Example sentences of "training for " in BNC.

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1 I can say without embarrassment that I have been training for this for a long time , that I have learned to breathe the rarefied air , that I now know when to stand still and when to move forward , when to attack and when to retreat , when to leave a problem to resolve itself and when to go on working at it till the solution emerges .
2 When training for size the number of reps per set ranges between 8 and 12 .
3 For people who are training for a particular sport such as karate , specific exercises can be inserted in the routine , for example alternate mae-geri or squat/standup/mae-geri .
4 The length of time spent stretching depends on the sport you are training for and the degree of flexibility you wish to attain .
5 Jarvis , 51 , who is the son of a jump jockey , has been training for 21 years and Carroll House 's victory was by far his most important .
6 Glover has been training for only five years , and many a famous name has yet to come within spitting distance of the race , so the achievement was remarkable .
7 After another quick change he spent the lunch-hour bicycling around Aldershot at high speed , training for a triathlon event later in the summer .
8 Management and leadership training and experience for NCOs and officers , new skills training for everyone , and a very much higher level of fitness than that of the average civilian are benefits of their voluntary service .
9 Here we see them training for that role .
10 There were signs of battle in the churned-up mounds of Saxon warrior chiefs , ravaged by tanks training for D-Day in the sandy heaths behind the village .
11 Maurice Rhodes is training for another marathon .
12 practical skills training for the farmer and employees to become familiar with new methods or equipment .
13 Look at Carlos Lopes — I would n't compare myself with Lopes , but the fact is that he ran his fastest 10K while he was training for a marathon [ Lopes ran the then second fastest ever 10,000m , with 17:17.48 in July 1984 , just one month before winning the Olympic marathon in a record 2:09.21 ] .
14 ‘ After that I suppose I 'll start training for another marathon , but I 've never been good at looking to the future .
15 She was training for the Paralympics .
16 Maybe they 're top mountaineers training for a Himalayan expedition that requires constant overnight bivvying on icy rock faces .
17 Delegates discussed the issues raised by speakers in five afternoon workshops — The Economic Outlook , Training for Craft , Training for Professionals , the European Market and Quality in Construction . ’
18 Delegates discussed the issues raised by speakers in five afternoon workshops — The Economic Outlook , Training for Craft , Training for Professionals , the European Market and Quality in Construction . ’
19 With such a healthy list of urgent needs , advice workers might be excused if they become impatient when training for which they can not see an immediate need is imposed upon them .
20 From 1969 the direction and administration of programmes was handed over to an African organisation ( SEPA ) with its headquarters in Accra , though training for Science Educators is offered under its auspices at Njala , Sierra Leone .
21 In 1973 , approximately 14% of the persons training for building surveying were doing so through full-time study ; still a minority , but trends were obvious and it was predicted that seven years later , by 1980 , that percentage would have increased to around 30% ; in the event the figure was 46% .
22 Casteleyn adopts a slightly different approach , and discusses induction courses for professional and non-professional staff , on the job training for non-professional staff , further training for non-professional staff , pre-library school trainees , training for newly qualified staff , and continuing professional training .
23 LORD Mayor Treloar College students and staff are training for a Marathon Day on May 4th designed to raise money for the Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Activities Centre at Bursledon .
24 You are not training for the next Olympics , just getting a little fitter and making your heart work more efficiently and become stronger .
25 Although the consultant or GP may prescribe the treatment , community nurses make most treatment decisions — yet training for nurses in this area has been haphazard .
26 During a training cycle , your sessions will include some running at 10-mile speed , some at 10K speed , some at 5K speed , with a bias towards the distance you are training for .
27 Indeed , ‘ when students training for other accountancy qualifications do not require the same study provisions , [ it creates ] an unwelcome two-tier system of trainees ’ , the report says .
28 Reports nationwide reflect a similar story : smaller firms , and particularly those with one to three partners , are giving up training chartered accountants and , if they are continuing to train at all , employing people who are training for other cheaper and more flexible accountancy qualifications .
29 Many theological students and those training for the mission field have started back at University and College .
30 Pray for all those training for the mission field at the Glasgow Bible College or the Scottish Baptist College , that they would be anointed for their task and that they would not lose their first love of Jesus Himself as they study scriptures .
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