Example sentences of "[was/were] prepared [verb] [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Realizing the futility of isolation , many of the Party members were prepared to reverse their earlier decision to leave the Labour Party . |
| 2 | Inside sources claim that Cobain is devastated by the revelations , and the possibility that Nirvana may cancel their appearance at Reading Festival is very real , given that the band were prepared to scrap their jubilant homecoming show at just a few days ' notice . |
| 3 | Well , you know , apart from anything else they always they were prepared to give me free tickets for the would never do that . |
| 4 | The staff nurses were prepared to forgive his short temper on duty , as he was ‘ such fun on a party ’ . |
| 5 | Not surprisingly , only families in real difficulty were prepared to see their own older generation end their lives in such a place . |
| 6 | When they could not get gold for their dollars after 1971 ( the US gold stock fell by only $2½ billion over the whole period ) , they only acquired these dollars because they were prepared to sell their own currencies in order to prevent them rising further . |
| 7 | Earlier , Baker had told NATO ministers that he had been satisfactorily assured by the four republics which he had visited that they were prepared to place their nuclear weapons under one authority , with some republics expressing interest in becoming non-nuclear powers [ see also p. 38655 ] . |
| 8 | The control regime was liberalized for computer , machine tool and telecommunications technology ( microcomputer exports having been permitted since August 1989 ) ; companies seeking exceptions to remaining restrictions would have to wait only eight weeks for permission , rather than 12 weeks as hitherto ; and countries such as Czechoslovakia , Hungary and Poland , if they were prepared to introduce their own controls on use and re-export , might expect more favourable treatment . |
| 9 | Another indication of his value to the side was that the club and his colleagues were prepared to approve his occasional absences from the team at distant away matches because his commitments at school prevented him from making the Friday journey . |
| 10 | A year or so later she told everyone that they must make an annual pilgrimage to that city , where she had a cousin in the catering trade who was prepared to give them all cheap rates , but by that time Rose was losing her grip on the faithful . |
| 11 | Mandela on Oct. 12 said that the ANC was prepared to abandon its long-held policy of nationalization if the business community could provide an alternative which would redress the economic imbalances in the country . |
| 12 | On the other hand , it did not seem likely that he was prepared to do anything improper , such as jump on her . |
| 13 | He also claimed that he was prepared to dismiss his controversial Prime Minister René Préval , but insisted on the arrest and trial of the coup leader , Armed Forces C.-in- C. Brig. -Gen . |
| 14 | However , neither country was prepared to yield their respective claims over the territory . |
| 15 | And I was impressed that a Harley Street gynaecologist was prepared to boil his own kettle . |
| 16 | Mo Mowlam , a Labour Northern Ireland spokeswoman , was prepared to accept their good faith . |
| 17 | She described the revelatory information they contained and said she was prepared to make them available . |
| 18 | Guessing what might greet her in the canteen , she opted for sandwiches in the laboratory , but because today no one else on the team was prepared to forgo his lunch-hour proper she was on her own until she was interrupted . |
| 19 | The Prodigal Son becomes the pattern for us all ; he became so hungry that he was prepared to swallow his own pride . |