Example sentences of "[adv] prepare for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | PSYCHOLOGICALLY the Aztecs were probably better prepared for the invasion of Cortes than Irish rugby is for the arrival of the All Blacks . |
| 2 | Local employers and employees , unions and other statutory bodies were involved in this work in an attempt to be better prepared for the crisis . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The only difference now is that people are not surprised and perhaps , therefore , better prepared for the shock . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | In some ways , however , Alexander was better prepared for the throne than either of his immediate predecessors . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | So prepare for the worst ; ’ and the word had scarce fled , |
| 10 | After another couple of hymns and an anthem , they go down to prepare for the next service . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | According to this latter explanation , whether it be a matter of dialect ( Labov , 1970 ) or sociolinguistic code ( Bernstein , 1971 ) , the disadvantage experienced by many lower-class children is said to be in their being inadequately prepared for the linguistic demands of the classroom by having learned a different model of language in use from their parents and the other members of their immediate language community . |
| 13 | By welcoming you to a serene enclave where requests are carried out with distinction and despatch , meals may be enjoyed in your room at any hour , and you are courteously awakened with the day 's forecast , thus properly prepared for the elements . |
| 14 | If , as everyone now insists , Noah had made up his mind not to continue as Davis Cup captain well before the match against Switzerland , then the decision can not have had anything to do with his obvious annoyance that , in his eyes , neither Henri Leconte or Guy Forget had properly prepared for the tie . |
| 15 | With the Berlin Wall , the most famous barrier of all , falling , the more media-conscious activists among the Soviet Jews already here are warning that Israel is just not prepared for the influx . |
| 16 | This accounts for the high turnover in membership … the recruit having seen emphasis laid on military activity is not prepared for the political activity which must come before it . |
| 17 | Is n't it strange that we are taught about many things which may never come to pass and yet most of us are not prepared for the one inevitable occurrence in our lives ? |
| 18 | I 'm not prepared for the deafening ‘ bang ’ as the sides of the box collapse and my moment of entry is masked by puthers of ‘ smoke ’ . |
| 19 | The Irish may have scored socially but they came a poor second on the field because , says DON CAMERON , they were not prepared for the speed and the impact of the N.Z. game . |
| 20 | They may appear to be sexually aware but they are just not prepared for the physical , emotional or sexual consequences . |
| 21 | Originally Jesus probably directed this parable against the Jews who were not prepared for the coming of the Messiah and would not accept him . |
| 22 | They were not prepared for the thousands of young people demonstrating on the streets , apparently with Deng 's blessing . |
| 23 | But I was not prepared for the raking over of academic arguments on defining poverty around when John Moore , then Secretary of State for Social Services , said poverty no longer existed . |
| 24 | The brochure said that the Pyramid of the Sun was over sixty metres high , larger than the Great Pyramid of Egypt , and the Street of the Dead more than three kilometres long , but even though it contained a plan , as well as photographs , I was still not prepared for the colossal dimensions of the place . |
| 25 | Interviewed on Dec. 15 Deputy Foreign Minister Sok An admitted that Cambodian troops , " fighting alone for the first time " , were not prepared for the intensity of the rebel assault . |
| 26 | So if you could precis or select from the text that you 've already prepared for the annual report , something that will go in there that says why your functions are |
| 27 | Long-range tanks were fitted and tested , guns were checked and the Hurricanes generally prepared for the flight from Benina ( near Benghazi ) to Malta . |
| 28 | Although winter is still firmly in control in the far northern regions of the Arctic , birds are already preparing for the coming season by moulting into fresh breeding plumage . |
| 29 | Congressional threats to resist the dissolution of the Congress , however , were not expected to materialize and the major parties were already preparing for the election campaign . |
| 30 | The mornings of Sunday and Monday were spent setting up the arena , putting in some dance and fight practice , and generally preparing for the show before the pre-show meeting . |