Example sentences of "prepared [to-vb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I should also be prepared to include in the appropriate sections , committees which , though not Cabinet Committees , in fact perform closely similar functions . |
| 2 | Augustine was faced with militant Donatists , who were prepared to indulge in that shivery deviation — Second Baptism . |
| 3 | It would not be long before de Lattre faced the divisions of Giap 's new model army in the set-piece battles which the Vietminh were prepared to risk in a premature general offensive ; and it was in more conventional war of this kind where US assistance and particularly US munitions would apparently tip the scale . |
| 4 | They are prepared to sue for peace . |
| 5 | He was not prepared to preach to the British — ‘ I do n't really know too much about them ’ — but he did say that no one could expect success without putting in a great deal of hard work . |
| 6 | apply to the centre where they are enrolled and obtain written confirmation that they are prepared to liaise with and forward examination paper(s) to the selected examination centre . |
| 7 | Some women in America are prepared to continue with hormone replacement for life . |
| 8 | Years ago , Shrewsbury Diocese offered to support any woman considering contemplating an abortion if she was prepared to continue with her pregnancy . |
| 9 | In other words , Mrs Thatcher is prepared to wait for opportunities . |
| 10 | ‘ No , I am not prepared to wait for the trial . |
| 11 | In those places where there is a delay in substantiation , faith is prepared to wait for a long time at the bar of history . |
| 12 | Consumers are prepared to wait for sales and even go for cheaper versions of what they would buy in better times , says a survey published yesterday . |
| 13 | And Capriati admitted she is not prepared to wait for ever to achieve her ambition to be world No 1 . |
| 14 | However , Ferguson , despite some disappointment at Hughes ' goal ratio — he struck only 14 times in 52 appearances last season — is prepared to wait for the Welshman 's response . |
| 15 | He had no idea how long he would have to wait to marry her , but he was prepared to wait for the rest of his life . |
| 16 | " Just say that you are writing to confirm that you want a detailed report because the matter is of such importance to so many people , and are prepared to wait for it . |
| 17 | Perhaps I am prepared to wait for a miracle . |
| 18 | However , he went on to say that the acceptance of the existence of Communist China did not mean that Taiwan had abandoned its " one-China policy " and that the country was prepared to wait for a positive response to its proposals for unification on the basis of liberal democratic policies . |
| 19 | Current levels of unemployment are relatively unimportant , hopefully some time down the line they will expect to get er as a relatively well paid job erm because agricultural incomes are so very low , you know , and urban incomes are relatively , relatively high , they may be prepared to wait for you know five or six years in the urban area , making what could be sort of a subsistence wage , simply because that 's all that they 're gon na be on anyway if they stay in the rural area , so if there is a higher probability of them getting a well paid job merely by being in the urban area making these contacts then they might as well move to the , to the urban area in the hope of some time in the future obtaining that er er an urban job . |
| 20 | On the all-important matter of holding a Council he was prepared to wait on the king 's convenience for a long time : he was never one to underestimate the needs of secular government . |
| 21 | Third , clients may need to be prepared to wait until the start of the next course , which might not be for up to two months . |
| 22 | No , it even says in here , it says look , there well may be groups of supporters in different categories who 'd like to arrange seats together , unfortunately not be able to do this unless you are prepared to wait until the end of the main selling period |
| 23 | Yet this did not mean that the natives were aware that Russia had ‘ owned ’ the region from ancient times , or that they would be prepared to agree to this state of affairs . |
| 24 | Obviously Devlin Parnham had been prepared to agree to any sort of conditions to get the count to accept this mission . |
| 25 | S made clear that it was not prepared to agree to B 's terms , and that the price was not yet finalised , but agreed to commence work . |
| 26 | If the new husband 's financial status is not acceptable to the mortgagee , so that the mortgagee is only prepared to agree to a conveyance of the property to the wife and new husband if the husband remains liable under the original mortgage , then it would seem reasonable for the husband to comply only with the terms of the court order or matrimonial agreement ( to which of course the new husband is not a party ) and not to convey/transfer to the wife and the new husband . |
| 27 | At a meeting on Sunday , the 300 strikers indicated they were prepared to agree to management plans to resolve a dispute over lay-offs , but would return to work under protest at part of the package which included a wage freeze for 1993 and a cut in fringe benefits . |
| 28 | That Alida Thorne could believe , but she was not prepared to agree with Isabel Lavender at this moment , with a woman whose behaviour had become disturbing in the extreme . |
| 29 | The Consul-General 's agents , fresh from England , might not have been prepared to agree with him . |
| 30 | Would the Secretary of State have been prepared to sit at the same table — I repeat , would the Secretary of State and his colleagues have been prepared to sit at the same table with that man , within the confines of the Anglo-Irish Agreement ? |