Example sentences of "willing [verb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is rational behaviour only if speculators are risk-neutral and are willing to accommodate the demands of hedgers without additional compensation in the form of a risk premium in excess of the risk-free rate . |
| 2 | Otherwise , your hospital physiotherapist may be willing to see the specialist with you , for guidance which she can then put into practice herself . |
| 3 | The sponsor says he is willing to see the project through even though it may be a lengthy one . |
| 4 | One person may wish to dedicate more of his time to other pursuits and therefore accept the authority of a reasonably just and competent government over a whole range of issues regarding which another may prefer to decide for himself , and be willing to invest the time and effort it takes to enable himself to decide wisely . |
| 5 | Of all the styles it is the most laborious and there are few professionals able or willing to continue the tradition . |
| 6 | Rigby grew tired of her role as one of the official band girlfriends and told Gedge she was no longer willing to attend the concerts of his various line-ups . |
| 7 | Indeed , we hope you 'll be willing to attend the press conference and answer questions . ’ |
| 8 | It 's clear now , if it was n't clear then , that they were willing to sacrifice the well-being of schools , of their staff and pupils , for the glory of their leader and for national recognition of the then Councillor , as the most ardent of Thatcher disciples and ensuring for him another step towards that coveted safe Tory seat |
| 9 | Newco may not be willing to acquire the company which owns the targeted assets and business , preferring to buy the business direct , so that it does not acquire unquantified liabilities , especially where the vendor can not provide Newco with satisfactory warranties and indemnities . |
| 10 | Institutional shareholders , for instance , in the larger company may be willing to support the board of the smaller company . |
| 11 | Teachers appear to be more willing to support the development of a common core curriculum ( Venning , 1979 ; Wicksteed & Hill , 1979 ) : a change that is mirrored by opinions in the ‘ Week by Week ’ column of Education ( 2 Nov. 1979 : 11 Jan. 1980 ) which tries to reflect the current climate . |
| 12 | A photographic company might wish to support our conservation programme for glass negatives ; a charitable trust may be willing to support the microfilming of the archive collection , or the establishment of an image database ; European Community funding may be available for information technology and database work ; potential employers may be able to help with computer training for DHE students ; specialist societies and scientific groups may help to fund image databases or conservation-related biogeographical studies , and educational publishers are likely to be interested in interactive video for schools and colleges . |
| 13 | Placements are most successful when the policy-makers and professionals involved have a positive attitude to exploring integrated care and are willing to support the care-givers and the parents . |
| 14 | Owen was for trying to get word through to Harry in his prison ; there were men in Leighton who had kin within the castle , and for the sake of Master Harry whom they remembered well might be willing to risk the carrying of a message . |
| 15 | Even if Germany had been willing to risk the assembly of major formations of ex-Soviet prisoners , Vlasov had no interest in these ethnically based units . |
| 16 | It would seem that Parliament 's legal power has been limited only if : ( a ) community law is seen as a higher system of law ; and ( b ) our courts are willing to uphold the supremacy of community law . |
| 17 | But someone has to be willing to carry the burden . |
| 18 | The ‘ new realism ’ of the left is more willing to acknowledge the limits of public spending and the need to encourage entrepreneurship . |
| 19 | Washington himself is willing to acknowledge the benefits of hard work and identifies one of his fellow pros as the inspiration behind his motivation . |
| 20 | You need , first of all , to have a sufficiently open system to know that this change has occurred , and secondly to be willing to acknowledge the change , and go through the whole exercise again . |
| 21 | Few cultures have been so willing to tempt the gods . |
| 22 | It seems that some unwise governments , desperate to build their own atom bombs , have been willing to trust the dealers . |
| 23 | I think we tend to forget that we are willing to trust the Lord Chancellor and the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster , who in recent years has most usually doubled as the Chairman of the Conservative Party a very dubious appointment no doubt in the minds of many er of er your Lordships House . |
| 24 | The engineering employers may be willing to reinstate the contract as a prelude to revising it . |
| 25 | The preferences of the sponsor are represented by a ‘ budget-output ’ function , any point on which represents the maximum budget the sponsor is willing to grant the bureau for a specified level of service . |
| 26 | Magistrates , jurors and local constables showed themselves increasingly willing to prosecute the laws against the Nonconformists . |
| 27 | In July 1972 the Council 's response to the James Report and subsequent debate was to affirm categorically that it would be willing to establish the award of a Diploma of Higher Education , and a three-year degree including practical professional experience : |
| 28 | The referendum shows that , for a while at least , many Russians are willing to bear the pain of transition . |
| 29 | The Chief Environmental Officer for County Cork , Liam Mullins , refused to travel to Ringaskiddy to meet the residents ‘ to be harangued ’ but said he was prepared to meet the residents to discuss the alleged irregularities : ‘ I am quite willing to meet the residents for talks . |
| 30 | JOHN MAJOR is willing to meet the author Salman Rushdie , who has spent four years under a fatwa assassination incitement by Iranian fundamentalists . |