Sentence examples for been prepared to settle from inspiring English sources

On the bright side: India, although formally claiming Pakistan-controlled Kashmir, has long been prepared to settle for the line of control as the international boundary.

He said the archdiocese had been prepared to settle the 30 claims in the same way as the 86 Geoghan cases, which would have given many of the victims an average of $400,000 each.

The commission hoped to double aid to Africa by 2008, but was prepared to settle for a doubling by 2010.

"We are prepared to settle if we can do so on fair and reasonable terms," Mr. Dudley said on Tuesday.

Still, during the settlement talks, several attorneys general complained that the Justice Department was prepared to settle for too little.

Once discussions were begun with the Irish Republicans, we discovered that they were prepared to settle for something else.

Amazingly, having just won control of AirTouch, Mr Gent was prepared to settle for only 45% of the new company, which was launched in May this year as Verizon Wireless.

If science were prepared to settle for less than unification, the difficulty of reconciling quantum mechanics and general relativity wouldn't be the biggest problem in physics.

He says that he needs legal certainty, but that he might be prepared to settle for a protocol "to change the treaties in due course".

Not everyone will be satisfied, but those who are prepared to settle for half a loaf will outnumber those who would rather have none, a key adviser predicted.

That's not to say the strike couldn't have succeeded - in fact the only time when Thatcher was prepared to settle was when she believed she was "in danger of losing" in October 1984.