Example sentences of "must [be] ready [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If there is a social taboo against expressing unjustified negative views against outgroups , then the speaker who wishes to express discriminatory views must be ready to search for , and find , suitable reasons . |
| 2 | They need to struggle with the thorny issue of whose interests come first , and they must be ready to let go of some aspirations and commitments if they are to enjoy what they decide to do . |
| 3 | may also have the give way sign on invert inverted triangle on the carriageway , you must be ready to let traffic on the major road go first . |
| 4 | The next step means farmers must be ready to adapt to changing times . |
| 5 | A boss , backer or banker needs to have ideas spelt out and you must be ready to explain your plans and projects to anyone who 's ready to listen . |
| 6 | How that consciousness should be studied , what forms it took , how it expressed itself , are questions which those who study the subject , at whatever period , must be ready to answer . |
| 7 | Cubans must be ready to defend themselves against external military threat , he warned , and would face further economic deterioration , at a rate dependent on the nature of a continued economic relationship with the Soviet Union " based on specific premises " . |
| 8 | All nurses must be ready to ask the patient 's advice , and not feel resentful if their care is questioned . |
| 9 | He must be ready to speculate , for the sources ( in this case the chronicles and records of government which provide him with much of his material ) do not always come up to expectation . |
| 10 | When no time is stipulated and it is for the buyer to collect , the seller must be ready to hand over the goods ( against payment ) to the buyer on demand ( provided made at a reasonable hour , section 29(5) ) at any time after the making of the contract . |
| 11 | He raised his voice and shouted , through the loo door , presumably , " YES DARLING , 0F COURSE I 'M WAITING ! " — and then to me , in a tormented undertone : " And so are the Press , I know , I know — they must be ready to eat me for lunch . |
| 12 | As for the dummy , you must be ready to strike as you do it , because the distracting effect on your opponent is short-lived . |
| 13 | There may be a second , or even a third rabbit about to emerge from the one hole and you must be ready to ensure that no opportunities are missed . |
| 14 | What is more , we must be ready to admit that although almost all countries in the world have a Constitution , in many of them the Constitution is treated with neglect or contempt . |
| 15 | The knight must be ready to fight hard when his prince required it of him ; he must never desert ; nor must he refuse to fight for the common good ; and , above all , he must fight fearlessly . |
| 16 | The right woman for Silas will want to stay here with him — and she must be ready to share the running of this place with him . ’ |
| 17 | First , we must be ready to recognize that a natural desire within us points to a real object which can satisfy that desire . |
| 18 | As the three important conditions ( see above ) vary , he must be ready to buy extra stock , top pastures with a mower to prevent the grass from growing to stem and seed and to encourage the nutritious leafy portion , make hay , or on occasion buy in oil cake or other succulent feed to keep his animals going steadily ahead . |
| 19 | She put down her needle and thread and went on , her voice calm with conviction , ‘ Of course we do not know what God plans for us , so we must be ready to accept His will in all things , but sometimes prayer alone will heal the one who is ill and this is the best way . ’ |
| 20 | We as an organization must be ready to accept the sterling work carried out by our , er R H S Os with the very limited resources at their disposal and particular thanks must go to those R H S Os who find themselves dual-roled as education and political officers . |
| 21 | If socialists aim at the formation of a government as a part of their strategy they must be ready to make their views known on these issues : how to reduce unemployment ? how to avoid inflation ? where the money would come from to provide better social services ? |
| 22 | if the return to Conservatism is to be something more than the transient apparition of a spectre from the past , and its voice in national affairs not merely to be a sepulchral warning against the dangers of rash courses , the Conservative leaders must bestir themselves to some purpose … [ the Conservative Party ] must be ready to meet the programme of the Labour Party not simply with a non-possumus but with an alternative which will in some measure satisfy certain of the needs which Labour is concerned to satisfy , and at the same time avoid the perils with which it insists Labour policy is beset . |
| 23 | We must be ready to meet fresh challenges . |
| 24 | We must be ready to meet fresh challenges . |
| 25 | And at the first sign of her doing so you must be ready to praise her . |
| 26 | If a house is bought this way all the surveys and investigations should be carried out first , and you must be ready to sign and exchange contracts on the day of the auction after paying over the 10 per cent deposit . |