"I'm not prepared to conclude a deal [with the banks] until I think it's a good one," he added.
Nor were regulators prepared to conclude that a "confluence of events" caused the nose dive, said Mary Schapiro, chairwoman of the Securities and Exchange Commission.
You quote one psychologist saying, "on the basis of my studies, I'm prepared to conclude I don't think consciousness ceases when our body dies".
But by Thursday, they had not found any more body parts as they prepared to conclude their search of the area.
The Giants were still optimistic about getting Mike Barrow even as the free-agent linebacker was preparing to conclude a three-day visit to the metropolitan New York area without having signed a contract.
Despite the numerous handicaps a Yeshiva team endures, Halpert's contingent was, as the team prepared to conclude the Skyline Conference season on Feb. 16 at Mount St. Vincent, on the verge of its 15th consecutive winning season.
CHICAGO — While the Yankees prepared to conclude their series with the Chicago White Sox on Thursday, their cleanup hitter, Alex Rodriguez, was in Tampa, Fla., beginning his on-field rehabilitation from knee surgery amid another round of controversial headlines.
The lead author, Dr. Aaron E. Chen, who was with Johns Hopkins when the study was done (he is now at the University of Pennsylvania), said he was not prepared to conclude that antibiotics are useless in treating such infections.
He plays Matt King, a self-admitted "back-up parent," who has to step up for his daughters after a boating accident puts his wife into an irreversible coma, just as he's preparing to conclude the sale of his family's Hawaiian ancestral lands to a development corporation.
The vast untapped potential for clean energy must not be lost on governments as they prepare to conclude a new climate agreement in Paris, this December.
As we worked our way through Milan and Paris Fashion Weeks, we prepared to conclude the lengthy fashion season alongside the awards season.
