Example sentences of "to prepare for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Earlier , as the government and ANC took steps at the weekend to prepare for South Africa 's first all-race elections , President FW de Klerk gave cabinet posts to non-whites for the first time in South Africa 's history and got rid of white ministers said to be reluctant to back his sweeping apartheid reforms . |
| 2 | ‘ We do not see how the department could describe the full implications of the new system of funding community care as being either foreseeable or insignificant ’ , it says , calling on the DoH to prepare for contingency spending . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Running is a part of my life and not just a way to prepare for races . ’ |
| 5 | well I suppose we wo n't have enough time to prepare for teachers though . |
| 6 | A lot of them are studying other things besides Italian and so they take time off to prepare for exams . |
| 7 | ‘ We also offer study leave to enable employees to prepare for exams without eating into their own normal leave entitlement , ’ Jill adds . |
| 8 | Other measures announced to prepare for EC membership included the establishment of a university , the creation of a national health scheme , and the elimination of import permits on some 30,000 categories of goods . |
| 9 | Richard Darman , the OMB Director , informed his Cabinet colleagues on Aug. 7 that he had ordered the appropriate federal agencies to prepare for sequestration from Oct. 1 . |
| 10 | For research to become a learning resource , lists of suggested reading in preparation for modules of experience should contain reference to relevant nursing research , in order to prepare for discussion in class . |
| 11 | Down below , some fishermen are working on their boat to prepare for sea . |
| 12 | We need to know how to prepare for sleep so that it refreshes us . |
| 13 | If there is a danger that we have fallen into the trap of vocationalising education let me emphasise that we must actively encourage the development of intellectual curiosity and imagination by exploration in fields , however theoretically abstract — in science , maths , humanities , the arts or any sphere that captures students ' interests ; education has suffered as much from failure to excite interest in the world of ideas as failure to prepare for practicalities of daily living . |
| 14 | Most refugees have little time to prepare for life in a new country . |
| 15 | However , the very fact that you are reading this proves that you are doing a lot more to prepare for life , and marriage in particular , from a Christian perspective . |
| 16 | ‘ Turf is cut all summer , in dry weather , to prepare for winter , ’ Mrs Knelle explained to me . |
| 17 | 213 , 229 and 249 Squadrons had all been ordered to prepare for service in the Middle East , as was the special Fulmar flight which was to lead them , under the command of Lt.Cdr . |
| 18 | A candidate who is new to this kind of thing may ask the chief executive or clerk of the local authority to prepare for signatures , a nomination paper . |
| 19 | Decisions on pits which will survive will be left to British Coal , which has also been asked to prepare for privatisation as soon as legislation can be put in place . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Graf said : ‘ I am going to rest up before travelling to England next week to prepare for Wimbledon . ’ |
| 22 | One or two started to prepare for bed . |
| 23 | She got up angrily and went through to her bedroom and bathroom to prepare for bed . |
| 24 | After devastating some local villages , perhaps as much to gain additional supplies as for any military purpose , the Norman forces had to prepare for battle with a formidable Saxon army . |
| 25 | Mr Scargill urged the miners to prepare for battle : they must stand firm over their wage claim . |
| 26 | Now an acting sergeant , he had a platoon of forty men to prepare for battle , all of whom still came under the overall command of Captain Trentham , who had n't been seen since the day Tommy had been released . |
| 27 | It was agreed that the SAS would carry out a series of raids on these airfields in early July , leaving only a week to prepare for departure . |
| 28 | Worse was to follow , for they were taken by bus to Takali where 261 Squadron had been ordered to prepare for departure to the Middle East , 249 being the unit 's relief- and they were ordered to take 249 's new Hurricanes with them , leaving most of their own well-worn machines behind . |
| 29 | On Thursday 23 May 1974 , little more than a week after Jinky had set out on his transatlantic crossing , the player was the focus of a controversial legal wrangle when a judge at Airdrie Sheriff Court postponed a trial involving the Celtic winger to allow him to prepare for Scotland 's forthcoming World Cup campaign in Germany . |
| 30 | Identifying and making contacts in Europe to prepare for HCIMA 's changed role after 1992 . |