Example sentences of "be prepare for " in BNC.

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1 If it 's a general audition , be prepared for anything ; look good and concentrate like mad on your work — always do that anyway .
2 However , they mean that the pilot has to be prepared for a possible launch failure or cable break on every flight .
3 The pilot should always be prepared for an unexpected power failure during this critical stage of the launch .
4 She was sent to him to be prepared for confirmation .
5 You must be prepared for rejection and disappointment .
6 Mr Hans Modrow , the new prime minister , has told East Germans to be prepared for ‘ unpopular measures ’ which will be agreed by the government today .
7 We 're in for a very difficult time and we must be prepared for it .
8 We must be prepared for an ironic result — that the reduction of US military spending will lead to an increase in Japan 's defence spending .
9 This sauce may also be prepared for lasagne , but omit the cream .
10 ’ As I read it we could not restrain abundant tears and I felt instinctively as if it were a gentle , loving hint to us to be prepared for what followed . ’
11 Otherwise , be prepared for your dog to become accidentally conditioned by circumstances that lend new significance to the sound of the dinner bell .
12 ‘ He must be prepared for jail and economic ruin , for the sacrifice of his personal welfare in the interest of the cultural welfare of his country . ’
13 Anyone going beyond silent forms of disaffection had still to be prepared for the worst from the servants and supporters of a regime now in extremis .
14 Ministers would have to be prepared for legislation to be defeated , time and again , without feeling the need for the issue to be made one of confidence — on which the government would feel it necessary to force an election .
15 The rule that cases should be prepared for trial by someone other than the advocate presenting them in court should not apply to solicitors , the committee said .
16 Integrated Development Programmes ( IDPs ) are to be prepared for areas where agricultural development depends on simultaneous investment in infrastructure and other sectors .
17 The Ness Co-operative have moved , in nine months , from an attitude of , ‘ They should do it ’ to a conviction of , ‘ We must do it ourselves ’ , and have established a vegetable co-operative , bought a combine harvester , leased an unused schoolhouse garden which they will sponsor as a Job Creation Scheme to be prepared for use as a nursery and demonstration area for horticulture , and intend leasing an entire croft belonging to a member of the Community Association .
18 Experienced travellers will know that the chances of these matters affecting your holiday are small , but at Club 18–30 we believe the the first time traveller should be prepared for some of the differences that may be encountered abroad .
19 You will need to be prepared for these with stout walking shoes .
20 If so , be prepared for a small audience and accusations of favouritism .
21 A promotional video can be prepared for showing at induction meetings for parents of new children .
22 Your colleague , Mr L K Engels , has written to Simon Murison-Bowie requesting a copy of the OALDCE 3/e Electronic computer tape to be prepared for you on VM/CMS at 1600 bpi .
23 Simon Murison-Bowie wrote to you on 22 December last year asking you to let us know the operating system and machine you would run the tape on , and the tape density you would need , so that we could arrange for a copy to be prepared for you .
24 A weighty body of objective opinion — of HMI , teachers , academics and local authorities — had built up during the 1970s to support the common-sense view that a pupil leaving school aged sixteen at the youngest should be prepared for the responsibilities and opportunities associated with the age of majority which he or she would attain no more than two years later .
25 It is well worth visiting and contains facsimiles of many fine and interesting manuscripts , but be prepared for the fact that it is geared to schools and is therefore rather didactic .
26 Of course , sea-trout never give themselves up easily ; you have to know your loch and be prepared to hunt for where the fish lie ; so be prepared for a lot of rowing , and a lot of finger-crossing on Oscaig .
27 If the horse feels there is a real threat his body muscles will be prepared for flight , resulting in a high head and tail carriage .
28 If graded tests are widely adopted within a school and if they are used properly as a means of assessing individual pupils ' ability and knowledge , according to their progress along the path of expertise , then the school must be prepared for classes that are grouped vertically , not horizontally .
29 Though an individual pupil may be in his fourth-year class as far as the administration of the school goes , and as far as concerns his social activities or his out-of-school interests , the school must be prepared for him to go off and study the syllabus required for his graded tests alongside people who are not in his own year .
30 Well , people who stake their opposition to factory-farming on this kind of consideration should be prepared for a long , heated debate , with one set of ‘ experts ’ declaring that thus-and-so is true , while another declares that it is not .
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