Example sentences of "[be] prepared [to-vb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Institutional shareholders have told Sir Derek they would not be prepared to tolerate the introduction of a large minority shareholder on favourable terms . |
| 2 | Thus , the best way of proving anything that the other side will not agree to is to be prepared to call the witness to give evidence about it at trial . |
| 3 | He could n't understand it … but he knew that he 'd narrowly avoided a serious shock , and there was no way in which he 'd be prepared to touch the box again . |
| 4 | I do not for my part find the objections in principle to be strong and I would certainly be prepared to agree the rule should no longer be adhered to were it not for the practical consideration to which I have referred and which my noble and learned friend agrees to be of real substance . |
| 5 | I do not think it would be helpful to try to define the point at which the court should be prepared to disregard the 16- or 17-year-old child 's wishes to refuse medical treatment . |
| 6 | ‘ But we 'll be prepared to give the artist something , of course , ’ Branson added expansively . |
| 7 | In extreme circumstances when a situation escalates to a position where the client(s) can not be controlled by physical restraint , staff members should be prepared to vacate the room , even if there is a possibility that extensive damage may result . |
| 8 | Well I make a proposal that we also give them notice that at the end of this year , we will not be prepared to continue the lease on the current licence . |
| 9 | You must , therefore , be prepared to translate the jargon of your profession into normal , crisp English if your readership requires it . |
| 10 | But they do not invalidate the point that if a professional organization believes firmly in the principle of ‘ no censorship ’ , then it must be prepared to defend the principle resolutely on every occasion . |
| 11 | I do hope that you will be prepared to join the steering group . |
| 12 | An important question , because if somebody outside the Institute would perform the task differently , we must be prepared to answer the question ‘ Would that way be better or lead to better results ? ’ |
| 13 | Would you be prepared to answer the question were it not related to Skelton ? |
| 14 | How can teachers be prepared to undertake the process of pragmatic mediation that I have been proposing in these chapters ? |
| 15 | Yes , I want to leave early tomorrow , because I 'm , I 'm not going to rush for a train , I do n't want to be caught thinking oh the last train to Stow Market goes at four o'clock and I 've got to run for it I got to be prepared to miss the train . |
| 16 | The West must , unfortunately , be prepared to see the carve-up of Bosnia and come to terms with a far smaller country . |
| 17 | Obviously we would have to be prepared to see the potentates who control the club to obtain permission to work in it . |
| 18 | Now however , they will be prepared to let the tribunal decide if they sign a player out of contract — and that could happen within the next few weeks . |
| 19 | Either chemists , pharmacists and medical practitioners should be totally amoral and provide patients with any drug they want — including fatal poisons — to use as they wish , or else we have got to be prepared to take the moral stands our consciences and beliefs press on us . |
| 20 | Only when employers perceive real wages to be abnormally low will they be prepared to take the workers up on their offer of extra labour . |
| 21 | A friend has told him that the council might be prepared to take the children into voluntary care for a while so that Ahmed can convalesce properly . |
| 22 | In addition , members should be prepared to explain the relevance of their CPE to their personal professional development . |
| 23 | If you are unlucky and suffer a bad frost-burn , be prepared to prune the stems further back to the next dormant eye , whatever its direction , and whatever the date . |
| 24 | All that some of us ask is that ‘ GMC attested ’ doctors should be prepared to justify the treatments they use with evidence that is acceptable to their peers . |
| 25 | Satellite TV will almost certainly be prepared to outbid the others in order to boost audiences . |
| 26 | Sir Derek Alun-Jones , Ferranti 's chairman , is expected to postpone the annual meeting for a second time so that revised accounts can be prepared to include the effect of the £185m International Signal and Control fraud . |
| 27 | The social worker or counsellor should be prepared to include the role of health co-ordinator , holding the threads of the various aspects of health care which can get confusing and complex . |
| 28 | If the property is subject to a mortgage , then if the new husband 's financial status is acceptable to the mortgagee it will doubtless be prepared to release the husband 's covenant in return for receiving a similar covenant from the new husband . |
| 29 | There are not many companies around who would be prepared to accommodate the needs of the individual in this way and Mr Guest deserves to be highly commended for doing so . |
| 30 | He went on that the Middlesbrough magistrates had indicated that they would be prepared to allow the mother similar access to the child if the ban imposed by the London magistrate was lifted . |