Example sentences of "prepared [to-vb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The validity of official statistics on suicide has often been questioned ; some critics have claimed that different national suicide rates reflect the extent to which coroners in those countries are prepared to categorize deaths as suicide , rather than real national differences in propensity to suicide . |
| 2 | ‘ Does that mean you 're prepared to forgive Maman for — leaving as she did ? ’ |
| 3 | He is prepared to forgive Patricia Hodge 's platitudinous children 's book reviews on the grounds that she is very beautiful . |
| 4 | At last , the capitalist leaders were prepared to treat Brezhnev et al . |
| 5 | A note in the Dialogue File provides a clue as to why Warner and Wallis were prepared to indulge Muni on this occasion , for it describes the film as being ‘ a red blooded drama of life in the raw , of men of primitive passions made desperate by hunger and deprivation ’ , ‘ a tale of strife and conflict , of greed and self sacrifice , of love and devotion ’ , and ‘ above all , a stirring plea for human justice ’ . |
| 6 | Ferguson is prepared to risk Robson because another of United 's Englishmen , Lee Martin , is unlikely to face the Russians because of a stomach bug . |
| 7 | Mr Clarke knows how serious this dispute is but he is prepared to risk people 's lives rather than talk . ’ |
| 8 | As already mentioned , the defendant may submit a defence up to the return day and even at the pre-trial review if he or she is prepared to risk costs being awarded against him or her . |
| 9 | Senior officers say more and more criminals are prepared to carry firearms in cash raids . |
| 10 | Not only was the water to be lifted out but they were prepared to erect drawing and pumping machinery to sink deeper . |
| 11 | Iran was reported in mid-October to have indicated that it was prepared to continue negotiations only over Abu Musa , governed under an informal joint mandate since 1971 . |
| 12 | The fear now is that banks will start to compete by driving commission rates lower and lower until they are prepared to arrange issues at break-even or worse . |
| 13 | ‘ If you are prepared to arrange collection of these goods at our premises , then I am prepared to knock £10 off the purchase price . ’ |
| 14 | If you intend to live in a house provided by the local health authority they may be prepared to arrange transport for you . |
| 15 | We 're prepared to sustain losses for several years while we get it going . |
| 16 | Do you think there 's a danger that the West could undermine Gorbachev 's position particularly with the delicate situation over Lithuania , if it 's not prepared to support moves to try and get tension reduced between the two blocks ? |
| 17 | The Democratic Unionist Party is in the curious position of being dominated by evangelicals and hence being more favourable to temperance and sabbatarianism than the Official Unionists and at the same time being better supported than the Officials by working-class loyalists who are not known for their piety and who are prepared to support acts of criminal violence . |
| 18 | MIDDLESBROUGH are prepared to support PFA strike action if talks tomorrow between Gordon Taylor and Premier League officials break down . |
| 19 | However , Data Logic says it is more than willing to show how a CICS/Open port could be achieved , and is prepared to support companies willing to undertake the work . |
| 20 | Well I think that we have shown that we 're prepared to support Gorbachev in so far as er peace reform in the Soviet Union , but I think we 've got to look towards our own security in the West and we 've done very well with NATO , with the defensive block NATO over the last 40 years or so , and until we can have cast iron guarantees that Gorbachev is going to be secure and that he 's actually going to carry out his promises we 've got to keep our guard up . |
| 21 | The other teachers in the department were prepared to support Rick in this , partly because of their personal and professional regard for him , but also because they too knew things had to change because of the GCSE . |
| 22 | When Britain joined under John Major as Chancellor , the Bundesbank thought the level was too high and was not prepared to support sterling when it came under pressure from speculators , he added . |
| 23 | By contrast , the present day is seen as a time when people 's sense of duty and responsibility is much weaker , so that they are less prepared to acknowledge obligation or to take responsibility for kin . |
| 24 | She noted though that after this Felipe de Santis was prepared to acknowledge Mitch 's presence although he was stiffly formal . |
| 25 | Like the old saying that success has many fathers , but failure has none , nobody is prepared to claim parenthood of the old rating system . |
| 26 | The bishops will be prepared to confirm children at a rather younger age so that they may be admitted earlier to the communicant life . |
| 27 | What is interesting is whether the women were there ready to work because they were marginal to the existing structure and were n't being allowed into the existing structure or , and I think there is evidence to show this , because they are actually more interested in being flexible , innovative and creative than in a tidy career track — that they are prepared to go nut and take chances . |
| 28 | Mindless of the fact she was in a flannel nightie , and had a green face , she looked quite prepared to go den the dragon . |
| 29 | But The Doc remained defiant , saying : ‘ I 'm prepared to see Alex face-to-face but I 'm sure he 'll shy away from that . |
| 30 | The DHSS and DoH defended the Health Service in the same way by being prepared to see prescription and other charges rise . |