Example sentences of "he [modal v] be willing " in BNC.
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| 1 | He may be willing to use his new powers as executive president to brush aside resistance . |
| 2 | Now he may be willing to buy large at , say , 292 or offer larger than 25 at , say , 299 . |
| 3 | Where the dealer acted as counterparty to the contract he may be willing to unwind the contract with a customer but there is no incentive for him to do so at a competitive price . |
| 4 | And see if he 'll be willing to come . |
| 5 | If Mr Gorbachev believed he could acquire a breathing space through repression , during which the economy could be transformed by unpopular but necessary reforms , he might be willing to pay the price , but this would reverse his strategy of the past three years . |
| 6 | After what seemed ages , Dustin thought he might be willing to co-star in John and Mary if only in gratitude for the bit of play-doctoring the two visitors had done . |
| 7 | He might be willing to mention , in advance , at least some of the sub-topics he will deal with in the next couple of weeks . |
| 8 | Since he had troubled to enquire , then he might be willing to help . |
| 9 | " You mean , he 'd be willing to take me back , afterwards ? " |
| 10 | Besides , ’ she added , cutting short a protest from Iris , ‘ I doubt if he 'd be willing to pay the sort of fee Joe Martin would insist on . ’ |
| 11 | Surely he 'd be willing to do that much for her ? |
| 12 | He 'd be willing to bet he 'd be as bleary as hell . |
| 13 | ‘ Perhaps he 'd be willing to take someone without a dowry . |
| 14 | you 're thinking of direct costs , but erm , Phil was going to ask Jeff if he would chair it , and also if he 'd be willing , to be sort of editor in chief , of Eurofile , so that was yesterday , and I have n't seen Phil since , do n't know what happened with that and went to him that it was a briefing meeting . |
| 15 | Shah declined , but said he would be willing to help finance it for a fee . |
| 16 | His friends have also suggested that he would be willing to sell on a stake in MK Trafford Holdings , the Isle of Man-based company through which the bid is being made , in order to raise cash for the deal . |
| 17 | These were underlined yesterday by the League 's decision to bar Owen Oyston , the radio station owner who has said he would be willing to back Knighton 's offer , from an interest in United . |
| 18 | BOBBY CHARLTON , the former Manchester United and England forward , who is now a club director , made it clear yesterday that he would be willing to take over as chairman ‘ if the right person asked me ’ . |
| 19 | Instead of being asked , as he must have hoped , whether he would be willing to form a government , he was instead asked whether he would be prepared to serve in a National Government under MacDonald . |
| 20 | Not once has the ‘ waverer ’ , General Kukanjac , hinted that he would be willing to recognise the authority of the democratically elected Bosnian government . |
| 21 | He would be willing to draw lots as to who jumps over the side , except that he is sure that the other , if he lost , would go back on his word . |
| 22 | His hands were very full with arrangements for his attack on Normandy , and there must also have been many discussions about the terms on which he would be willing to make peace with the papacy . |
| 23 | He would be willing , of course , to keep it for her for ever . |
| 24 | In this shrine of opulence , deference to one 's customer requires that a shopkeeper should not appear to talk of price ( " a murmur reached her " ) , nor treat his goods as merchandise ( " He would be willing … to keep it … for ever " ) , nor should he appear to shut the door on his customer . |
| 25 | Met Headteacher and asked if he would be willing to extend the time our pupil spent with them from one day to three after Christmas . |
| 26 | It remained to be seen whether he would be willing to answer the one question for which Dougal needed an answer . |
| 27 | ‘ I have already heard , ’ said Julian , ‘ how in the council of last November you spoke for a parley with the Lord Owen , and told the king 's ministers that he would be willing to talk peace . |
| 28 | ‘ While King Henry lay in state in Normandy , several barons went to the Earl of Gloucester to ask if he would be willing to take the throne , ’ Guy elaborated . |
| 29 | He criticised the MPs for ‘ their absolute lack of understanding of the conflict here ’ but said he would be willing to meet them to discuss the letter and other issues . |
| 30 | Bush said that he would be willing to lift US sanctions once the Pretoria government had fulfilled conditions including the total lifting of the state of emergency . |