Example sentences of "prepare [pron] [noun] for the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They said he was unwilling to show them the evidence he had been given so they could adequately prepare their case for the parents . |
| 2 | But the old religion had elements which prepared its adherents for the symbolism of the new : the death and resurrection of Osiris , the representations of the mother goddess Isis with her son Horus on her lap , the symbol of life in the form of a cross , the Egyptian ankh . |
| 3 | Diana , for her part , thought she would become a wife and mother ; but , with all the servants and secretaries who surrounded the Prince , including a valet who selected and prepared his clothes for the day , packed for him and even did his personal shopping , she felt superfluous , and just a little jealous . |
| 4 | Randall smiled again with a hint of mockery , settled the bet and turning away with his kerchief pressed even more firmly to his nose , moved into the cockpit where the cock-masters were preparing their birds for the fight . |
| 5 | In preparing our views for the Government we felt one of the most pressing needs was to explain what the National Sustainability Plan is and why it is important , to a wider audience of opinion- formers and decision-takers in Wales . |
| 6 | In preparing our views for the Government we felt one of the most pressing needs was to explain what the National Sustainability Plan is and why it is important , to a wider audience of opinion- formers and decision-takers in Wales . |
| 7 | At the age of twenty-three she was called to give evidence on workmen 's compensation before a parliamentary commission in the House of Lords and she also helped Labour MPs prepare their case for the Shops Bill . |
| 8 | Prepare your body for the wounds of the morrow . ’ |
| 9 | The lawyers , working away in their legal centre in Kirkwall , continued to prepare their case for the Proof Hearing , which was due to open in Kirkwall on 3 April . |
| 10 | With this unwelcome interruption behind them , Alistair Bruce and John Moir continued , with the QCs and advocates , to prepare their case for the Proof Hearing . |
| 11 | Investment in education promotes economic growth but Britain has failed to use the opportunities offered by oil to prepare its economy for the challenges it now has to meet . |
| 12 | Franz Busacher glanced at Willi and tried , for one last time , to prepare his friend for the shattering of an illusion . |
| 13 | Meanwhile Coventry boss Bobby Gould has used a touch of ‘ pure genius ’ to prepare his players for the match . |
| 14 | Although at the time some of these vehicles seemed , and have since proved , to be new forms of dinosaur , that did not exempt us from our obligation as educators to prepare our students for the world of work some ten , twenty , thirty years ahead when they would be the key executives in the publishing industry . |