Example sentences of "[conj] prepare for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Exact sizes have to be cut and prepared for each model . |
| 2 | So she learns to give all her stories happy endings and take her troubles to bed with her — after she has cooked , cleaned , washed and ironed and prepared for another day . |
| 3 | He reeled in and prepared for another cast , seeming absorbed by his task . |
| 4 | Old age is not a sudden event : those becoming dependent must have anticipated and prepared for this stage in some characteristic way , even if by denial . |
| 5 | And a society 's ideology must be constantly reproduced if the society is to survive , just as ( for example ) an industrial society must continually renovate and update its machinery and ensure that the next generation of workers is produced , kept alive and prepared for productive labour . |
| 6 | Clients are assessed and prepared for independent living , with recommendations made for aftercare . |
| 7 | When one hellraiser comes face to face with another , everyone battens down the hatches and prepares for all hell to break loose . |
| 8 | A one time marine and lifelong sailor Bob Shepton has always wanted to sail around the world … for three years he 's been planning and preparing for this voyage … |
| 9 | The second was to make greater headway in the field of community relations , enhancing the pioneering role of the Race Relations Board , and preparing for fresh legislation . |
| 10 | At midday , he always took a half-hour break , sitting in the kitchen armchair with his feet up on a stool , nibbling toast and dripping and preparing for another long afternoon behind the counter . |
| 11 | Following some intense telephone diplomacy between Bonn and Paris , Chancellor Helmut Kohl and President Franois Mitterrand agreed that the Strasbourg EC summit , which opens here today , should after all agree a date for revising the Treaty of Rome and preparing for supra-national monetary union . |
| 12 | Western diplomats referred to the example of neighbouring Croatia , where a stream of failed ceasefires were used by militias to consolidate gains and prepare for new offences . |
| 13 | Ease into the black leather and prepare for lift-off . |
| 14 | The early 1860s saw the first of a whole series of underground organizations designed to spread populist propaganda and prepare for revolutionary action against the regime . |
| 15 | If , for example , you have two lectures a week in a particular subject — say , on Tuesday and Thursday mornings — and a weekly tutorial — say , on Tuesday afternoons — then you should set aside regular time(s) — say , an hour or two on a Monday and another hour on , say , a Thursday — to study to and prepare for that class . |
| 16 | ONLY days after the European Community summit agreed to convene a conference next year to change the EC constitution and prepare for monetary union , demands were raised by EC leaders yesterday for a second such conference to extend the powers of the European Parliament even further . |
| 17 | But now , instead of that being the end of the game , we pick up our cards and prepare for another round . |
| 18 | And just as those who are young feel the need to talk about and prepare for earlier important events , such as their wedding , or their children 's christenings , it is quite normal and not at all macabre for some old people to want to look ahead and plan for the ritual and display of family love and unity that will take place on the day of their departure from this world . |
| 19 | In trying to find answers , managers — whether they were heads or governors — were caught between the need to make progress and to prepare for broad changes which had been widely publicized by central government and to prepare for the necessity that they should lead changes . |
| 20 | His canny bank manager approach probably means he will hasten slowly but prepare for some stand-offs with his civil servants and possibly with the chairman of British Rail too . |
| 21 | Najibullah made no mention of resigning , as demanded by resistance groups , but said that he supported the creation of a joint commission embracing opposition groups , including monarchists , to administer the country while preparing for UN-supervised elections . |
| 22 | Pennett owes his chance at Trent Bridge to Notts batsman Paul Johnson , who was impressed by his bowling in the Headingley nets while preparing for last winter 's England ‘ A ’ tour . |
| 23 | As well as preparing for future constitutional negotiations these talks would focus on further measures to end political violence and to ensure free political activity throughout the country . |
| 24 | On June 8 , 1991 , he called on the government to resign and , on June 11 , mobilized the army reserves as though preparing for another coup . |