Example sentences of "would be prepared " in BNC.

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1 I think that many of his readers would be prepared to bear witness to the sense that somewhere in there among the changing shapes is the usual nonpareil .
2 And we both knew that hardly anyone would be prepared to speak out and argue my case .
3 The Social Services Occupational Therapist will visit you to discuss the type of adaptation that Social Services would be prepared to support .
4 Personally , I would be prepared to pay much m ore for a tool that would do the job required .
5 Mr Baker 's comments yesterday implied that the US government would be prepared to use its troops to back a Panamanian coup , but not this coup .
6 If I were on the pay side in the Treasury , I would be prepared to permit maximum flexibility on the salary and conditions offered to the successful applicant .
7 However , without for the moment looking at the two halves separately , I imagine everyone would be prepared to accept the proposition in theory .
8 Instead of being asked , as he must have hoped , whether he would be willing to form a government , he was instead asked whether he would be prepared to serve in a National Government under MacDonald .
9 Nevertheless , despite the fact that a National Government led by MacDonald was the preferred choice of at most one of the three party leaders , the King now knew that both Baldwin and Samuel would be prepared to serve under MacDonald , were the latter willing to continue as Prime Minister .
10 Knowing of Lewis 's philosophical training and Christian sympathy , and admiring his two published prose works , he asked if Lewis would be prepared to undertake a 40,000-word contribution to the series .
11 In February 1941 , he was approached by the Director of Religious Broadcasting at the BBC and asked if he would be prepared to give a series of broadcast talks on ‘ The Christian
12 He has not fought since he lost to Tyson in February and he indicated only last week that he would be prepared to fight again .
13 ‘ It seems a lot , but we have employees , I can tell you , below partner level , who would be prepared to mortgage their children to get a partnership here .
14 Could we be sure in those circumstances that the American president and Congress would be prepared to risk the wholesale destruction of American cities merely to meet our point of view ?
15 Oh and yes … a chap from Conservative Central Office rang up to say they 'd like to know if you would be prepared to stand for the European Parliament .
16 Mr Paddy Ashdown issued his starkest warning yet that he would be prepared to force a second election if either of the two main parties sought to govern on a minority basis .
17 I can not imagine that either Shelford or any of the other overseas itinerants would be prepared to live in this country for all but 45 days a year in order to qualify to play .
18 ‘ However , we are reasonable people and if we are approached with a reasonable alternative , we would be prepared to listen . ’
19 Jacques 's visits to the LEAs and branches in the rural eastern counties confirmed his belief that without the continuing presence of high quality resident tutor-organisers in rural areas , few people would be prepared to accept responsibility for the organisation and maintenance of self-directing adult student groups in villages .
20 ‘ I would be prepared to write a leader on this project , but I would find it difficult to take the opposing point of view to that given in those two leaders .
21 Mozart also hoped that Count Seeau would be prepared to pay him 200 gulden per year .
22 Then Romano took me to one side — my father was sitting at his desk — and told me that I had a great future in front of me and that people would be prepared to sell property to the Damianis .
23 In May 1949 Israel informed the PCC that it ‘ would be prepared to accept … all Arabs at present located in the Gaza area , whether inhabitants or refugees , as citizens of Israel ’ .
24 In a public display of Cabinet loyalty , Douglas Hurd , Foreign Secretary , and John Major , Chancellor of the Exchequer , signed Mrs Thatcher 's nomination papers and the Prime Minister again made clear that she would be prepared to fight through three ballots if necessary .
25 It had never crossed my mind that Sunderland would be prepared to part with me so easily . ’
26 Despite the cold , he believed that people would be prepared to watch football at night .
27 However , the interviewees did not indicate what price they would be prepared to pay for such extended coverage .
28 The model tells us that 0.238 of poor respondents say they would be prepared to break the law ( the baseline ) .
29 Or are poorer respondents simply less prepared to admit to an interviewer that they would be prepared to break the law ?
30 This finding is replicated in figure 13.4 ; overall , 0.215 more young people than old people say they would be prepared to break the law .
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