Example sentences of "[being] prepare for " in BNC.
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| 1 | No 4468 Mallard was being prepared for a return to steam for the 50th anniversary of its 1938 world record speed run . |
| 2 | The durability of the Royal Scotsman over five long seasons of operation , with the top tour price now only a short step away from £3,000 was proven by 1989 , but even as this book was being prepared for press , there were changes in the wind which may prove to be a sterner test of the depth of the elitist train-tour market . |
| 3 | The third was that when Mrs Thatcher concluded that the way was being prepared for full membership of the EMS , she was able to destroy the shadowing strategy by loudly denying its existence . |
| 4 | She wanted help with being prepared for confirmation and turned to her nephew for guidance . |
| 5 | That pattern stuck in my head and gradually crystallized it out into a definite form , while the scenario was being prepared for me . |
| 6 | She had started attending classes at the Blind Club , and was being prepared for her further loss of sight . |
| 7 | I hardly remember what Mrs Girdlestone looked like , other than that she was plump and elderly , and gave an impression of being prepared for battle ; but I was touched when I saw the tea that had been laid out ready for me , imagining the two ladies conferring about the slices of bought ham , the thin bread-and-butter , and the bought cake . |
| 8 | A group of shearling rams , currently being prepared for sale this season , is widely considered to contain some of the best sheep the flock has ever produced . |
| 9 | Mill Reef returned to Longchamp the following spring to notch up a ten-length victory in the Prix Ganay , but after a lacklustre display when beating Homeric a neck in the Coronation Cup at Epsom he did not race again : he was being prepared for a second Arc when on 30 August 1972 he fractured a foreleg on the gallops , and was retired to stud . |
| 10 | Sadly she had no chance to make amends , for she suffered a setback in training when being prepared for the Doncaster Cup and was retired . |
| 11 | This excess of fear has been displayed by weanling Thoroughbreds being prepared for public auction . |
| 12 | Legal sources said an underground cell was being prepared for him on a maximum security row at the federal penitentiary in Marion , Illinois , America 's most chilling jail . |
| 13 | Membership was declining again , probably owing to talk of the War already being prepared for . |
| 14 | ‘ I am sorry , ’ she said , ‘ but Mrs Edgerton is being prepared for the theatre . |
| 15 | Beside the Temple of Bacchus , its great stone doorway familiar from the David Roberts lithographs , the floodlighting is being prepared for the Baalbek festival . |
| 16 | However , the government emphasises that a clean environment can not be had on the cheap , and electricity and water consumers are being prepared for increased charges to meet the costs . |
| 17 | Thereafter I looked out of all the windows of the snug hostelry , and not finding a satisfactory view , for it now rained in earnest , and it was vain to hope to be able to sketch out of doors , I noticed a new house a short distance from the inn ( it was being prepared for a doctor ) ; was entrusted with the keys , and from one of the front windows looked out on the rainy scene depicted in the sketch of ‘ Garrynahine , Isle of Lewis . ’ |
| 18 | Instead , the satisfaction was to be derived from being prepared for labour and in the performance of tasks , conscious of their relation to a greater whole . |
| 19 | Jeanne , the Vitou 's only daughter was being prepared for evacuation , but my newly found knowledge in medicine and sociology was making me over optimistic . |
| 20 | From the beginning he had dexterity and deadly accuracy , but he is being prepared for prey that also has dexterity and that may damage him if his approach is clumsy . |
| 21 | The pavilion and new sports hall at Bristol being prepared for the resumption of cricket in June . |
| 22 | Being prepared for your meeting will save time and therefore , in many cases , money . |
| 23 | A line ferret being prepared for duty . |
| 24 | ‘ When I was asked to speak on this happy occasion , my mind went back to when I was seven years old and with my twin brother and others , we were being prepared for first Holy Communion . |
| 25 | ‘ About the beginning of May 800X flew to Speke R.A.F. station where the Hurricanes were being prepared for embarkation . |
| 26 | In all respects , he continued to grow in wisdom , being prepared for the work that lay ahead of him . |
| 27 | For a moment he imagined he was in another world , a simple uncomplicated world : a world where there was no place down below in the valley where men were being prepared for war ; that there was no place in Northumberland where a woman sat in a room all day with only her thoughts for company ; that there was no one called Carrie Smith ; that the world had dwindled and there was only this secluded garden and a secluded house , as had been said , with the hills to the back of it and the river at its feet and two women so unalike , yet alike : so understanding , so thoughtful of each other , and not only of each other , but of him . |
| 28 | Being prepared for the demands and requests while caring physically for the newborn helps forestall many problems ( Kitzinger 1979 ) . |
| 29 | Police said the death is being treated as suicide and a report is being prepared for the coroner . |
| 30 | Two small tank locomotives were being prepared for the weekend 's work amidst a scene of almost dereliction . |