Example sentences of "[modal v] prepare for " in BNC.
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| 1 | At sea , the Royal Navy should prepare for a long ‘ broken back ’ period after a nuclear exchange in Europe , during which resupply across the North Atlantic would be vital to the United Kingdom 's survival , whether the exchange had been decisive or not . |
| 2 | The Lord wonderfully provided for me to visit the country in March 1990 and later that year He revealed that I should prepare for service among Albanians . |
| 3 | He is fifty-three ageing , losing his sight , and should prepare for death . |
| 4 | On Jan. 6 , as part of a televised speech , he had described the liberation of Palestine as the main objective in the struggle , while reaffirming nevertheless that " the return of Kuwait to the motherland is a reality " , that the Iraqi army should prepare for " the mother of battles " , and that the war would reach " every struggler and fighter whose hand can reach out to harm aggressors in the whole world " ; on Jan. 9 , when an International Islamic Popular Conference opened in Baghdad , he promised that in the event of war the Americans would " swim in their own blood " . |
| 5 | Mugabe 's statement on March 4 , 1990 , that " all progressive forces " should prepare for negotiations with the apartheid regime in spite of the continuation of the armed struggle was seen as criticism of the Pan Africanist Congress ( PAC ) with which , rather than the ANC , ZANU had traditionally been aligned . |
| 6 | The 250 delegates were reassured by Mandela that despite the year-old agreement to suspend the armed struggle [ see p. 37642 ] , MK would not dwindle away , and MK members should prepare for integration into the armed forces of a democratic South Africa . |
| 7 | The alliance should prepare for a conventional war lasting no more than a few days . |
| 8 | We must prepare for the struggle . |
| 9 | Come , me hearties , we must prepare for the evening 's adventure ! ’ |
| 10 | When working from a helicopter or plane , one is very much in the world of instant photography , and you must prepare for this . |
| 11 | This sometimes happens when managers must prepare for press conferences and they develop a superb presentation only to drop through the floor when an awkward press vulture homes in on the one weak link in the chain of argument . |
| 12 | He must prepare for payment all accounts due from the local authority and must in his turn , collect for the authority all sums due from time to time to the local authority particularly in regard to the collection of rates . |
| 13 | I tell myself I must prepare for the worst . |
| 14 | The petitioning creditor must prepare for the hearing a list of all those creditors who have given notice of their intention to appear at the hearing and hand it in at the hearing(r6.24) . |
| 15 | Despite her depression she occupied herself with office tasks , and , although there were times when she dabbed at a tear , she reminded herself that she must prepare for the time when she would never see Silas again . |
| 16 | Upon receipt , check that it is acceptable to your client and if so , include it in the arithmetic on the completion statement that you must prepare for your client and dispatch to him or her for agreement prior to completion . |
| 17 | BRITAIN 'S dairy industry must prepare for likely cutbacks of 20pc or more as the European Community moves to eliminate distorting production subsidies . |
| 18 | I thus set about preparing for the days ahead as , I imagine , a general might prepare for a battle : I devised with utmost care a special staff plan anticipating all sorts of eventualities ; I analysed where our weakest points lay and set about making contingency plans to fall back upon in the event of these points giving way ; I even gave the staff a military-style ‘ pep-talk ’ , impressing upon them that , for all their having to work at an exhausting rate , they could feel great pride in discharging their duties over the days that lay ahead . |
| 19 | Here 's how you might prepare for these tutorials : |
| 20 | Now we could prepare for the Jubilee without a car& in the world . |
| 21 | By biding his time in the immediate aftermath of Mao 's death , he could prepare for a rise to power in the CCP . |
| 22 | He took the precaution , however , of carrying a typewriter and books among his luggage so that he could prepare for an address at the University of Leeds which he was to give in the following year . |
| 23 | A request by opposition parties to allow a transitional period during which the newly formed parties could prepare for elections was refused on the grounds that the election dates were specified in the Constitution . |
| 24 | and on section A every year they 've had one on competition , so I thought I 'd prepare for that , every year had one on erm money supply and every year had one on |
| 25 | When she went back into the house her aunt was busy with the last meal she would prepare for her family . |
| 26 | Next month he will commute from his home in Fulham to a club in Hamburg , where he will prepare for the grass-court season by playing on clay for a club in the Second Division of the German League . |
| 27 | The rest of the year I will prepare for the Open . |
| 28 | They will prepare for the United Kingdom 's Presidency of the Community beginning on 1st July 1992 . |
| 29 | Please could you tell me something about this fish , such as how large will it get , so that I can prepare for rehousing it ? |
| 30 | But no film or lecture can prepare for the culture shock that awaits the new tourists to the sub-continent when they arrive early tomorrow in Delhi . |