Example sentences of "ready for [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Dinkins is ready for that kind of campaign . |
| 2 | Enjoy this last day and get ready for that celebration tomorrow . |
| 3 | A centre will not have to take on devolved responsibility at a level which it is unwilling to accept — and SCOTVEC will not offer devolved responsibility to a centre whose internal quality systems are not ready for that responsibility . |
| 4 | It also helps to leave one dose of flake in a twist of polyfoil ready for that feeding . |
| 5 | " Do n't you ever get tired ? " she asked Sister Anne as the latter opened her book ready for that day 's study . |
| 6 | The rule 's important , but it should come from a need of the child rather than be imposed at some arbitrary time when the teacher thinks that all the children are ready for that rule . |
| 7 | As you say , you are clearly not yet ready for that solution . ’ |
| 8 | For a similar reason he has also been forced to cancel the long-cherished project of staging the British première of the Bernd Alois Zimmermann 's epic Die Soldaten — a production which would have focused international attention on Opera North at a point when it is clearly ready for such exposure . |
| 9 | And she was n't sure that she was ready for such exposure . |
| 10 | The third soldier covered them , his weapon at the ready for any surprise intruders . |
| 11 | Before he left Fontainebleau Ho had given instructions to be ready for any eventuality . |
| 12 | Brandy arrived and with it came Mary , carrying a wrap , aromatic salts and a fan , ready for any eventuality . |
| 13 | Does my right hon. Friend agree that , given the collapse of the Soviet Union and the distribution of its nuclear weapons around the country , it is extremely important for Britain to maintain its nuclear deterrent and to be ready for any eventuality ? |
| 14 | Alice slid back into her place , saying , to their querying , ready for any emergency looks , " It 's all right , it was nothing . " |
| 15 | Not only that , but , because of the nature of the work , I had to be 100 per cent alert and ready for any type of trouble from the moment I turned up . |
| 16 | It was feared he would not be ready for any contest until Christmas , but intensive treatment at Lilleshall has paid dividends sooner than anticipated . |
| 17 | ‘ We are ready for any onslaught that the white authorities might try to launch against us , ’ Mr Rockman said after the first meeting in his home on Monday of the Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union . |
| 18 | It was , however , by now well south of the airport and , after acknowledging an air traffic control instruction to report back at the BN beacon ready for another approach , the Vanguard tracked toward the BS , another beacon which was immediately to the south of the landing runway , 16 . |
| 19 | He folded the handkerchief carefully , keeping it in his hand ready for another attack . |
| 20 | Actually , she thought , I 'll never be ready for another relationship , but I 'm not going to tell anyone that . |
| 21 | TREVOR FRANCIS believes David Hirst is ready for another call from Graham Taylor after a stunning goal ended Southampton 's resistance yesterday . |
| 22 | Now a new man , the sergeant marched out gratefully , ready for another day . |
| 23 | After all this he is then ready for another day at Sekers — where he works ! . |
| 24 | He paused , said , ‘ You 're ready for another drink , ’ and clicked thumb and fingers of his free hand at a waiter , who showed no sign of feeling anything untoward when he approached Gillian . |
| 25 | Dinner wo n't be ready for another hour or so . ’ |
| 26 | The petty cash sheet is then ready for another lot of entries . |
| 27 | Jean says she 's not quite ready for another move yet … so here 's one for the family album … the Hunts stationary for once . |
| 28 | The local farmer , who used the plane as an Olympian way of counting his sheep , welded the bits back together and we were soon ready for another demonstration flight . |
| 29 | ‘ Nice to see you all here , ready for another evening of gentle wit and repartee . ’ |
| 30 | She must do it now , though she was rushing to get ready for another appointment — this time with one of the estate agents in town who had rung to tell her he had an attic to let for what sounded like a very reasonable rent . |