Sentence examples for were ready to undertake from inspiring English sources

Saturday at noon, last-minute bananas shovelled in, we were ready to undertake the swimming version of the marathon.

A year later, Robinson was convinced that he was ready to undertake a heterosexual relationship.

Balotelli is ready to undertake allergy tests himself to solve the problem.

The company is ready to undertake a "major transaction," Mr. Schneider said in a speech at Bayer's annual shareholders' meeting.

He told others about his ambition in his thirties, and believed then that he'd be ready to undertake the challenge when he reached sixty.

That is a more aggressive approach than most wildlife managers are ready to undertake, partly because of likely collateral damage to other birds.

Mr. Venizelos, 54, said at an afternoon press conference that he was ready to undertake the "historic challenge" of helping Greece to overcome its debt crisis.

"With our understanding of the worries of the Turkish friends, we are ready to undertake urgent negotiations with senior Turkish officials to discuss all points of disagreement," he said.

He promised the assembly that Greece was ready to undertake the reforms that were necessary to secure another bailout but also stressed that a new deal needed to include debt relief.

In "The First 10 Years"(Simon & Schuster, 1958), his account of that era, Mr. Eytan said Israel was forced to "look for friends in every part of the world," seek economic ties "outside the Middle East wherever possible" and be ready to undertake "political activity in every capital" in a period when the United Nations was closely involved with its affairs.

Mr. Barlow said he initially considered creating his own agency, taking along some of the firm's shows that he represented, but decided that once he was ready to undertake his new venture he wanted to work with other arts organizations as well as theater.