Example sentences of "[prep] prepare the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Its goal is to return the British education system to its historic and essential task , which is that of preparing the young to take up their rightful places in society as either leaders or led , and to accept , appreciate , and enjoy their inequality . |
| 2 | Van der Merwe , also a liberal , was given the newly created job of preparing the National Party for the forthcoming constitutional negotiations . |
| 3 | But I do think the specific point you make as to whether there 's any prospect of the National Commission for Racial Equality putting any money towards the development worker that 's wished , ought to be addressed by somebody at some point in the context of preparing the next report . |
| 4 | But it was also an appetiser by way of preparing the American public for the full range of ‘ Laura Ashley ’ products to come . |
| 5 | Secretary Meretta Griffiths said : ‘ With so much work having gone into preparing the 50th anniversary show and with many exhibitors having taken up position we decided that the show should go on . ’ |
| 6 | Helped by research grants and an association with All Souls College , Oxford , he wrote pioneering studies of social change in Africa which were published as Africa Emergent ( 1938 , 1949 ) and used by Lord Hailey ( first Baron Hailey , q.v. ) in preparing the African Survey ( 1938 ) . |
| 7 | The group made changes in accounting policies and bases adopted in preparing the 1991 statutory accounts following the sudden departure of the executive chairman . |
| 8 | The major problems you will have encountered in preparing the consolidated profit and loss account are likely to have been the calculation of the unrealised profit provisions and the minority interest . |
| 9 | Therefore , where a subsidiary has shares in issue it is necessary to look at the effect on the group as a whole in preparing the consolidated financial statements and by considering the rights attaching to the shares in conjunction with any agreements to which other group companies are a party . |
| 10 | In preparing the new form , suggestions made by members of the Society , Local Secretaries and Sheriff Clerks have all been taken into account . |
| 11 | In addition to focussing both parties ' attention on the key elements of a deal , the heads will form a useful briefing document for the purchaser 's lawyers in preparing the first draft of the sale and purchase contract . |
| 12 | Such computer software is rapidly becoming the archaeologist 's workhorse , both during the excavation process in circumstances where immediate feedback is desirable , and afterwards to help in preparing the final published report . |
| 13 | 2 The Publisher shall be responsible for placing copies of the Program with Beta Testing assessors , for collecting feedback from these assessors and assembling it in a form which shall be interpretable as a specification to be met by the Programmer in preparing the final version of the Program . |
| 14 | Having already had a hand in preparing the Suntory team for the national play-offs at the end of last season , when they finished in the top eight , the two Canadian stalwarts have a pretty good idea as to what lies ahead . |
| 15 | This would cover reporting on , inter alia , financial and other risk management controls , fraud and other illegal or irregular acts , basic ethical standards of corporate behaviour , information included in annual reports and public documents , and a summary of the principal assumptions and judgments the directors made in preparing the financial statements . |
| 16 | In preparing the financial statements , suitable accounting policies have been used and applied consistently , and reasonable and prudent judgments and estimates have been made . |
| 17 | In preparing the financial statements , the directors have assumed that their negotiations with the banks and third parties to restructure and release certain debts and to stabilise the position will be successful . |
| 18 | Soon a familiar figure in radical circles , he assisted his fellow bookseller , William Hone [ q.v. ] , in preparing the famous defence to the triple libel trial of 1817 . |
| 19 | ‘ All our staff were involved in preparing the Royal lunch . |
| 20 | The Metropolitan Opera invited me to assist Rafael Kubelík in preparing the same work . |
| 21 | 5 How would you see the formalization of our having a hand in preparing the initial print material ( colleagues have not expressed undiluted admiration for that which accompanies the 3000 ) and for producing sound pedagogic printed backup material for selling in addition to the hand held device . |
| 22 | In preparing the initial proof of evidence of the plaintiff , a detailed history must be taken of the injuries , their symptoms and consequences , their treatment and the progress of recovery . |
| 23 | Cost , efficiency and local accountability would be considered in preparing the proposed reforms and there had to be a trade-off between the two , Lang asserted . |
| 24 | The estimates that we are debating propose that a further £4 million should be spent on preparing the future privatisation of the coal industry , but what is £1 million or £2 million between friends ? |
| 25 | Start by preparing the old path surface , brush it out with an old broom and leave it to become tacky . |