Example sentences of "not be ready " in BNC.

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1 It may not be ready in time , I told her , there 's still a long way to go .
2 Cooke accepts that Chris Oti will not be ready to face Fiji .
3 Walsall 's move from Fellows Park to a new £4m stadium has been postponed until the start of next season because the pitch will not be ready in time .
4 Unionists may not be ready to judge the republic on its merits for years yet , and the hatred bred by three centuries of religious animosity is not going to be bartered away by any group of politicians .
5 But they would not be ready for some time to admit the fact to one another .
6 Joseph protested that he could not be ready to move in thirty days .
7 This fitted in with the general view that the Eighth Army could hold Rommel at El Alamein but would not be ready to attack before November .
8 In a late spring , the catch crop may not be ready to graze off in time to prepare a good tilth for the ensuing main crop .
9 Preparation for day care transport was sometimes an important role because , if left to themselves clients might either not be ready in time , or might be ready too soon and while waiting go out to do something else ( forgetting that transport was due ) ; in either case they would consequently miss their transport and therefore their day care .
10 My fifteen miles ' walk had whetted my appetite , and therefore I looked with no angry gaze on Ranza Inn , and , despite the large company of tourists airing themselves outside , I made inquiries for breakfast , and was told it would not be ready for an hour ( it was now nine o'clock ) .
11 But as we have seen , he referred to the Duddon valley as ‘ the darling of my heart ’ — he says in the Guide that Mr. West ‘ contented himself by speaking of the scenery of easy access from the public roads , for he has entirely omitted the vast and romantic wilds which lie between the sea and the chain of lofty mountains , beginning at Coniston and ending at Lows Water — who shall traverse Seathwaite , Eskdale Wastdale , Ennerdale and Ennersaledale , and not be ready to acknowledge that the Western side of his tour , though probably less beautiful , is infinitely more magnificent than the Eastern side ? ’
12 An experiment to test whether , in an accident , the core of the PWR might overheat and cause a melt-down will not be ready to start until next year , and will not be complete until long after the inquiry ends .
13 ‘ As I know myself to be entirely English … ’ she told Parliament in March 1702 , three days after her accession , ‘ there is not one thing you can expect or desire of me which I shall not be ready to do for the happiness or prosperity of England . ’
14 The Company had been under an obligation to complete the line by 15 August 1905 , but obtained an extension of time when it was discovered that the power supply from Beckenham would not be ready until I April 1906 .
15 Barnard was as uncompromising as Lauda : he wanted the engine in a brand-new car , and that would not be ready until the 1984 season .
16 Senior officials have made it clear that if final decisions are not made by Friday , Chancellor Norman Lamont 's autumn statement on November 12 will not be ready in time .
17 It was feared he would not be ready for any contest until Christmas , but intensive treatment at Lilleshall has paid dividends sooner than anticipated .
18 However , it quickly became clear that the opera would not be ready in time for September , even though Mozart had finished the first act by 22 August .
19 The police welcomed the new secure units but expressed concern that they would not be ready until 1995 .
20 He professes to not be ready for that .
21 French classic winner Culture Vulture was left in the race , but the Paul Cole stable said she will not be ready to run .
22 The best allied intelligence insisted that the French would not be ready till July , and that their attack would advance through Mons , not Charleroi .
23 OVERDRIVE PENTIUMS WILL NOT BE READY UNTIL 1994
24 It says its customers will not be ready to migrate to Solaris until next year .
25 It may not be ready to unburden itself before NT ships .
26 It was widely held that the Koreans would not be ready for independence when the war ended : memories of the closing phase of the Yi dynasty did not inspire confidence in Korean ability for effective government and the era of Japanese dominance had been so repressive as to necessitate a period of readjustment .
27 As my Spanish accountant said , Spain is so far behind not only will it not be ready for 1992 in that year , but it will not be ready by 2092 .
28 As my Spanish accountant said , Spain is so far behind not only will it not be ready for 1992 in that year , but it will not be ready by 2092 .
29 Her backwardly turned ears and slightly lifted tail show that she is interested in mating , even though she may not be ready yet .
30 Artfully and sensibly , the red-throated bee-eater of Nigeria starts its labours at the end of the rainy season when the ground is relatively soft , even though it will not be ready to lay its eggs for another three months .
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