Example sentences of "to prepare for " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Amnesty International visited Yemen in October 1990 to prepare for government talks , they heard reports of thousands of Yemenis being expelled from Saudi Arabia , some after being tortured . |
| 2 | The next step is to prepare for the audition at a drama school and find the right kind of textual material which will allow you to show the best of yourself . |
| 3 | Early in your pregnancy , talk to your doctor , midwife or health visitor about how to prepare for breast feeding . |
| 4 | Also in an ideal calendar , the Grand Slam Cup should be brought forward to the end of October , 4–5 weeks after the US Open , which would not only give the players a brief chance to relax but then to prepare for the ‘ tour finale ’ on an indoor surface . |
| 5 | SCOTTISH , Welsh and Northern Irish athletes will be able to prepare for next January 's Commonwealth Games in Auckland at training camps in Australia in spite of the financial constraints which have imposed limits on the size of their teams . |
| 6 | He has surprised Becker by announcing that he will forgo the French Open next June in order to prepare for Wimbledon , the one major championship to have eluded him . |
| 7 | The frisson of angry surprise and the instant impulse to prepare for a resort to arms which greeted the inevitable puncturing of those myths were therefore emotions I could neither share nor understand . |
| 8 | A sure signal for those in the ‘ Couples Only ’ seats to adjust their dress , and the rest of us to prepare for the pre national anthem stampede . |
| 9 | Mrs Thatcher takes these sessions seriously and goes to enormous lengths to prepare for them . |
| 10 | In this business , as soon as one meal is complete there is a need to start on the next , and the ACC chefs of the battalion , lunch behind them , had now to prepare for the functions to be held that evening in the Officers ' , and Warrant Officers ' and Sergeants ' Messes for 180 and 350 people respectively . |
| 11 | The cordon was eventually lifted at 1900 hours and the section flown home , only to prepare for a very full day 's patrolling on the following day . |
| 12 | Most refugees have little time to prepare for life in a new country . |
| 13 | He went along to Diana 's breathing classes to prepare for the birth and was there by her side in the private Lindo Wing at St Mary 's Hospital in Paddington when William emerged after sixteen hours of labour . |
| 14 | In an address to the European Parliament here Dr Kohl left no doubt that , at next month 's European Community summit , he would support moves to prepare for economic and monetary union . |
| 15 | The programme was part of a restructuring of university staff to prepare for a new market environment . |
| 16 | Their squad assembles on January 22 to prepare for a series of warm-up matches , including games in France on January 25 and 28 . |
| 17 | David called Mick Ronson and Woody Woodmansey ( after making ‘ The Man Who Sold The World ’ , they had returned to Hull where they lived ) and invited them back to prepare for the next album , ‘ Hunky Dory ’ . |
| 18 | The conclusion ‘ that the overriding consideration must be to prevent war rather than to prepare for it , ’ was inescapable . |
| 19 | To prepare for the Great Return , Iraqi workmen were this week assiduously painting zebra-stripes on the deserted streets . |
| 20 | From their secure bases — at least , in Cathay 's case , until China takes over Hong Kong in 1997 — they are expanding aggressively , to prepare for the day when they will have to compete . |
| 21 | ‘ The first time I saw him we conversed very closely together ; and in the prospect of death he seemed solicitous to prepare for it . |
| 22 | The little Hindu girl is brought up carefully to prepare for her role as a wife and mother in an alien family . |
| 23 | The loss of a significant relationship through death is , however , likely to be one that we have not been able to prepare for much in advance , and it is likely to be a loss that we do regret . |
| 24 | As any person gets older they naturally reflect on what the life after this one will be like and how to prepare for it . |
| 25 | Additionally it might be argued that with the almost instantaneous transmission of information we have these days , the impact of hearing about individuals or groups or communities of people dying is that much greater because we have less time to prepare for bad news . |
| 26 | ‘ Turf is cut all summer , in dry weather , to prepare for winter , ’ Mrs Knelle explained to me . |
| 27 | One or two started to prepare for bed . |
| 28 | Lucas has steamed ahead with its investment programme and continues to prepare for a running start to recovery . |
| 29 | WHEN Ronnie Moran was first thrust into the Liverpool manager 's chair 14 months ago , the team he inherited from Kenny Dalglish proceeded to lose three successive matches before getting back on an even keel to prepare for the arrival of Graeme Souness . |
| 30 | If the SARU do not want to make the same mistake , they could organise a tour of South Africa by their proposed national team to prepare for the visits of New Zealand and Australia in August . |