Example sentences of "[noun sg] [that] he [be] prepared [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To say of a particular astronomer or churchman that he was prepared to accept the Copernican system as a hypothesis is therefore to say something deeply ambiguous . |
| 2 | There was an immediate indication that he was prepared to turn over a new leaf . |
| 3 | Although he will take urgent steps to impose a new contract , which they have rejected , he has told the doctors ' and dentists ' pay review body that he is prepared to tackle any problems arising in the first year . |
| 4 | You 're sure you want her , Matey ? ’ drawled Dr Neil , still sardonic , but his use of Miss Mates 's nickname was the final sign that he was prepared to take her on . |
| 5 | Mr Sugar also claimed that Mr Venables had told him before he was sacked as chief executive last month that he was prepared to embark on a ‘ suicide mission ’ , even if it meant he finished up broke . |
| 6 | Each candidate will indicate on the nomination paper that he is prepared to accept nomination , and no candidate will accept more than one nomination . |
| 7 | Jessop could bat anywhere in the order , but I will have him at No.5 , on the understanding that he is prepared to move up should the situation call for more urgency . |
| 8 | The Minister should tell the House that he is prepared to go to the Treasury and argue not just for increases that provide price protection , but that he will start to look at the experience of those in the bottom two fifths of the pensioner population and make arrangements to do something significantly better for them . |
| 9 | It 's indicative of his desperation that he 's prepared to sell Martin Keown , an England-class centre half , to raise some cash … but even that would be nowhere near enough to start re-creating the mid-1980s dream team . |
| 10 | On March 18 Najibullah formally announced for the first time that he was prepared to resign to further the progress of a UN peace plan , the initial aim of which was to establish an interim , all-party government [ see p. 38811 ] . |
| 11 | Part of the answer lies in the unexciting fact that he is prepared to take on the jobs . |