Example sentences of "was prepared [to-vb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nothing is known of Bishop Æthelric 's connections , but it could be that if he had relatives they were among Cnut 's supporters , or that as an individual he was prepared to back the king , for he is said to have enjoyed the royal favour . |
| 2 | Until comparatively recently this hope looked greatly at odds with the realities of international law which was prepared to acknowledge the sovereignty and hence the legality of states whose boundaries or existence are the result of force , uphold treaties imposed by coercion , and in general allow that war is an international sphere . |
| 3 | And as long as he was prepared to give the spending money , ie in the form of a voucher , er we were taking away the market share away from etcetera of this world . |
| 4 | said that that there was no generally accepted international meaning of the phrase ; he recognised that in some jurisdictions , public law matters were regarded as outside the categories of civil and commercial , but that this was not universally the case ; he , but not the other members of the court , felt that there was insufficient evidence as to the approach of Norwegian law , but was prepared to give the request the benefit of the doubt . |
| 5 | Under Jones ' leadership , the Democratic majority on the committee was prepared to give the president much of what he wanted . |
| 6 | John Tutchin , himself a Nonconformist and someone who had been involved in Monmouth 's rebellion , frequently attacked the High Church lower clergy in his Whig periodical , The Observator , but was prepared to defend the Church hierarchy , saying that we had " the best set of Bishops that ever England yet knew " . |
| 7 | But , as so often , no one was prepared to halt the machine once set in motion and on Friday 26 January 1744 Admiral Jacques de Roquefeuil sailed out of Brest with a fleet of 22 ships , with instructions to cover the embarkation of the army at Dunkirk and then to lure the English fleet away towards the Isle of Wight . |
| 8 | But it had established three important points : first , that there was potential to cut across established Green-Orange divisions in pursuing the interests of Derry ; second , that some educated young Catholics who were uninspired by the Nationalist Party would work enthusiastically on a campaign which challenged traditional sectarian prejudices ; and third , many people came to believe that a section , at least , of Derry Unionists was prepared to sacrifice the interests of the city to those of its party . |
| 9 | Furthermore , Adenauer was prepared to put the question of national unity on the back burner as a result of his clear moral choice for the values of the West . |
| 10 | Mr Ritblat said yesterday that he was prepared to sell the properties off piecemeal and had put no timescale on the disposal of assets , but that it was conceivable that a big foreign investor might move in to buy the portfolio in its entirety . |
| 11 | It was a big if , but she was prepared to take the chance . |
| 12 | Lennie Lawrence , Middlesbrough 's manager , confirmed his interest at the weekend , saying he was prepared to take the matter to a transfer tribunal if he failed to agree a fee with Keegan . |
| 13 | Gazza could do the same for his country if Taylor was prepared to take the risk . |
| 14 | Stirling was more than happy to oblige , especially as Major Steele 's LRDG squadron was prepared to take the raiders out and bring them back . |
| 15 | Liz was prepared to allow the therapist to talk to her parents , but she did not want her to tell them about her problems concerning the shop , preferring to discuss these with them herself . |
| 16 | This is far from clear , for the Army at least was prepared to allow the Church of England to remain in being , with bishops deprived of coercive powers . |
| 17 | From the point of view of the environmental impact of mining , if the state was prepared to allow the mining companies to export their profits tax-free , it certainly was not going to try and impose expensive pollution control , environmental and reclamation regulations on their operations . |
| 18 | Present at that meeting was Walid Maroni , officially an Iraqi member of the UN press corps , who told them that his government was prepared to support the CLAO financially as well as in other ways . |
| 19 | Mrs Thatcher , he considered , was almost as bad as Mr Major , since she was prepared to support the man who signed the Maastricht Treaty . |
| 20 | Shevardnadze in a strong speech at the UN General Assembly in New York on Sept. 25 characterized Iraq 's invasion of Kuwait as " an act of terrorism against the nascent new world order " , and , apparently going further than Gorbachev had suggested at Helsinki [ see above ] , stated that the Soviet Union was prepared to support the use of force against Iraq , in a UN framework , if the Iraqi occupation of Kuwait continued ; on Sept. 30 he confirmed Soviet willingness to join a UN force if necessary . |
| 21 | You know , I was prepared to dislike the woman , but I 'm beginning to feel sorry for her . |
| 22 | In 1971 it was rescued by Rupert Murdoch , who alone was prepared to risk the capital to keep it afloat . |
| 23 | On Nov. 9 the BJP 's national executive , meeting in Bhubaneswar , Orissa , backed the VHP 's call , saying that it was prepared to risk the dismissal of the BJP state government in Uttar Pradesh . |
| 24 | He made it clear that he was prepared to use the power of the government to its fullest extent to provide what he regarded as everyone 's right — " the right to a comfortable living " . |
| 25 | On March 13 King Michael had written to interim President Ion Iliescu stating that he was prepared to lead the country to democracy through a constitutional monarchy . |
| 26 | The USA let it be known that it was prepared to upgrade the status of these talks if North Korea submitted to nuclear inspection . |
| 27 | In the early days of the emergency I was prepared to overlook the nuisance caused by the hideous and untutored blowing of bugles beneath the windows of my house — I am unfortunate enough to live next door to one of your company billets . |
| 28 | Will Thorne , leader of the Gas Workers ' Union , moved a resolution : While the conference unanimously supported Treasury or rate-financed school meals , only a minority was prepared to let the state share parental responsibilities more fully . |
| 29 | Whereupon , records the historian of the Shipping Federation , " Havelock Wilson paid a visit to the Tyne and announced publicly that if " the Association was prepared to recognise the union he would register it forthwith " . |
| 30 | My play was my last bid for recognition and the last occasion on which I was prepared to recognise the community in reciprocity . |