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.
He broke a post-war taboo by proving ready, without alarming the neighbours, to assert Germany's own interests.
Despite the French government's wish for a consensus solution in the six-month bank battle, neither bank proved ready to compromise.
Most Israelis, weary of the onus of occupation, proved ready to rethink the past and live with, if not adore, the Palestinians.
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.
Sanchez has outlasted them all, but Garrard, despite his medical history, had until Wednesday posed a credible threat — an accurate veteran quarterback, loaded with experience, who could serve as a caretaker until Smith, a second-round draft pick, proved ready.
In a crisis, people proved ready to back away from him and his party.In Catalonia and the Basque country, both the blaming of the bombings on ETA and Mr Aznar's fierce anti-regional rhetoric backfired spectacularly.
From the spiralling American madness of Michael Cimino's Heaven's Gate to the diverse demands of Claire Denis's African-set colonial parable White Material and Brillante Mendoza's Philippines hostage drama Captive, Huppert has proved ready to rise to any challenge.
