Example sentences of "[adv] prepare for " in BNC.
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| 1 | not really terribly prepared for |
| 2 | PSYCHOLOGICALLY the Aztecs were probably better prepared for the invasion of Cortes than Irish rugby is for the arrival of the All Blacks . |
| 3 | Without having suffered the turmoil of a leadership contest , Labour can boast that it is better prepared for an election than the Conservatives . |
| 4 | Local employers and employees , unions and other statutory bodies were involved in this work in an attempt to be better prepared for the crisis . |
| 5 | for example , if you were sacked you can be prepared , not with a feeble-sounding excuse , ‘ The office manager and I did n't hit it off , he was a very difficult man ’ , but with a positive statement , ‘ Yes , the job did n't suit me and I was asked to leave but I was lucky enough to get a place on a word-processing course so I was much better prepared for my next job and I stayed for two years ’ . |
| 6 | The consolation for him and for Britain is that he has been far better prepared for the emotional pressures of his destiny than ever his father was . |
| 7 | The only difference now is that people are not surprised and perhaps , therefore , better prepared for the shock . |
| 8 | By balancing your calcium intake at an early age , your bones are better prepared for these potentially damaging changes . |
| 9 | In addition , when applied two or three days prior to going on holiday , protective filters leave the skin better prepared for first exposure to the sun while preserving the natural qualities of the skin . |
| 10 | Actual claims were a little over £300m because claims for loss of business were smaller than expected ; firms were better prepared for disaster than insurers had thought . |
| 11 | They were no better prepared for what followed . |
| 12 | One might argue that Montini , who had more ‘ on-the-job ’ training for the office of pope and was intellectually better prepared for it than anyone since Benedict XIV in the eighteenth century , became pope too late to give of his best . |
| 13 | This time round , thinks Aidan Mullaly , a negotiator for TM Energy Consultants , the RECs are better prepared for the negotiating process and are unlikely to panic as some did last year at the threat of a loss of business . |
| 14 | In some ways , however , Alexander was better prepared for the throne than either of his immediate predecessors . |
| 15 | That too is a problem , but I must say that we were much better prepared for the Inter-Continental Cup than a couple of other tournaments — that only makes our failure to qualify more disappointing . |
| 16 | From Boots , a range of toiletries especially prepared for your little angel . |
| 17 | In 1922 the manager of the Grand Theater in DeQueen , Arkansas , explained to the readers of the Exhibitors Herald that he was having difficulty in choosing between the easily satisfied ‘ masses ’ , who just wanted shorts , and the much more difficult to please ‘ classes ’ , who wanted programmes especially prepared for them . |
| 18 | I was , however , systematic about the 30 or so in-depth interviews that I conducted on a random sample basis by allocating each member of the movement in Britain a number which had an equal chance of being selected from a book of numbers especially prepared for such purposes . |
| 19 | In La Male Honte , " Foul shame " ( although the title itself is ambiguous , representing Anglo-French " The purse of Honte " , and the fabliau itself revolves around this ambiguity ) , the deceased Honte 's friend carries the legacy due to the crown to the king " " a son col " " : simply , " on his back " , although since we know that we are reading a " " fablel " " we are especially prepared for a word such as col = " arse " , and have to carry forward in our minds to the rest of the fabliau the notion that it might be significant that the friend carries what is due to the king on his backside . |
| 20 | But if the public expected from the Berliners memorable Beethoven and even more memorable Brahms ( a Brahms cycle appeared in 1964 ) , they were perhaps less prepared for the miraculously fluid Debussy record that appeared in 1964 — La Mer and Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune coupled with the Second Suite from Ravel 's Daphnis et Chloé — or recordings of Sibelius 's Fourth or Fifth symphonies that quite eclipsed the earlier Philharmonia recording , and the Shostakovich Tenth . |
| 21 | Soldiers were beginning to look at the clock and fumble with equipment , apparently preparing for a guard change . |
| 22 | Jamila said nothing and Helen was eager to talk about Charlie , a subject on which she was obviously preparing for an advanced degree . |
| 23 | The driver was obviously preparing for a grand-prix start . |
| 24 | [ PAMELA and Mrs. JERVIS are alone together in private , perhaps preparing for bed ] |
| 25 | You must die before long , so prepare for your fate ; |
| 26 | So prepare for the worst ; ’ and the word had scarce fled , |
| 27 | After another couple of hymns and an anthem , they go down to prepare for the next service . |
| 28 | The event starts at 11.15 a.m. on May 3rd but participants should arrive at 11 o'clock to prepare for the three-mile trail . |
| 29 | According to the constitution of the united Germany , acts tending to and undertaken with the intent to disturb the peaceful relations between nations , especially to prepare for aggressive war , are unconstitutional and a punishable offence . |
| 30 | 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 . |