Example sentences of "have [vb pp] [prep] [be] prepared " in BNC.
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1 | You 've got to be prepared to listen to a lot of varied opinions about many difficult problems , assess the people who give you those opinions and at the end of the day you 've got to be very decisive and determined . |
2 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
3 | ‘ You 've got to be prepared to die for what you believe in , ’ Elinor said passionately with a toss of her wayward locks . |
4 | Falling ‘ If you want to sell , you 've got to be prepared to cut your price — even if you were once in charge of the economy . ’ |
5 | If you really want to win in the game of life , you 've got to be prepared to fail sometimes . |
6 | The price of lead was falling , men were being laid off and John ( along with others ) and with as much grace as they were able to muster , had had to be prepared to accept a reduction in salary . |
7 | Either chemists , pharmacists and medical practitioners should be totally amoral and provide patients with any drug they want — including fatal poisons — to use as they wish , or else we have got to be prepared to take the moral stands our consciences and beliefs press on us . |
8 | You have got to be prepared to miss . |
9 | Yeah , but I mean , be honest , you , you say that , but people have got to be prepared to adjust as well . |