And it opens up a very difficult area I've discussed here many times: have we been a little bit too ready to sell our best businesses to the highest bidder, regardless of the nationality of the bidder?
"I think Joey's at a point this season where he has learned from the experience with Rachel and he's learned that maybe he is ready for something a bit more substantial, " explains LeBlanc, without elaborating on exactly what is in store for his character.
Peter Kephart, a lanky man with an ever-ready smile, guides a bit for smallmouth on the Potomac River.
He gets one more start and we'll tone it down a bit to be ready for the season.
The maths for working out the average distance to a rat is a bit rough and ready because rodents are not evenly spread.
The declared aim of Davos is rather to share ideas, to inspire change, to give the leaders the ammunition they will need once they leave this secluded alpine valley and return to the real world, ready to change things, bit by bit, until hopefully, one day, the world has become a better place.
You are now ready to be just a little bit better for your next interview.
But from their complaints, they appear to be pushing the industry toward modularity perhaps a bit before it is ready to shift and are therefore dealing with the corresponding headaches of a still immature technology.
"I have to be ready when Roger comes down a little bit, " said Gonzalez.
"I saw a little bit but I was trying to get ready for my day, " Garcia told 5 live.
"I'm not ready to retire, I like to be involved with a team on a daily basis, but maybe I am ready to step out of the limelight a little bit, away from the cameras, " he told Dutch website Voetbal International.
The irony of this approach was that, like the original Electronic Data Systems contract, it embodied fashionable ideas at the time it was first formulated, but now that the Navy is ready to actually implement those ideas they look a bit outdated.
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If that takes you back just a bit, then perhaps you're ready for "push-to-talk, " which appears to be the craze of the moment among wireless service providers eager to attract business users and increase the amount of airtime they use each month.
During a recent Success with Moira Forbes interview, Lisa Oz, wife of the wildly popular, telegenic Dr. Mehmet Oz, offered us a bit more honesty than any of us were ready for.
In fact, Leyland said he was ready to take Sanchez out after the seventh before letting him pitch a bit longer.
"I think all the athletes at home that are getting ready to head out in the next week or so will definitely be a bit worried, " said Egelstaff.
I've got the bit between my teeth, that edge about me and I'm well ready for a world title shot.
"I want things to be clear: I am ready to assume a huge amount of responsibility, but I ask everyone else to take on a little bit themselves, " Mr Bersani said.
We're still a little bit away from the official launch of the much-hyped OUYA console, but the game store appears ready for takeoff.
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