Example sentences of "[verb] prepare for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Headmaster was helping prepare for the grand event and was so confident it would be a success , he had contacted a specialist to come to take the Bookman away when caught . |
| 2 | He has prepared for civilian life by going on a butcher 's course . |
| 3 | Well , as usual it 's all there in the papers that Mr has prepared for us if anybody cares to read them , and you will notice , the national non-domestic rate , the business rate as it 's known , the contribution that the government are passing on from the business rates paid in Wiltshire , back to the people of Wiltshire is dropping by seven point nine million pounds , it 's being cut from a hundred and eighteen point six to a hundred and nine point three million pounds , and again this is pound for pound . |
| 4 | Langer , recently a father for the third time , has prepared for his 1993 European debut by skiing in Utah , and practising in Florida . |
| 5 | May the merciful God hold his hand over us so that we are guided in his way and seek for peace which he has prepared for us . |
| 6 | I do n't think they 've quite come prepared for it is the answer , have Pisa come prepared for Notts County ? |
| 7 | Besides Oxford University , the side everyone wanted to avoid , Dick Clarke also has to prepare for confrontations with in-form Anchorians from Surrey and Essex rivals Crostyx . |
| 8 | In any case , all this helped to prepare for the militarist attitude that the party was to take when war came , when it could advocate conscription without any fear of the electoral consequences . |
| 9 | The systematic activation of prior knowledge can act to prepare for and deepen the likely response to a text . |
| 10 | I , I just I just got prepared for Steven though . |
| 11 | A holy man who 'd prepared for his death , who might even , perhaps , have welcomed it . |
| 12 | Consequently she 'd prepared for the worst while hoping for the best . |
| 13 | The Commission was instructed to prepare for December 1993 a report re-examining " certain Community rules in order to adapt them to the principle of subsidiarity " . |
| 14 | Moody 's has felt able to continue to give the companies such a blue chip bill of health because of the vigorous efforts they have made to prepare for growing competition — since the late 1980s , US telephone companies have restructured , sharply cut their costs , improved productivity , made more market-responsive investment decisions and invested heavily in their telecommunications networks — since 1988 , it reckons , productivity of the companies has risen 6% a year . |
| 15 | The UN Security Council voted unanimously at its meeting on Dec. 15 to send " a small group , including military personnel " to Yugoslavia , as monitors to prepare for the eventual deployment of peacekeeping troops . |
| 16 | Despite the scale and depth of change little was done to prepare for new demands of management . |
| 17 | Somewhere further up the scale is the seasonal dieter who goes on a diet in spring to get rid of the Christmas over-indulgence ; in summer to get ready for the beach ; in autumn to lose the fat gained from too many chips , ice-creams , and Tequila sunrises on holiday ; and in early winter to help prepare for the Christmas binge . |
| 18 | The government announced this week that it planned to send 53 Japanese soldiers there next month , to help prepare for UN-sponsored elections . |
| 19 | Two fights later , he was stopped in the sixth by Tyson , whom he had helped prepare for several fights as a sparring partner . |
| 20 | His report on means of achieving such a Union was adopted by the European Council at Madrid in June 1989 , when the Prime Ministers unanimously agreed to prepare for an Inter-governmental Conference on EMU , including the social dimension as an essential element . |
| 21 | With a planned hospital stay you will have been told to prepare for the operation as best as you can , perhaps by losing some weight , discontinuing any medication that you may be taking , or attempting to stop smoking . |
| 22 | ANTI-apartheid supporters around the world were told to prepare for the lifting of international sanctions against South Africa during an African National Congress conference yesterday . |
| 23 | we 've been told to prepare for frost tonight |
| 24 | Between now and then , the Quality Development Programme will prepare the ground for the new Framework , giving SCOTVEC and centres time to prepare for the changes . |
| 25 | Bells played a prominent part in medieval life , and mechanisms for ringing them , made of toothed wheels and oscillating levers , may have helped to prepare for the invention of mechanical clocks . |
| 26 | her mum really she 's got a lot on , she 'll have a lot on cos she 's got to prepare for that wedding , you know what you 're like when you , you 've got |
| 27 | The man in charge of Gloucestershire 's schools has had to prepare for the worst — though he hopes a compromise will be reached : |
| 28 | McWilliams was still having problems with the suspension on his Yamaha during the final practice session and said afterwards : ‘ I needed a higher starting position to have a chance tomorrow but I have learned a lot and I 'm going to prepare for my first World championship by having a good nights sleep . ’ |
| 29 | This course is designed to give graduates a sound grasp of the core material of management together with the specific knowledge and skills needed to prepare for a managerial career in the clothing industry . |
| 30 | This innovative new programme is designed to help instil the abilities , competences and attitudes needed to prepare for a management role where understanding information systems and their integration into the business is an essential requirement . |