Example sentences of "prepared to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Everyone on the audition panel is prepared to be on your side and supportive . |
| 2 | He says he is prepared to be proved wrong — suggesting he would raise his offer if DRG produced a higher valuation . |
| 3 | ‘ If we 're going to break through , we 've got to be prepared to be quick on the button and to say quite risky things . ’ |
| 4 | Though the trend is one of improvement few City economists are prepared to be more optimistic than Mr Major 's own forecast for next year of £15billion . |
| 5 | Not being prepared to be beholden to those who were lobbying you , McLeish observed , considering the formidable professional across the table . |
| 6 | It is perfectly clear that long before the procession came into sight , long before the procession had formed , these people in the Markets in their desire to be offended had come down from the side streets and had taken great trouble to he offended , and not only were prepared to be offended but were prepared to throw missiles , stones and other weapons … |
| 7 | That is why Bruno was prepared to be duke of Lorraine and archbishop at the same time . |
| 8 | In today 's extract , Gilly spoils all her chances of having a happy and permanent relationship with Maime Trotter — someone who , unlike Gilly 's mother , is prepared to be completely kind , affectionate and forgiving . |
| 9 | The are willing to describe cases anonymously , though it would be more helpful if people were prepared to be named . |
| 10 | However , when we are prepared to be guided from within , it is no longer emotional desire that drives us , but the purity and clarity of reason , dictated by the ‘ pure will ’ of our hearts . |
| 11 | are quite prepared to be a minority of one if they think they are right |
| 12 | It 's best if you keep to the same time each week for regular activities , though be prepared to be flexible about it . |
| 13 | It follows that — unless the capitalist class were prepared to be altruistic and reduce its own unproductive consumption — there would be a decline in real wages for the productive workers . |
| 14 | Be prepared to be insulted . |
| 15 | Be prepared to be the first one to stand up for what is right when something wrong is being done to or said about someone . |
| 16 | You have to be prepared to be a bit dumb . ’ |
| 17 | It is also important to find a hypnotherapist who is prepared to be frank and open with you and to answer all your questions . |
| 18 | Similarly , when Gould says he is prepared to be persuaded about electoral reform , he needs to say what it would take to persuade him . |
| 19 | People , however , can only mobilise their adult mature capacities if their peers are prepared to be curious about their social world and its implicit and explicit political structures as these exist in reality and in their minds . |
| 20 | If you are prepared to be guided and be open to change , who knows ? |
| 21 | Nigel 's case , for which he was fully prepared to be imprisoned if necessary , rested on four points : |
| 22 | Lesbian issues came to be taken seriously only when there were a number of lesbian volunteers ( and quite a few men supporting them too ) who were prepared to be loud-mouthed , difficult , overworked and sometimes thoroughly disliked within the organization . |
| 23 | It helps too if the victim is prepared to be involved , directly or indirectly . |
| 24 | Consideration should be given to whether the requirement to be mobile could be restricted to particular regions while indicating that faster progression might be achieved by staff who were prepared to be widely mobile . |
| 25 | Where possible , seek an employer who is prepared to be flexible . |
| 26 | If you are expecting to hear tracks from their ‘ Ptooff ’ or ‘ Disposable ’ classics here then be prepared to be mightily disappointed . |
| 27 | I had arrived for my first meeting with the North Downs Steam Railway which is managed by a friendly group of enthusiasts who are not prepared to be put off by a drop of rain , even if it was one of the heaviest storms of the summer . |
| 28 | In a review of John Betjeman 's verse-autobiography Summoned by Bells ( 1960 ) , Philip Larkin remarked approvingly that Betjeman , in his triumphant lucidity , had managed to bypass the whole light industry of exegesis ; that Eliot 's famous demand about the need of poets , in the present state of civilisation , to be difficult could only be an ingenious bit of intellectual job-creation , a Modernistic charter to make work for unemployed critics ; and that the tradition of Kipling and A. E. Housman stood ready to hand for instant revival , ever eager to prove that poetry can still enjoy a reading public if only the poet is prepared to be simple , moving and memorable . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | He was prepared to be known as a ‘ tight-wad ’ . |