Example sentences of "was willing [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was willing to take from the divergent policies of the Chinese and Russian parties whatever he deemed appropriate for success ; he was inspired by Mao 's mass mobilisation but equally impressed by the authority and ruthless direction shown by Stalin . |
| 2 | He was willing to serve under the Protectorate but his loyalties were essentially republican and he welcomed the restoration of the Rump early in 1659 . |
| 3 | Rabin had said he was willing to talk to the kidnappers — demanding the release of Sheik Ahmed Yassin — if he received proof Toledano was alive . |
| 4 | On May 1 it had been reported that the Colombian government was willing to talk with the guerrillas , after three representatives of the two groups within the CNGSB ( the FARC and the ELN — see p. 38001 ) had occupied the Venezuelan embassy in Bogotá seeking diplomatic asylum . |
| 5 | By late June , however , close political aides of the PPP leader Benazir Bhutto were quoted as saying that the party was willing to co-operate with the army in putting an end to a " reign of terror " by its political rival , the Sind-based Mohajir Qaumi Mahaz ( MQM ) . |
| 6 | She knew he was fobbing her off , but she accepted it ; she was willing to sit in the back seat and let him do the driving . |
| 7 | He aimed , where he could , to take the industry out of party politics , but was willing to conform to the national interest where that was clearly defined by a Minister who had obvious Cabinet support . |
| 8 | Notably , it produced the clearest suggestion yet from the Soviet side that it was willing to compromise in the 45-year-old territorial dispute between the two countries . |
| 9 | But , though Nonni was willing to look after the babies for part of the day , even the dullest of part-time jobs was not easy to find . |
| 10 | Her mother was willing to look after the baby , so she got a fulltime job as a teacher 's assistant in a mental home . |
| 11 | He also stated that Cuba was willing to contribute to the Central American peace process and would support the full implementation of the 1967 Tlatelolco treaty on non-proliferation of nuclear weapons in Latin America . |
| 12 | So , just as McIllvanney had intended , I was forced to tell Ellen and Thessy about George Crowninshield 's offer , and how the senator was willing to pay above the odds if we would all abandon our summer plans and take his precious kids to sea for three months . |
| 13 | But he had quite simply changed his mind — and was willing to pay for the privilege ( usually a woman 's , he commented ) . |
| 14 | Against this background of a wife who was willing to work on the market , the choice to work at home must involve a higher ( or at least as high a ) level of utility . |