Sentence examples for both were prepared to from inspiring English sources

Both countries will face some collateral damage as a result – and this could be considerable in the case of the US shale sector – but both were prepared to take the risk on the grounds that Russia would suffer much more pain.

"You must both be prepared to compromise if you want to stay together," warns Christine Davies.

In the last primary season, the tension in the relationship between Hillary Clinton, who had expected to glide to the nomination, and the upstart younger senator from Illinois came to a head one day in December 2007 as both were preparing to board their planes in Washington to go to an Iowa debate.

Both are prepared to duke it out.

RBS and Lloyds had both been preparing to match bonus arrangements from last year, when cash bonuses were limited to £2,000.

Both are preparing to enter pods, to be placed in deep freeze and then reawakened as pioneers in a world yet to come.

Journalists became aware that both Lloyds and HSBC were prepared to step in.

Both suitors were prepared to pay £25m for a 70% stake in the petroleum exchange.

Contrary to received wisdom, Mr Bregman claims both sides were prepared to be flexible.

Al Berndt, assistant director of the Nebraska Emergency Management Agency, said he believed both plants were prepared to deal with the flooding.

Yet even as a compromise was announced on Sunday evening, both parties were prepared to try to define the deal as staying true to their respective principles.