Sentence examples for kept in readiness from inspiring English sources

It was kept in readiness as a political instrument to be used in a final emergency.

The Praetorian Guard, his palace guard, abandoned him, and his freedmen left to embark on the ships he kept in readiness at Ostia, the port of Rome.

The construction of the HMS Prince of Wales will overlap and the current plan is for one of them to be operational while the other is kept in "extended readiness".

The construction of the other - HMS Prince of Wales - will overlap and the current plan is for one of them to be operational while the other is kept in "extended readiness".

After returning from delivering a mini research station to the Internation Space Station, she will be kept in a state of readiness in case there is an accident aboard the ISS.

She served in the main fleet in 1903 1904, during which time the fleet was kept in a state of readiness for seven months.

For the remaining five months, they were kept in a partial state of readiness with reduced crews.

From that point until 1964, one DM-15S was kept in a state of instant readiness and teams continually trained on the missile.

Some of the newest planes will be "cocooned," or kept in a state of flight-readiness.

The Earls of Argyll appointed Captains to oversee Dunstaffnage, and keep it in readiness, on their behalf.

Emergency repairs were made and her captain was ordered to keep her in readiness on 10 April.