willing to see Woodville power limited , was not prepared to countenance their execution . |
| 4 | Black immigration , recession , and the enormous purses which television can provide have meant there remain a ready supply of men willing to risk brain damage in the ring . |
| 5 | Indeed , very few employers are willing to provide work experience instead of full employment . |
| 6 | For bureaucrats this revived pre-war preferences , for the US Occupation this matched their cold war mood and for employers this delivered a labour movement which would be willing to accept enterprise bargaining . |
| 7 | As bad loans proliferate , investors are less willing to buy bank debt and equity , making capital scarcer . |
| 8 | Robbie knew she would n't have been any more willing to leave Water Gypsy . |
| 9 | The EC Commission is , therefore , less likely to be willing to leave Article 86-type competition cases to the UK competition authorities , and disputes over jurisdiction are , therefore , more likely . |
| 10 | The Americans are reluctant to put in ground troops , but are willing to use air power . |
| 11 | Coercion is possible when there is a government willing to use state power , but it also fails — not solely because coercion as a means to an end tends to fail but because both programmes , in order to achieve any impact , involved very large numbers of people , even the majority , which implies serious problems for the logistics of coercion and of mass political backlash . |
| 12 | He was quite willing to delegate field command to Terhune until the objective was obtained . |
| 13 | It is reasonable to suppose that the ‘ leading ’ industries will be willing to concede money wage increases to their workers equal to the rate of productivity growth : this will not in itself be inflationary as the average price level in these industries can be held constant . |
| 14 | Paz Zamora responded by announcing that he was willing to face MNR impeachment proceedings against him in order to find a political solution to the crisis . |
| 15 | Walworth Road was quite willing to remove David Nellist and Terry Fields , despite the wishes of the local party . |
| 16 | He is not said to have been holy , and looks like a successful career churchman , often occupied with the king 's business , and willing to contravene church law by practising pluralism . |
| 17 | Compiling a directory of employers willing to employ Downs school leavers provides the framework for clarifying the feasibility and methods that can be used in a further , more substantial research contribution . |
| 18 | In conditions of high unemployment , employers , having relatively increased bargaining strength , may be in a better position and be more willing to oppose trade unionism . |
| 19 | Hordes of admirers screech that they would be only too willing to take Kylie home and look after her for a while . |
| 20 | Reutern rationalized the administration of the Treasury , improved banking and credit facilities , and , breaking dramatically with the intensely cautious financial policy of Nicholas I 's reign , made large loans available , particularly to industrialists willing to undertake railway construction . |