Sentence examples for french readiness from inspiring English sources
The idea that Europe can muddle through without cathartic change looks feeble, particularly when the circumstances suggest German solidarity is weakened and French readiness to submit to heavy doses of fiscal pain is subject to the difficult enactment of a constitutional amendment.
He feels let down by what he sees as the French media's readiness to believe the victim's word over the evidence.
The main reason for German superiority in the air was the poor state of French air units' operational readiness.
On 2 January a small British warship, the 14-gun brig HMS Childers under Commander Robert Barlow, was ordered to enter the Roadstead of Brest to reconnoitre the state of readiness of the French fleet.
Martine Del Bono, a spokeswoman for the French investigation agency, welcomed Airbus's readiness to help finance a prolonged search "if it becomes necessary," she but said it was too early to predict the cost of such an operation.
Simulated candles in rock crystal chandeliers flicker over pre-French Revolution gilded armchairs clustered as if in readiness for aristocrats' whispered anxieties.
Nonetheless, the French authorities seemed to have stepped back from their previous readiness to antagonize the Chinese leadership as the world confronts an economic crisis in which France can ill afford poor relations with a global powerhouse.
The chief executive's superstar status may have eroded senior managers' readiness to question his judgement, says a Paris-based analyst.The French government could have ousted Mr Ghosn (it has a 15% stake in Renault).
This does not mean that Dutch-speaking Antwerpians do not know French or other languages, for the international character of the city implies a readiness of many of its residents to understand foreign languages.
During this period he cultivated the friendship of his counterpart at the French war college, General (afterward Marshal) Ferdinand Foch an association that may account for Wilson's readiness to involve Great Britain in French strategy.
Perhaps a tenth of Algeria's then 9m people were killed; bombs went off in mainland France; the French security services routinely used torture; and disaffected French officers, opposed to de Gaulle's readiness from 1959 to grant Algeria self-determination, plotted several coups.In this section Putin versus the oligarchs?
