Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] preparing [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the event the ships do not appear to have been sent , although payment for preparing them was certainly made by the Exchequer at York to Roger Savage and Peter of Dunwich . |
| 2 | It is even possible that Isabella had renounced her son 's claim in 1326 in return for Valois help in preparing her invasion of England , and in any case Isabella was scarcely more popular in France than in England : the last thing the French nobles wanted was Mortimer , Isabella and their cronies installed in Paris . |
| 3 | The information will be of great help in preparing my remarks to the conference which will take place in Oxford in April . |
| 4 | It would be very helpful to the Regional Council in preparing its case for this inquiry to have a copy of the proofs of evidence presented by your officials at the inquiry relating to the Oxford United proposals . |
| 5 | Now this comes into sort of preparing what you ought to have ready when you 're about to make your will . |
| 6 | ‘ This is a programme that can make a difference by preparing our young people for living in a world of powerful images , words and ideas , ’ says Elizabeth Thoman , the Center 's Director . |
| 7 | With gloss paint the cause is painting over a dirty or glossy surface without preparing it properly and applying undercoat before the gloss finish . |
| 8 | The unguarded nature of the latter , which was never worked over by Thomas , provides occasional glimpses of the youth who left St. Paul 's after his seventeenth birthday in order to achieve a twofold purpose : ostensibly to please his father by attending a few practical evening classes and in the day by preparing himself for some form of Civil Service clerical post , while privately , he sought the freedom of a young nature-writer who was determined to collect his papers into a book . |
| 9 | In fact , we made considerable use of hypercorrection phenomena of this kind in preparing our phonological analysis . |
| 10 | Although presenters are encouraged to take an active part in preparing their programmes , this work is basically the responsibility of producers . |
| 11 | Every general has his own method for preparing his troops for battle and I am no exception . |
| 12 | When you heard me I was imagining a process whereby you 'd have a strategic sites policy in the structure plan which would enable a local authority in preparing its local plan if it wished to identify a strategic site and that would then become in the local plan , you know subject to all those consultation processes , and then it 's part of the portfolio that is available in the published arena with a statutory framework behind it . |
| 13 | He took immense trouble in preparing his lectures and the experimental demonstrations that accompanied them . |
| 14 | In addition to preparing their accounts in accordance with the technical requirements relevant to their status under the Companies Acts and Statements of Standard Accounting Practice , this year 's entrants also had to contend with SORP 2 , Accounting by Charities . |
| 15 | When some coursework is set , each student is given a unique directory for preparing their work . |
| 16 | If the package can be prepared for approval a prompt will appear at the foot of this page to give you the choice of preparing it or not . |
| 17 | So absorbed was she in the effort of preparing herself mentally for what lay ahead that she did not glance upstream as she drove across Cookham Bridge and wonder why there were no party-goers gathered round a marquee on the lawn of Swans ' Meadow , why indeed there was no marquee pitched on the lawn at all . |
| 18 | The guidance on the production of environmental assessments says that the promoters should consult those bodies with relevant information before preparing their statement . |
| 19 | This speech style urged on little girls is , however , a way of preparing them for their subordinate place in adult society . |
| 20 | At all events , I shall be much obliged to you if you will write to me as soon as possible — in order that , if you do not hold out any hope , he may not lose time , and if you do , that you may receive further information ; and he be put into the way of preparing himself , according to your wishes , for the situation . |
| 21 | There 's no other way of preparing someone but God how I hate those words . |
| 22 | With a sense of impending doom heavy on her shoulders , she went up to their shared suite to have a long , relaxing shower before preparing herself for the fireworks that would inevitably , as night overtook day , follow . |
| 23 | This is one of the earliest references we have in Milton to his own dedication to the task of preparing himself for leaving something to aftertimes that it would not willingly let die . |
| 24 | It was he , after all , who was the master of the Art , and now that Louisa had taken upon herself the task of preparing his way he was freed from the immediate pressure of time . |
| 25 | As part of our mission requires this publication to keep its readers alert to the future of IBM and the wonders the company will doubtless work , we will — begging your understanding and forgiveness in what we feel is a justifiable revelation of inside information — part the cloak of secrecy that surrounds Hollywood 's dreams and IBM 's intentions in the interest of preparing you for tomorrow . |
| 26 | The last stage in preparing your verbal presentation is one of checking date , time , place and circumstances . |
| 27 | During 1787 and 1788 Ainslie devoted the greatest part of his time to preparing his great map of Scotland . |