Example sentences of "they [modal v] be prepared " in BNC.
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| 1 | They may be prepared to build their own checks into ordering referring unscheduled or non-conforming orders to unit management for specific authorisation before actioning . |
| 2 | As children mature they may be prepared to share one ball between two , or play with an adult in a small group taking turns at catching or rolling a ball . |
| 3 | If you intend to live in a house provided by the local health authority they may be prepared to arrange transport for you . |
| 4 | Some local authorities have unlettable , poor standard or high-rise property considered unsuitable for family households , which they may be prepared to let to students . |
| 5 | Instead they may be prepared to delay entry . |
| 6 | Current levels of unemployment are relatively unimportant , hopefully some time down the line they will expect to get er as a relatively well paid job erm because agricultural incomes are so very low , you know , and urban incomes are relatively , relatively high , they may be prepared to wait for you know five or six years in the urban area , making what could be sort of a subsistence wage , simply because that 's all that they 're gon na be on anyway if they stay in the rural area , so if there is a higher probability of them getting a well paid job merely by being in the urban area making these contacts then they might as well move to the , to the urban area in the hope of some time in the future obtaining that er er an urban job . |
| 7 | They must be prepared to offer an equity share in their business . |
| 8 | It is you they need , and your skills they must be prepared to help you to adapt and improve . |
| 9 | At parents ' meetings they must be prepared to be blamed by mothers and fathers with unrealistic expectations of their , the teachers ' , and the children 's abilities . |
| 10 | If they take any other course of action they must be prepared to defend it . |
| 11 | It is not self-evident that membership of a trade union should be a condition of participation in industrial democracy ; nor enough for the majority Report to assert , simply as a statement of belief , that ‘ if employees wish to be represented on the board , they must be prepared to organise ’ — that is , to join trade unions — ‘ to make representation on the board effective ’ . |
| 12 | Farmers must not be dismissive of their critics and they must be prepared to change their attitudes . |
| 13 | These men were told they must be prepared to die . |
| 14 | The audience are coming to these shows knowing fully that they should be prepared to deal with the present and the future . |
| 15 | Surely if the judges did come to their decision on the grounds of relative merit , they should be prepared to defend it ? |
| 16 | Norman had pointed out from the beginning that this financial package would not necessarily be sufficient to attract the highest quality executive , and warned the Government that they should be prepared to pay more . |
| 17 | The opportunity to help investment and to help employment directly , then they should be prepared to cut erm interest rates , as our European partners have been doing . |
| 18 | In the fieldwork situation the anthropologist 's aim must be that his informants should treat him as their pupil and that they should be prepared to teach him their way of life by accepting him as a kinsman , so that , as near as may be , he becomes " one of us " . |
| 19 | As I have said before , if people advocate spending and tax increases , they should be prepared to defend them . |
| 20 | People whose footballing loyalties lie elsewhere are welcome to join if they wish , but they should be prepared to accept forthright biased Leeds talk : it is , after all , a Leeds list . |
| 21 | It 's alright them asking you Teresa , but you know , they , they should be prepared to pay you more . |
| 22 | This was generally understood by the media to mean that the hierarchy would not oppose the introduction of divorce in a future united Ireland , indeed that they might be prepared to budge on the issue even now . |
| 23 | The company has signalled its keenness to sign another two-year deal , and unions have indicated they might be prepared to accede , as long as there is an ‘ inflation-plus ’ element in the second year . |
| 24 | Fulham must find a new ground by the end of next season but there had been indications that they might be prepared to quit their Thames riverside site at the end of this season . |
| 25 | The British answer was that they would prefer to view the present difficulty in the wider context of the general European refugee situation , but that they might be prepared to consider possible subsequent entry of the Jews to Britain after their return to Germany . |
| 26 | She wondered coolly how his erstwhile mentors would react once they learned what he 'd become , and what they 'd be prepared to offer to keep that quiet . |
| 27 | He will also contact the Boys ' Brigade , to see if they 'd be prepared to play , and S O S transport international , to obtain more information . |
| 28 | However , the interviewees did not indicate what price they would be prepared to pay for such extended coverage . |
| 29 | The model tells us that 0.238 of poor respondents say they would be prepared to break the law ( the baseline ) . |
| 30 | Or are poorer respondents simply less prepared to admit to an interviewer that they would be prepared to break the law ? |