Example sentences of "[was/were] prepared [to-vb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This terminological ambiguity symbolizes a basic contradiction embodied in the whole process of change which followed 1868 , a running tension between those who looked back and sought to revive what they saw as the best in Japanese tradition in the face of a Western onslaught , and those who looked to the future and were prepared to accommodate the values and techniques of their competitors , if only to compete effectively with them . |
| 2 | They were prepared to kill the journalist Broom-Parker rather than let him talk to me . |
| 3 | By going even so short a distance , however , men could free themselves from the control of their lord and the custom of the manor , and it is clear that one can see a similar situation elsewhere in the country ; families were prepared to leave the land to free themselves from their lords ( 79 , p.35 ) . |
| 4 | She guessed these were harlots who were prepared to entertain the men according to their preferences . |
| 5 | Fewer students were prepared to undertake the commitment to submit written work on a regular basis , or to study over long periods , and although the number of Article 24(a) Tutorial Classes rose from fourteen in 1947–48 to thirty in 1951–52 as a direct result of the District 's programme for action , the totals for Article 24(b) Sessional classes declined from forty-one to thirty-two over the same period . |
| 6 | And when that area was satisfactorily filled , they were prepared to extend the boundaries of the borough by granting more land for building , as happened at Scarborough in 1256 ( Plate 111 ) or at Newcastle-on-Tyne in 1298 . |
| 7 | The Chilean case shows that the working class were prepared to take the situation into their own hands and adopt radical action over the heads of their own leaders . |
| 8 | Fox in 1792 and Romilly in 1806 were prepared to take the risk . |
| 9 | The effect of this was to make the personnel of the Court of Napoleon III somewhat heterogeneous , for many of the Orléanist nobility were prepared to use the Tuileries , consoling themselves with the thought that the Emperor 's half-brother , the Duke de Morny , was held still to be faithful to Orléanist principles . |
| 10 | Soviet leaders were prepared to confirm the neutrality of Cambodia and Laos in this way . |
| 11 | In both books , neither community were prepared to give the outsiders a chance , it 's their obvious ignorance and old ways which prevent their neighbourhood from being a complete one . |
| 12 | We expected that a number — perhaps an embarrassingly large number — of students would decide that they simply did not like our courses , and we were prepared to smooth the path of transfer . |
| 13 | And , and were prepared to do the work so long as they could get the say so from erm the Highways Authority . |
| 14 | Even though the NSDAP was to achieve its majority in the Danzig Volkstag with a very clear mandate from the electorate to do what it thought necessary , most Danzigers were prepared to reap the benefits of being on the winning side without pondering too deeply the significance or morality of their own personal support for a party they did not entirely trust or like . |
| 15 | In fact , there was only a small nucleus of non-party men who were prepared to support the Court on all occasions — men such as the Secretary of War , William Blathwayt , or Treasury Secretary , William Lowndes , who were essentially civil servants . |
| 16 | Moreover , the war intensified factional disputes as socialists divided between ‘ defencists ’ who were prepared to support the war effort and ‘ internationalists ’ , among whom Lenin was most uncompromising , who condemned it . |
| 17 | Some , disregarding their oaths , favoured the election of the king of France , Philip Augustus ; others were prepared to support the candidature of King Richard I of England . |
| 18 | If pub owners were prepared to emphasise the interest of genuine historic features , regardless of period , then this type of fakery , which disappoints or sadly deceives the customer in search of the traditional pub and irreparably removes much of a building 's interest for future generations , could be avoided . |
| 19 | They were prepared to ferry the ball from blue shirt to blue shirt and in the process frustrate Nottingham Forest . |
| 20 | Although Sihanouk had no communist sympathies Soviet leaders were prepared to provide the assurances he needed against the right-wing regimes in South Vietnam and Thailand in the form of multilateral neutrality guarantees . |
| 21 | it is clear from the statement of claim that the er plaintiffs retained the defendants from about the ninth of September to act in relation to the purchase of this wine bar which was then known as er the plaintiffs were obtaining finance from the National Westminster Bank in order to purchase this business and the plaintiff Mr had been engaged in long standing discussions with his bank from the earlier part of nineteen eighty five with a view to er agreeing financing facilities for the purchase of the various opportunities that preven present themselves and er he will say and that he makes clear in his witness statement erm that he certainly had understood that from these negotiations the National Westminster Bank were prepared to provide the financing that he required to run this business . |
| 22 | There were an increasing number of scientists , engineers , doctors , economists and statisticians who were prepared to challenge the industry on its own terms . |
| 23 | Scenes such as these undermined America 's chosen world position as a leader of freedom and at last there were signs that the President and Congress were prepared to strengthen the position of the blacks with positive civil rights laws . |
| 24 | But he claimed they were well aware they were breaking the law and were prepared to face the consequences . |
| 25 | Policing the extended coastline all the time was well-nigh impossible , and few of the upper classes were prepared to face the tax loads an efficient preventive service would require . |
| 26 | He knew they were all slate quarry workers and they were prepared to work the slate again . |
| 27 | They were prepared to discover the intention to establish such a legal relationship in facts , to construe a trust where it was clear that this was necessary to validate the testator 's intentions even though he had not realized this requirement himself . |
| 28 | The EEC states were prepared to accept the jurisdiction of the latter court in cases of human rights . |
| 29 | Because it appeared more resolute in its unionism , it was taken to be more trustworthy by those who were prepared to break the law for their unionism . |
| 30 | More thoughtful critics were prepared to hail the film as a breakthrough . |