Example sentences of "[noun sg] and prepare for " in BNC.

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1 The extension provided Rabbani with more time to form a consultative assembly , the Council of Resolution and Settlement ( Hal wa Aqd Shura ) , which would elect a permanent president and prepare for a general election .
2 The opening of the session , called for under the terms of the April 1992 Peshawar Accords in order to elect a permanent President and prepare for a general election , had been repeatedly postponed .
3 A tall humanoid creature with a large , fierce-looking helmet stepped out and headed towards Bash , who raised his axe and prepared for battle .
4 worker input : day care transport 3 1–7 days main meal preparation or help with eating 1 1 or 2 visits per week or fortnight to relieve informal carer 6 1–7 evenings per week to ensure client safe and prepared for night 1
5 Opposing pressure groups were already in existence and preparing for the campaign : in favour , the Divorce Action Group ; and against , such groups as Family Solidarity , Women in the Home , and the Knights of Columbanus .
6 When Louis ' verdict condemned the Provisions of Oxford outright , the Montfortians refused to accept the verdict and prepared for war .
7 In trying to find answers , managers — whether they were heads or governors — were caught between the need to make progress and to prepare for broad changes which had been widely publicized by central government and to prepare for the necessity that they should lead changes .
8 They know their next move and prepare for it in advance .
9 Have n't we been embroidering and stitching and preparing for the wedding since before the War ?
10 The early 1860s saw the first of a whole series of underground organizations designed to spread populist propaganda and prepare for revolutionary action against the regime .
11 He marched the twins in the direction of the nearest station and prepared for a long , boring wait .
12 ONLY days after the European Community summit agreed to convene a conference next year to change the EC constitution and prepare for monetary union , demands were raised by EC leaders yesterday for a second such conference to extend the powers of the European Parliament even further .
13 In March King Bhumibol approved an interim Constitution which provided for the appointment of a 292-member National Legislative Assembly to draw up a permanent constitution and prepare for a general election .
14 Following the establishment of a committee to review the Constitution and to prepare for the introduction of a multiparty system [ see p. 36842 ] , the President 's office announced on Nov. 6 that a six-member committee had been set up ; the committee 's members included a leading human rights lawyer , Ismail Ali Jumaale , released from prison on Oct. 25 after four months ' detention .
15 Plan 17 was in tatters and , to stem the German advance and prepare for a decisive riposte , a new French army ( the Sixth , under General Michel Maunoury ) was still assembling near Amiens .
16 So I gave myself just half an hour to get to the theatre and prepare for curtain up — and phoned home at each interval .
17 Gorbad halted the attack and prepared for a long siege .
18 They dash across the road and prepare for battle .
19 In trying to find answers , managers — whether they were heads or governors — were caught between the need to make progress and to prepare for broad changes which had been widely publicized by central government and to prepare for the necessity that they should lead changes .
20 With no previous running experience , Pamela has spent just under two years training and preparing for the race .
21 The bulk of our time is spent training and preparing for the competition season .
22 He brings with him his radio and prepares for — his — match with Lierse listening to BBC hoping for Leeds goals … and after the Wembley match he went straigth to Batty for changing shirts — i think he said that for the couple of last minutes that was the main thing — not that he had made a great goal or Norway getting a draw .
23 Chris 's new appointment will allow him to retain his amateur status and prepare for the 1994 Commonwealth Games and the 1996 Olympics , the two main targets in his sights .
24 The Baptist Minister 's Son gripped his bat handle and prepared for action .
25 The bowler returns the ball to his own end and prepares for the next delivery .
26 Ease into the black leather and prepare for lift-off .
27 In the Chandni Chowk shopkeepers boarded up their premises , buried their treasure and prepared for a long period of unrest .
28 If the death of our parents helps us to think about death in a constructive way and to prepare for our own , the experience is neither negative nor morbid but of positive value and importance .
29 So this evening , as we come to the end of one year and prepare for the next , can we spend a few minutes doing a spiritual work-out and look at the consequences of what John wrote about the uniqueness of Jesus .
30 The plunge dented hopes of stabilizing the currency and preparing for convertibility .
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