Sentence examples for proved ready from inspiring English sources

Those British troops have proved ready to fight — and die.

"And Benn proved ready to listen, ready to learn.

The chaos has created a security vacuum that Al Qaeda has proved ready to exploit.

Most Israelis, weary of the onus of occupation, proved ready to rethink the past and live with, if not adore, the Palestinians.

Despite the French government's wish for a consensus solution in the six-month bank battle, neither bank proved ready to compromise.

We're killin' 'em all!" But not even the Bush administration, which has proved ready to do unspeakable things to its perceived enemies, can kill them all.

Here, her quicksilver arrangements proved ready-made even for an extra 80-odd musicians as her sumptuous vocals floated over the the BBC Symphony Orchestra.

By and large companies from America, Japan and China have proved readier to finance and acquire young British tech firms than British ones have.

He broke a post-war taboo by proving ready, without alarming the neighbours, to assert Germany's own interests.

And once the Falcon 9 proves ready for cargo, it is straightforward to add seats, a carbon dioxide scrubber and other systems to make the capsule suitable for astronauts, Mr. Musk said.

Its members would care, and care passionately, for tales and tale-telling, and would prove ready to embrace and reject, applaud and defame, and quarrel about literature and its effects.