Example sentences of "that it [be] [not/n't] prepared " in BNC.

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1 Reporting that Judge Vaughn Walker has entered an order establishing a hearing date on summary judgement motions for May 5 in the look-and-feel suit brought against it and Hewlett-Packard Co by Apple Computer Inc , Microsoft Corp makes it quite clear that it is not prepared to tolerate any nonsense from anyone : the lawyer retained as its vice-president of law and corporate affairs is called William Neukom .
2 There is no doubt that officialdom in Brussels turns a blind eye to anti-competitive behaviour by state-owned industries in a way that it is not prepared to do for private companies .
3 Does not the Secretary of State understand that it is precisely because the TGWU is so committed to effective training and the future expansion of British industry that it is not prepared to give credence to the Government 's sham arrangements ?
4 Why is the Scottish Office so feeble that it is not prepared to go to the Treasury to obtain the funds needed to complete the improvement scheme once and for all ?
5 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 .
6 The " consultations " failed , prompting all the main political groups in Kuwait to form a joint delegation which informed Shaikh Saad on March 30 that it was not prepared to join a new government before a timetable for political reform had been established .
7 The Military Council , which in 1990 had stripped Moshoeshoe of his powers and installed his son Letsie III on the throne [ see pp. 37238 ; 37306 ; 37843 ] , had made it clear , however , that it was not prepared to countenance the return of Moshoeshoe as king .
8 S made clear that it was not prepared to agree to B 's terms , and that the price was not yet finalised , but agreed to commence work .
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