How To Use Ready In A Sentence

Frogs and newts have already been attracted to three new natural spring ponds at Abbey Meads School.
Although a few years old already, this possibly mistitled book is a good read for anyone interested in relationships.
We cannot support all the shops we have already, so a few more very expensive units can only remain empty and unused.
You just can't let a little thing like his being already dead get in the way of a good, irrational hatful desire to kill! Tom Cruise is a LOT OLDER than I thought
A lot of people already have two alcohol-free days a week but still drink more than is safe. The Sun

Here are 10 iconic looks from 90s movies: get ready for crop tops and a lot of frosted makeup.
Some retailers, including Sears, have already held some "door-buster" early-morning sales, which makes Black Friday -- the day after Thanksgiving that's looked upon as a kick-off to the holiday shopping season -- a little "grayer," he said. Boulder Daily Camera Most Viewed
I am not a bit anxious about my battles, If I am anxious I don't fight them, I wait until I am ready.
I've already looked there-it must be somewhere else.
Due to the bad weather, the building work was already behind schedule.
There is already one clear parallel between them. Times, Sunday Times
All of a sudden St. Philip's ten bells start tanging - one oclock already - and at once the workshops and factories around the yard begin disgorging throngs of workers on their way to lunch
Although I was already a fan of both authors, it was this curious title overlap that led me to snatch these two off the New Releases table at my local bookstore. Romi Lassally: My Literary Indiscretions
Have a design idea ready with exact specifications about the piece that you want.
_clear, fair_, and _satisfactory_, not in our being always ready to offer an explanation, whether satisfactory or not. Gentle Measures in the Management and Training of the Young Or, the Principles on Which a Firm Parental Authority May Be Established and Maintained, Without Violence or Anger, and the Right Development of the Moral and Mental Capacities Be Promoted by Met
The company's president is already in jail on corruption charges. Times, Sunday Times
_The Terrace at Berne_ has been already dealt with, but that mood for epicede, which was so frequent in Mr Arnold, finds in the _Carnac_ stanzas adequate, and in _A Southern Night_ consummate, expression. Matthew Arnold
Already well dispersed, they probably acquired iron technology around 500 C.E. On their route eastward, the Bantu speakers skirted the northern forest edge toward the interlacustrine region of East Africa. D. Africa, 500-1500
The styles are simple, with set-in shoulders, pared-down forms and the type of finish you might expect from ready-to-wear. When Just Any Old Lycra Won't Do
It was mid autumn and the leaves were already starting to swirl around me as a harsher wind blew, creating almost a curtain of color each time the breeze came.
The sun was bright in a sky already shading into a cooler, breezier blue, and the trees surrounding the compound glowed with the first, bright brush strokes of fall.
We may still be able to save Las Vegas, as it is encysted by libertarian Nevada... but San Francisco, I fear, is already seething with the RED VIRUS, which has spread to it's outer "Bay Area" provinces, such as Mountain View and other Silicon Valley cities. Obama's Commie Mama
This was the theory of alienation whereby the audience, already familiar with the story line, does not get caught up with the narrative.
Referring to some of the songs of that year, it complained that ‘some fellow gets shot, and his baby and his best friend both die with him, and some cat's crying or ready to die’.
The films he made look simple at first glance, yet already invite a more complicated response.
These have damaged an already poorly performing economy. The Sun
The Israelis already possess them, operating disingenuously and outside international norms again, an exceptionalism granted by the United States’ favor andmight. The Volokh Conspiracy » Pro-Palestinian “Peace Activists”
Earlier, in the B turret of the Achilles, there had been a temporary delay in the shell supply, and the gunhouse crews took the ready-use shells from their racks and fed them into the guns. Graf Spee
They have already, we note, calmly written their answer down some time before.
This, perhaps the greatest period of an already great life, has been sensitively written about by memoirists and historians.
It is easy to tell when a female is ready to mate.
MR. BELL: Well, we have informed the Congress that the part one agreement already rose to the threshold, if you will, of representing a change to the treaty -- what we call a substantive modification -- and therefore, would require congressional approval. Briefing By Robert Bell On Helsinki Agreements
Already the banks of the St. Lawrence below Quebec were laid out in seigniories, and the farms were tolerably well cultivated. The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation Volume 1
Young people from welfare-dependent single-parent families just aren't artful dodgers ready to graduate into serious crime and a moral vacuum.
I put on my thick coat ready to brave the elements.
The family didn't want a gastrostomy tube placed, but they weren't ready to say goodbye, either.
New antioxidants include ferulic acid, idebenone, ubiquinone coenzyme Q10, alpha lipoic acid, and resveratrol and are already making their way into our friendly neighborhood counters. You Being Beautiful
Migration into the cities is putting a strain on already stretched resources.
Swelling and bloating are often less troublesome if you avoid adding extra salt to food and steer clear of smoked meats and ready-cooked meals. The Sun
She added that the annual Halloween celebrations will see bonfires on the area, only making things worse than they already are.
That inevitably means that you will owe more money than you already do.
It was grey with pain, already almost a death mask and beginning to melt invisibly into the charnel of the killing field. WALL GAMES
Indeed, some civil libertarians have already argued that this is the appropriate line.
The car is still in its early days yet it has already given glimpses of its potential.
But we must regroup and get ready to go again. The Sun
The case - possibly the ultimate in town versus gown - revolves around a former manse on a quiet street in St Andrews, where students already occupy more than half the town centre accommodation.
Outdoor barbecue ready to eat food and spices which are less likely to fatten up ah?
And according to Mr. Trunfio, the company is now "getting ready" to begin aquafarming on the East Coast with a new partner. NYT > Home Page
Brown bags of pasta stand ready to be combined with cans of Italian tuna, homemade pickled vegetables, home-canned tomato sauce, and jars of his favorite imported red peppers.
Faced by those constraints, the soldiers of the Royal Anglians face an uphill task and the official three-year time limit is already looking decidedly niggardly.
I'm looking at it afresh and applying my findings not only to our bespoke tailoring but to the ready-to-wear collection. Times, Sunday Times
The UK already grants work visas for industries with labour shortages but these are required only for non-EU citizens. Times, Sunday Times
And evidently this time apart allowed the two to approach their partnership rejuvenated and ready for some serious woodshedding, as they reportedly recorded dozens of tracks before pruning down to these relatively lean 14 songs.
Add the asparagus and mint about 5 min before the rice is ready. Times, Sunday Times
On a recent morning, Evers steered his pickup truck through a Central California almond grove, his drawling sales pitch at the ready.
Granted, we have reams of remote sensing data from that first investigation, including the information from the detailed dissection of the spider biot done by Dr. Laura Ernst. But the cosmonauts brought home only one artifact, a tiny piece of some kind of biomechanical flower whose physical characteristics had already irreversibly changed before any of its mysteries could be understood, We have nothing else in the way of souvenirs from that first excursion. Rama Revisited
Despite the lack of legal compulsion, many companies already ban smoking.
There were toast crumbs in the butter, so I’ve already come up with a dozen ways to kill you; the marmite is just another mitigating circumstance when it comes to trial. …things that niggle. « Sven’s guide to…
You can upgrade your already present cannon or purchase new weapon types including plasma bolts, lasers, flame-throwers and grenades.
What is already a political embarrassment could turn into an economic nightmare. Times, Sunday Times
He is already walking normally and doing remedial exercises.
They had already experienced discrimination in the army while fighting the "crusade for freedom". The Collins History of the World in the 20th Century
Nash has already been approached by several pro football teams.
He pulled the hood of his sweatshirt over his head, messing his already messy black hair.
Studies have shown that end users are already overloaded and are therefore not willing to participate in archival training sessions.
This is their winter plumage, and some of them are already in it. Times, Sunday Times
He has already committed to shooting one third of the portmanteau film Eros, with directors he was worked with before.
The evidence she’d gathered at the beach had already arrived, delivered by a young tech who’d sheepishly entered the den of the legendary Lincoln Rhyme without a word and scurried about to deposit the bags and stacks of pictures as the criminalist gruffly directed. The Stone Monkey
His throat burned for oxygen and he felt his ribs compressing, compacting, and ready to break.
In a richly ornamented setting with animals and plants on a red background, in 14 copper rosettes placed between lacunars, there are the Wise Virgins and Foolish Virgins of the New Testament parable; the former hold lighted lamps, the latter have lamps already extinguished.
In fact, all three trends are already discernible. The Times Literary Supplement
The rest of the lads on the squad will have to go away to the other qualifiers, so the slagging has started already, that I am going to be on my holidays while they will be working away.
In view of the publicity already given to these subjects, it is necessary to note in fuller detail two matters connected with the health of the Canadian troops at Salisbury Plain – namely, the outbreak of cerebro-spinal fever and the veneral situation. War Story of the Canadian Army Medical Corps
Madame Grès, born Germaine Krebs, was once as well-known as her contemporary Coco Chanel, but while Ms. Chanel sold mass-produced ready-to-wear, Ms. Grès designed only hand-made haute couture that sold first as the label "Alix" and later as "Madame Grès. Collecting Vintage Dresses Like Art
But wait, that bugger is gone already, Too bad, so sad. The Volokh Conspiracy » Would “Deem & Pass” Survive Judicial Review?
The currency had already been weakened after China carried out the biggest devaluation in two decades last year. Times, Sunday Times
Protesters have hit out at a company's plans to expand its already huge food distribution depot beside the main road.
However even currently available estimates already show encouraging results in the case 2 scenario described above.
What a suasory example it is for those, who through some freak of fortune, being enabled to shake off the dust of honest toil and industry, are very ready to look downward with contempt upon the rank they have just left. Honor Edgeworth Ottawa's Present Tense
Limited incineration is already a key part of the government's waste management strategy.
Much later, Tomlinson realized that the hotel had already been hit and that all the journalists were either fleeing their rooms or helping evacuate the mortally wounded reporters.
We do not need magic to transform our world. We carry all the power we need inside ourselves already. J. K. Rowling
I miyou so much already and I haven't even left yet!
They have already climbed the ladder once and want to get back on it. Times, Sunday Times
Others in his career had already glimpsed his fiery temper. Times, Sunday Times
We still went ahead getting the property ready for the season, training seasonal staff and volunteers.
She had already cropped this photograph to fit the rectangular print into the square format of the book.
I have already mentioned why a white coat might have been a desirable characteristic.
It was during the 1939-45 war, that the Royal Marines took on a commando role, linking the regiment to the Army Commandos that already existed.
The whistle warned visitors that the ship was ready to sail.
He came out of the thick woods into a small meadow, his arrow on his bow ready to be shot at anything that moved.
Millions of consumer electronics devices - mobile phones, PDAs, PVRs, and DVD platers - are already running on stripped-down embedded versions of Linux.
Instead of letting life just tick over you're ready to set new goals and make a step-by-step action plan. The Sun
It is worrisome for magazines and newspapers, since Internet media consumption is already higher than for print media.
He was a solicitor and was using my room as a temporary convenience until his new premises were ready. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Arabic influence may have some part in the genesis of the songs, although the tonality of the Cantigas (mainly Dorian and Mixolydian modes) and basic structure are European; the virelai serves as the basic form, already in use with the Latin conductus, and divided into refrain – mudanza – vuelta – refrain (AA-bb-aa-AA, as in N.º 361). Archive 2009-07-01
All four-year-old children are already entitled to receive free nursery education.
She was already well on her way to becoming an amazon beauty, with long slender legs, perfect, glowing skin and light brown hair with copper streaks cascading over her broad shoulders.
Cake/dessert, or sweetmeat baskets are extremely popular and apart from the converted liners already mentioned, dismantled epergnes and converted goblets are the two most common deceptions.
As already noted, there are plenty of things we can do in the meantime.
Its bright black eyes were alert and watching, ready to upbraid or condemn or love, same as any capable adult thing. WICKED: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE WICKED WITCH OF THE WEST
Everyone who uses those arguments has already assumed the longterm disfranchisement and marginalization of that majority of the Palestinian people forced to live in complete exile from their homeland for, in many cases, the past 60 years ... Charlottesville Blogs
Then you can just pop them straight into the pot when you're ready to use them. The Sun
The former schoolteacher is already a national hero in his adopted homeland. Times, Sunday Times
The basic, elegant design is already complete; modifying it to improve service will be an afterthought. Total Customer Service (The Ultimate Weapon)
Did the record-company people have designs for you, or were they ready to hear you on your own terms?
Step6: With tray Cheng Fangling's random bottle container canister, get ready for the guest brush towel, the odour of more ameliorable toilet after beautiful sweet candle is ignited.
Morrissey and the Duranies are back in the charts; the 20th anniversary edition of Purple Rain was released last week; and Band Aid are already being tipped as a dead cert for the Christmas number one spot.
It is a kind of effervescent drink that you make by adding water to the crystals and it is supposed to ‘pick you up’ and get you ready to go when you have had too much to drink the night before.
If those consumers think the drug industrial monopolists already charge too much for pills and panaceas, just wait until the privately patented and monopolized ‘stem cell cures’ hit the market…
Closing his eyes he fell into a light sleep, ready to awaken at the slightest noise.
The orchestral arrangements added fresh layers of drama and grandeur to her already baroque style. Times, Sunday Times
But the real problem with citing thorough court review as a standard for denying clemency is that none of the 152 executions Bush approved would have landed on his desk had the cases not already passed through all the courts. The Texas Clemency Memos
On a typical day, blokes spend 14 minutes getting ready. The Sun
Now, two weeks after her visit to Paris Crater, missing Hannah already but knowing that the girl must be safe in the firmary, Ada found herself lost in thought during the carriole ride over the hills to home. Ilium
Parker also said that much of what Rhee achieved in contract talks already existed in D.C. law but was not used by her predecessors, including the power to weaken seniority protections for teachers who are "excessed," or let go from their jobs because of school closures. D.C. Teachers' Union election will affect survival of Rhee's initiatives
We are ready to work with landowners and farmers to look after farmland wildlife. Times, Sunday Times
Wealthy people buy the houses from the Trust, employ builders to do the restoration and move in when all is ready.
One section of the factory's main exterior wall had already collapsed, leaving a pile of smouldering rubble. Times, Sunday Times
The single-incision surgery team at SLU Hospital has already performed a number of gastrointestinal procedures, including appendectomies, gall bladder removals and partial colectomies. Newswise: Latest News
Many tool rental companies offer ready-mix concrete with small minimums and reduced prices.
The sounds of the phoney election war are already dimly audible. Times, Sunday Times
I'm meeting my study group for lunch today, but I'm pretty much ready for orals.
Each has written compellingly on this subject, yet each has been unselfishly and unfailingly supportive as we explored terrain that they already knew well. American Grace
- Are you codding me, I says, and the neck of the army Johnny Jameson half way already into his glass. Cyclops
The film represents something of a milestone - many of the elements of all the crime and action films of the future are here already, in germinal form.
He spoke aloud to the empty room, “Cara, is everything ready?” 365 tomorrows » 2010 » February : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day
The students seemed to offer another option for an administration already grappling with sabo -- teurs in Iraq and suicide bombers in Israel: to sit back and wait for a second Iranian revolution. Firefight Over Iran
She felt strangely weightless and ready to drift off with the next breeze.
Q So, you're saying the four of them at least, even though they already were voting for Foster, will now go back with some kind of invigorated motivation to convince -- Press Briefing By Mike Mccurry
Provision for diminution in value of foreign investment are the number of ready?
If buying a new tumble dryer, think about one with a sensor that switches off when the laundry is ready. The Sun
China already turned into by commissariat recipient country commissariat helps a nation.
His fans would already be familiar with Caroline.
The Obama team's lack of candor and immediate forthcomingness on this question has already ssured that this story will dominate the news for weeks to come as troubling questions occur to us. Election Central Morning Roundup
Kazzer was a big deal before anybody even knew who he was - in the months preceding the release of his first CD, Pedal to the Metal, he was already on a Canada-wide tour to promote his brand of good-time rock & hip-hop.
Already-strapped budgets were being cut further and all vacant positions were frozen, leaving a staffing shortage throughout campus.
There were four curtained windows through which we could see that it was already dark outside, and a door that was slightly ajar.
Vocab from The Varieties of Religious Experience aseity the property by which a being exists of and from itself; usually used in connection to God apodictic Necessarily or demonstrably true; incontrovertible.concatenated To connect or link in a series or chain.decide Of course, I already knew the definition; it's hardly an unusual word. Archive 2005-08-01
Portuguese artist Ana Sofia Varela is only 25 but is already one of the hottest stars of fado.
Furthermore, a series of strategic gaffs have further badly damaged the already squalid reputation which the industry has earned for itself.
To date, however, there is not a shred of credible evidence to support the belief that ETs have already visited us.
It should already be clear that it was Mariana, rather than Suarez, who might be called the forebear of John Locke's theory of popular consent and the continuing superiority of the people to the government. LewRockwell.com
As mentioned earlier, these visceral adipocytes already have high rates of lipolysis, which is bad enough. ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science
Once you have a theme in mind, take a moment to inventory the decorative objects you already have around your house, then hit secondhand stores to complete the look you've chosen.
There was the hiss of pressurization, then the clang of a hammer against metal Brunner's signal that they were ready. CORMORANT
Even though, as Peter M has pointed out, we can get terrific ready made felafel relatively easily here in Toronto. Recipe: Falafel (Φαλάφελ ή Ρεβυθοκεφτέδες)
The weekend bag also arrives ready to go with a debossed leather luggage tag.
Hartford Armory has already solved this by offering a screw-in front sight available in different heights, with a special wrench for removal and installation.
The focus is upon clues which together constitute a text ready for reading and interpretation.
There was nothing the matter with the director's plans on this occasion; every detail of the "freshet" had been made ready for with exactness and with prodigious regard to detail. Ruth Fielding in the Great Northwest Or, The Indian Girl Star of the Movies
They have already taken a sunset swim and caught a fish at their first attempt at fishing. Times, Sunday Times
Indians don't seem to believe in one percent milk at all, and don't realize that the ready-made paneer they buy in Indian stores is made of whole milk, which is loaded with fat calories.
Despite his ten billion years of preparation, he found himself to be unready.
The former Mr. Marvels site, already closed, will be the hub of the scheme where a water park with health and fitness amenities will be created on the cliff top under a huge transparent bubble.
She grinned and turned on her heel, ready to bolt down the hallway and dart her way out of the prison.
There must be some better way to communicate with the kitchen so I take it to be an affectation, the other one being that although the food is already plated up when it arrives, it is served from a foldaway side table.
They already had been supporting other unions by refusing to back their trucks up to supermarket loading docks.
As the vines have yielded their fruit by midsummer and ripened their wood early so as to be ready for starting into growth again in December or January, the grapery is kept cool and ventilated in the fall and early winter, but this need not interfere with the mushroom crop. Mushrooms: how to grow them a practical treatise on mushroom culture for profit and pleasure
WASHINGTON (RNS) As Democrats conduct a grim postmortem on Tuesday's (Nov. 2) elections, some liberal leaders say one diagnosis is already clear: the party's outreach to religious voters was lifeless from the start. Have Democrats Lost Faith In Faith-Based Outreach?
I start to hit the word ready on my board, but I decide to concentrate on the contest instead. Out of my mind
The total billings as of termination were about $75,000, already $10,000 over the ‘estimate’.
We are overloaded with new experiences already, and cannot assimilate any more.
Grandfather was already in his place and Anna slid into the chair next to his.
The little kids did not like what we said and had their compasses and dividers out, ready to give us a poke so we scooted out.
People living a hand-to-mouth existence are turning to ' buy-back stores' to get their hands on ready money.
He added: ‘We already take decision-making out to local communities through our eight area committees.’
Sources said the company had already looked at a float. Times, Sunday Times
As gardeners already know, all other slugs and snails (or gastropod mollusks, to the experts) sport a soft and slimy foot.
Enhanced algae growth in the reservoir consumes the oxygen in the epilimnion and, as it decays, the mass sinks to the already oxygen-deficient hypolimnion, where decay processes reduce the oxygen concentration even further, resulting in acid conditions at lower levels and the dissolution of minerals from the reservoir bed. Chapter 8
He has a jolly, ready laugh and mannerisms like an absentminded professor.
Doubtless the series will spark a rush of transsexuality-centred reality shows that, given the ready and infinite corruptibility of the form, will lose within a year all vestige of the charm of the original and become as mainstream, dreary and degrading to everyone concerned as its other reality brethren. TV review: My Transsexual Summer; Sorority Girls; and Imagine … Simon and Garfunkel: the Harmony Game
Pensioners already fighting to keep their heads above water are being asked to pay extra council tax to fund the refugee crisis.
-- The scientific remedies for poverty and pauperism, that is, the scientific methods of dealing with the various dependent classes and of preventing their existence, now form the subject-matter of a great independent science, the science of philanthropy, which, as we have already seen, may be considered a branch of applied sociology. Sociology and Modern Social Problems
Running through the orange grove, which already had little green oranges on, past the chickens, she froze with horror.
IT fix No. 6: SpamIf it were possible to redirect the time and effort poured into antispam and antimalware code over the last 10 years, we'd already have colonies on Mars and probably a new form of renewable energy. Five-year plan: 8 problems IT must solve
Tapwave already bundles web browsing software with the consoles, which to date have had to connect to a mobile phone via Bluetooth or infrared wireless links in order to provide Internet connectivity.
I will be ready for the unification fight come the summer. The Sun
Already now in Australia we're isolating strains which have low level resistance to vancomycin.
The work, epic in its tendencies, belongs to the category of burlesque compositions in macaronic verse (that is in a jargon, made up of Latin words mingled with Italian words, given a Latin aspect), which had already been inaugurated by Tifi Odasi in his "Macaronea", and which, in a measure, marks a continuance of the goliardic traditions of the Middle Ages. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI
Several new businesses began operating during the year and are already trading profitably.
It was already nearly eight o'clock.
For this fragile eaglet, ready to fall, unable to fly Professor Emman Osakwe « Illiteracy Articles « Articles « Literacy News
Dr Harnett said pond insects and water plants were already thriving, and some visitors had seen newts and frogs.
He said that those stores already revamped were performing well. Times, Sunday Times
And in such a case envy will be sure to work and boil up to a more than ordinary height, while the envious person frets, and raves, and swells at the plenties and affluence of his abounding neighbour, and (as I may so express it) is even ready to burst with another's fulness. Sermons Preached Upon Several Occasions. Vol. IV.
Inmates feel isolated and are already overburdened by the tension of courts and hearings.
We are already observing what appear to be trends towards increasing, long-term aridity in parts of the world. RealClimate
Protestants had already established school systems and colleges in this way. Christianity Today
Friends and work colleagues in the close-knit community of Wentworth have already been a huge comfort, he said.
You had already filed your return and made your tax payment when you asked to pay off the loan. Times, Sunday Times
Woodcarvings, bamboo mats, wooden partitions, paintings, wall hangings, brassware, metal icons and pooja articles are also on display, besides ready-to-eat products.
To be successful, you need to keep an eye on what you want to achieve and not on what you already have. Just like while aiming, you focus on the target and not the tip of the arrow . Dr Roopleen
A vast tract of land is ready for development.
Already a number of people have been in touch with the station headquarters in Ballyhaunis acknowledging the service.
A rumor is floating about that the businessman is getting ready to waste millions again in a futile attempt to become governor, but that's relevant only to the coyotes who will take his money.
NBC has already made the decision to banish it to Saturday nights starting April 18th, so its chances of renewal are almost nill. Television Review – Kings
Perhaps the original decoration lies intact beneath the layered generations of wallpaper and ever-changing tastes in house paint, ready to be rediscovered.
Besides, people who like karaoke are already being served by the karaoke club. Christianity Today
All seemed to be going swimmingly - the satellite signal was nice and strong, the ISDN line connected with no problem, we were ready to broadcast.

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