Example sentences of "[noun pl] [be] ready to [be] " in BNC.

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1 These price increases will not be brought in unless and until compensation schemes for individuals and rural communities which have no alternative to the use of cars are ready to be introduced .
2 Clean , pure and , arguably , tasteless , the Californian almonds are ready to be graded and shipped .
3 Just a few finishing touchs and the thirty six cast iron baths are ready to be shipped out to Japan .
4 This method of cultivation protects the growing plants from late frosts and builds up heat in the soil so that the potatoes are ready to be lifted 2–3 weeks earlier than if they had been grown conventionally .
5 The shore boys were ready for us with slides and ropes , and the local corporation carthorses were ready to be harnessed to the capstan ropes to pull up the beach the Jim and Eliza .
6 It was made to coincide either with the rising of the river in early summer or with the recession of the waters in autumn when the fertilized fields were ready to be sown .
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