Example sentences of "[noun] prepared [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Approaching the fabliaux with a mind prepared to find moral instruction in the texts , however unpromising they might superficially seem to be for such interpretation , is something that we can reconstruct as an authentic medieval mode of reading — " " All that is written is written for our doctrine " " as St Paul has it — although there is little direct evidence for the application of such literary theory to vernacular literature as well as the classics before the fourteenth century , and even then the extent of such application is difficult to assess . |
2 | ‘ The Great Leader ’ was given the new title as 22 million North Koreans prepared to enjoy lavish birthday festivities in what the official media called ‘ the biggest national holiday ever ’ . |
3 | While Sadat was praised in the West as a saintly figure prepared to make great sacrifices in order to end the strife between Muslin and Jew , in the Middle East he was widely denounced as a traitor and a knave . |
4 | American investors were the big buyers , mainly sophisticated funds prepared to gamble that GPA would cling to life or prove to be worth a substantial sum broken up . |
5 | Plans prepared using agreed criteria are then approved by the relevant senior managers . |
6 | He made his announcement as his commanders prepared to begin disciplinary proceedings against him for his denunciation of racism and brutality in the force . |
7 | On land , many areas of field natural history could draw upon the enthusiasm of bird-watchers and other amateurs prepared to spend significant amounts of time and money on the study of Nature . |
8 | One must wait to see if satellite selling proves a commercial success but it is reassuring to find are auctioneers prepared to consider new ways of offering a comprehensive sales service to their farmer clients . |
9 | The pessimistic decision-maker prepared to adopt randomised strategies will have to solve the problem LPI* . |
10 | The damage and deprivation of the Second World War provided a major stimulus in Britain to the establishment of comprehensive urban planning instruments and created a social and physical environment prepared to accept radical planning ideology . |
11 | Wives prepared to report marital rape to the police may well have husbands who fall into this category . |
12 | ATHLETICS was at war last night as top stars prepared to boycott next summer 's World Championships in Stuttgart unless there is prize money . |
13 | Moreover , there were still jurists prepared to justify such action . |
14 | Such questions are , of course , perfectly legitimate , and indeed necessary for any government prepared to expend large sums of public money on education . |
15 | Tory chiefs were celebrating last night as a top Labour man prepared to join Tory ranks . ’ |
16 | I have had discussions with those people , collectively and individually , but even were the leaders prepared to make some concessions , the strongly held views of people at both ends of the spectrum are such that it would be exceedingly difficult to introduce a proposal to the House which hon. Members would accept could form the basis for coherent , workable and enforceable legislation . |
17 | Was there really no vice-chancellor prepared to put another view ? |
18 | Not for the War Museum , where the season of peace and goodwill has found plenty of Rambo-esque revellers prepared to toast each other across tank turrets and artillery guns . |
19 | But the main culprits , he says , are private collectors prepared to pay extraordinary prices for rare specimens , and nurseries who buy more common types in huge quantities , most of which die after flowering . |
20 | Now either , either we have , ei either you accept that and y y you 're saying n not only in terms of land reform is the Communist Party prepared to see poor peasants being allocated less than subsistence land but even when they are allocated land they 're being taxed on their income even though it 's well below subsistence . |
21 | Yet he was not at this stage prepared to risk open war on their behalf ; although he disliked the peace of 1328 he had neither the resources nor the general political support for a renewal of the Scottish war . |