Example sentences of "[that] he was ready [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And he gave the impression , by bowing his head and turning rather gravely towards his interlocutor , that he was ready to treat every communication with the utmost seriousness , and would be reluctant to miss a syllable . |
| 2 | It was the first sign from the new Chancellor that he was ready to reverse the Tories ' commitment to lower taxes unless the Government tackles its £50bn overdraft . |
| 3 | The Unita leader indicated that he was ready to do so , and suggested a meeting in Libreville within the next month . |
| 4 | On June 12 Walesa announced to leaders of the Solidarity trade union that he was ready to use force if necessary to prevent the economic situation deteriorating into social unrest and anarchy . |
| 5 | If it was contradictory to say that he was ready to go to another woman so soon after declaring Kee to be the one ‘ and no other ’ , very well then , he contradicted himself . |
| 6 | He stood up , slipped on a jacket and announced that he was ready to go . |
| 7 | At 07.52 ( St Pierre time ) on 8 May , the telegraph operator in St Pierre tapped out the single word ‘ Allez ’ to his opposite number in Fort-de-France , meaning that he was ready to receive a message . |
| 8 | PETER Swales announced today that he was ready to stand down as chairman of trouble-torn Manchester City . |
| 9 | Wheeler , who was junior to them both , who had contrived to have the best set of rooms in the office and who had successfully requested both men to wait on him , cleared his throat to announce that he was ready to start the discussion . |
| 10 | The signal for the collapse of the regime was Mr Najibullah 's announcement last month that he was ready to step down in favour of a United Nations-appointed interim committee . |
| 11 | Aung San got through a message that he was ready to come over to the Allies while the Japanese understood that he would be fighting for them . |
| 12 | Mr Endara was told of the planned attack , and asked for his support , which he apparently granted , saying that he was ready to become the new leader if the US could topple the Noriega regime . |
| 13 | He would read it , nod and announce that he was ready to make a concession . |
| 14 | Ethiopian radio reported that during a ceremony in the office of President Meles , Carter had said that he was ready to make his own contribution to convince the World Bank , the IMF and other international organizations " to take part in the country 's economic reconstruction " . |
| 15 | The new president in office at the EC Social Affairs Council , Tristan Garel-Jones , told the European Parliament in July that he was ready to place a great deal of importance on social problems and to work for the improvement of social conditions for all European citizens . |
| 16 | Impetuously he wrote a declaration , which was widely circulated , denying the rumour and asserting that he was ready to prove that the Prayer Book of Edward VI conformed to the commandments of Christ and the practice of the Apostles , whereas the Mass was contrary to that practice and was the work of Satan . |
| 17 | This did not , however , mean that he was ready to relinquish his all-powerful position . |
| 18 | Implicit confirmation of government successes came with Savimbi 's statement on UNITA radio on March 5 that he was ready to accept an immediate ceasefire , under the mediation of Zaïre 's President Mobutu Sese Seko , provided the government abandoned its military gains of the past two months . |
| 19 | Shamir delivered a speech on June 4 which appeared to indicate that he was ready to accept Bush 's compromise package . |
| 20 | Zahir Shah said that he was ready to assume his " moral duty " to return to Afghanistan ; he had been deposed in 1973 by a cousin . |