Example sentences of "[not/n't] prepared [to-vb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Chinese , UK and Hong Kong governments all subsequently indicated that they were not prepared to renegotiate the agreement . |
| 2 | What sort of misguided speech was that ? were they dance about it or trim here , what they 're saying very simply and this is relevant to the people who are listening to us today , is that they are not prepared to restore the cuts made by the government which they have got elected . |
| 3 | My Lords , Government is not prepared to retain the land itself for the future development of what must be regarded as one of the world 's greatest libraries . |
| 4 | It is very important indeed to ensure that the staff of G C H Q are not subject to potential conflicts of interest and as I said earlier the Prime Minister and I listened for some considerable time to the s to er to the points put forward by the trade unions to see whether or not that overriding er national objective could be maintained but we were not convinced , we were not convinced that erm the trade unions could overcome those potential conflicts of interest and it behoves ill the party opposite to try and put a different gloss on the fact that we in this country thanks to our legislation , have put harmony in place of strife and we are not prepared to allow the opposition to put that major achievement at risk . |
| 5 | It is extraordinary that the Labour party consistently complains about resources and other matters yet is not prepared to point the finger where is should be pointed — at the performance of Labour-controlled local education authorities , as evidenced in staying-on rates and examination results . |
| 6 | I ca n't smell petrol , and I 'm pretty certain she 'd have blown already if she was going to , but I 'm not prepared to take the chance . |
| 7 | Finniston admits that being plunged into the deep end of commercial decisions he inevitably made mistakes in the early stages , although he is not prepared to take the blame entirely . |
| 8 | Against a background of the strategic concerns outlined above , the government decided that it was not prepared to take the risk of rejection by the market . |
| 9 | Essex man , despite FT editorials , was not prepared to take the risk — and pay higher taxes in the process . |
| 10 | I 'm not prepared to take the risk . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ No politician likes leaving an election campaign in full swing , but Britain 's farmers and fishermen expect me to do the job I was appointed for and I am not prepared to take the risk of measures hostile to the UK getting through because I am not there , ’ said Mr Curry , who is defending a 17,000 Conservative majority . |
| 12 | But it was not prepared to take the pain of doing it all again and now the krone is floating free in Europe 's outer space just like the pound . |
| 13 | Moderator between the eligibility of infant bap fo infant baptism and the confirmation service I find myself unclear , what do we do with children who are unbaptised say between the ages of three and twelve , whose parents are not ba themselves church members and who are not prepared to take the promises for them ? |
| 14 | They indicated further that NATO was " not prepared to entertain the notion of membership " for the former Warsaw Pact countries . |
| 15 | The TEC 's former chairman Peter Kerr said he was not prepared to disclose the names of the firms involved . |
| 16 | I think by the demonstration this morning that people are not prepared to see the building fall down and I think that , erm if necessary , people will do everything within their power to prevent the erm the contractors moving in . |
| 17 | As soon as he was out of uniform , Connor applied to take over the management of the public-house from his parents — Mam and Da were getting on in years , and Da was n't a well man — but the Brewery were not prepared to lease the pub to a bachelor . |
| 18 | If the Minister is not prepared to shoulder the burden on behalf of the British taxpayer , is the time not right for him to work with the European Community in establishing a Europewide diversification initiative ? |
| 19 | The country was not prepared to let the achievements go . |
| 20 | And West Germany of course , has had ten years of massive growth in nuclear power , I do n't hear the Green movement pressing us to imitate that ; they want the end result but they 're not prepared to wield the means . |
| 21 | He was not prepared to lead the FLN , he said , " as a party which remained a cover for the state and which received its orders from above " . |
| 22 | ‘ Not easily , not quickly , but I am not prepared to abandon the ambition of having a fully working economy , and having a fully working economy means there are jobs available for just about everybody who is looking for a job . ’ |
| 23 | Members also set themselves the task of finding an acceptable formula to bring the " three Chinas " into the grouping , although Chinese Premier Li Peng stated in August that China was not prepared to join the organization as one of " three Chinas " [ see pp. 37613 ; 37656 ] . |
| 24 | We are saying to those councillors , ’ Wo n't pay , ca n't say ’ ; in other words , ’ If you are not prepared to obey the law and pay your rightful contribution to the cost of the local services which , as locally elected representatives , you have a say in providing , it is unjustifiable for you to have any influence , through your votes , on the amount of local tax that is levied in your area . ’ |
| 25 | The only real hiccup was that the local DHSS would not assess my benefits until I had moved in , and social services were not prepared to finalise the amount of their commitment until they knew the DHSS 's ! |
| 26 | He now knew almost for certain that the British were not prepared to find the money . |
| 27 | Although majority opinion in Ulster might have been prepared to let a power sharing Executive show what it could do , the same opinion was not prepared to accept the idea of a Council of Ireland since that could be regarded as a step towards unification of North and South . |
| 28 | We are not prepared to accept the imposition of other people 's directions on many forms of flexible job opportunities now available in this country . |
| 29 | This country is not prepared to accept the gospel of despair in mass unemployment , which is returning on such a scale today . |
| 30 | We are not prepared to accept the fact that women , such as one woman from my own city of Manchester , can make skirts , blouses and trousers and be paid as little as 25p per pair of trousers . |