Example sentences of "[prep] be ready for [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Sow antirrhinums , calendulas , clarkias , cornflowers and nemesias to be ready for early summer displays next year .
2 It has to be ready for that okay ?
3 " I did promise to be ready for nine thirty but those blasted animals just wo n't cooperate . "
4 Stewart ( 31 ) will join the Glens this week and has set himself a three week target to be ready for first team action .
5 A certain amount of welding to make good the outer shell has to be carried out and then of course we only need 218 small tubes and six large flue tubes to allow the boiler to be ready for hydraulic testing .
6 Failure to be ready for this kind of thing is the main cause of our dismissing whole squadrons of our fellow-creatures as uninteresting or inferior .
7 Before he left Fontainebleau Ho had given instructions to be ready for any eventuality .
8 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 ?
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