Example sentences of "ready for [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Having correctly spaced the members of the party at the other end of the rope , any spare rope should be coiled neatly around the leader 's shoulders and tied off with an overhand knot , ready for possible use later in the day . |
2 | He spotted at once the no-nonsense tones of the Koran , and , as always when The Book was being quoted , kept his eyes on his chest and tried to look like a man willing to leap off his chair on to all fours , ready for total prostration at any moment . |
3 | The two groups prepared to write their papers and got ready for joint submission , which was set for Friday 24 March . |
4 | It has been established that new information rapidly decays from the memory ; it can not be kept ready for instant recall unless its impression on the brain is renewed . |
5 | When they played cricket and other games in Calcutta their arms were placed on a table under a guard on the edge of the playing field , ready for instant action . |
6 | He is the shooter ; he must always be available , ready for instant action . |
7 | It was hot and clammy , accentuated by the constant pain of keeping his body at critical pitch , ready for instant action . |
8 | Perhaps the least welcome part of the TA 's weekend is having to wash the Land-Rovers and motor cycles , and clean and store the kit , for all this equipment must always be ready for instant use . |
9 | Safely stowed against the mast or along the stays , it is always ready for instant use . |
10 | Ready for continued descent — but on a modest gradient . |
11 | The men who created the new unionism and , in so doing , abandoned Industrial Co-operation ( except as a minor and incidental means to trade unionism 's ends of improving conditions of employment ) were not wrong in their time because , in short , history was not yet ready for Industrial Co-operation . |
12 | Jumping into a vehicle they drove furiously to Haleiwa where their P.40s were ready for immediate take-off . |
13 | When on 5 September the Lords Lieutenant of the four most northerly counties were ordered to make their respective militias ready for immediate service , it emerged that neither Northumberland nor Durham had been reimbursed by central government for the money they had previously spent in keeping the force mustered , while the authorities in Cumberland admitted candidly : ‘ T is so long since the militia was raised that we are apprehensive the arms are either lost or in bad order . ’ |
14 | For instance , a tenant may have agreed to take a lease from a landlord of premises which are free standing and are ready for immediate occupation by the tenant . |
15 | However , with two divers in the water at the same time , one can aid the other , and there is always the standby diver on the vessel , ready for immediate response . |
16 | During this time the egg passes along her oviduct ( egg-laying tube ) so that it is ready for immediate extrusion when she arrives at the nest . |
17 | Crack a cooled bean and check that it is evenly coloured throughout ; if so , the beans are ready for immediate use of may be cooled and stored in an airtight jar . |
18 | If it does , the battery is ready for immediate use ; if not , leave it on charge for as long as necessary . |
19 | Satisfied that the gun was ready for immediate use , Kirov transferred it discreetly to his jacket pocket before turning and walking towards the waiting figure of Ybreska . |
20 | Omari gives a translation of an interesting example in reply to a reader who had written that Africans were ready for immediate self-rule : |
21 | But because the two meeting houses are enveloped in giant tarpaulins ready for overnight fumigation there will be no official welcome . |
22 | Traditional English furniture includes desks , filing cabinets and chairs in polished yew or mahogany , or plain white ready for decorative painting . |
23 | Mr Dinkins is ready for that kind of campaign . |
24 | Enjoy this last day and get ready for that celebration tomorrow . |
25 | A centre will not have to take on devolved responsibility at a level which it is unwilling to accept — and SCOTVEC will not offer devolved responsibility to a centre whose internal quality systems are not ready for that responsibility . |
26 | It also helps to leave one dose of flake in a twist of polyfoil ready for that feeding . |
27 | " Do n't you ever get tired ? " she asked Sister Anne as the latter opened her book ready for that day 's study . |
28 | The rule 's important , but it should come from a need of the child rather than be imposed at some arbitrary time when the teacher thinks that all the children are ready for that rule . |
29 | As you say , you are clearly not yet ready for that solution . ’ |
30 | Glorious stuff , of course , but one for those whose devotion verges on fanaticism , and are really ready for four studio takes of Ready Teddy and six versions of Good Golly Miss Molly . |