The fact that about two-thirds of the invited middle-aged population were willing to participate in individually-oriented activities of the VIP might be viewed as an expression of a readiness for change, which is a key element for successful population interventions.
President Putin expressed readiness for this meeting.
California veterans bound for Standing Rock expressed readiness for the cold, and whatever else awaits them.
Rather than expressions of individual yearning for a young woman, the poems were, in Lardinois's view, "public forms of praise of the general attractiveness of the girl," celebrating her readiness for wedlock and integration into the larger society.
Now at least they are showing the readiness for sanctions".
Yet Mr Modi's readiness for collaboration may prove passing.
Nor, however, do they show much readiness for compromise.
Anthony Osborne, asked about Private Chen's readiness for Afghanistan.
Clad in a GB vest in readiness for London 2012?
But New York's readiness for another attack remained an issue.
