Example sentences of "[prep] preparing [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now I do n't think many people realized that asking for the maintenance of standards , rather than perhaps the changing of standards , was asking for something that was almost diametrically opposed to asking for an educational system that was more geared towards preparing children for adult life and productive work . |
| 2 | The situation is not desperate although it should be remedied because many Insular musicians , judged in relation to their European counterparts , possess a remarkable ability to produce an accurate performance virtually at sight , a skill acquired by many singers during years of preparing services under pressure in cathedrals and Oxbridge chapels . |
| 3 | Another useful exercise involving friends is sharing the task of preparing synopses of articles . |
| 4 | The practice of preparing materials for mass appeal would suggest that a degree of co-operation and co-ordination is appropriate , and instead of one or two libraries putting effort and resources into local campaigns a national approach to the problem of public library promotion should be taken . |
| 5 | When they reach their goal , Abraham goes calmly about the business of preparing Isaac for slaughter . |
| 6 | Our earlier technique of preparing samples for polymerase chain reactions from bronchial washings entailed a simple single tube protocol that minimised handling and the possibility of contamination . |
| 7 | The first will move in the direction of preparing lessons in terms of the realisation of defined sets of objectives . |
| 8 | Secondly , it has been successful both in terms of increasing its obvious and immediate performance locally and nationally , and also in terms of preparing people for a wider involvement in partnership development in new and less obvious directions . |
| 9 | But if disciplines are bodies of people as well as bodies of knowledge , are not academic courses also ‘ professional ’ in the sense of preparing people for entry to the academic professions ? |
| 10 | There was less talk of preparing Nato for war by 1954 . |
| 11 | The results of the pilot programme ( based on the ability of the mothers to recall what they had been taught two weeks previously ) were so promising that BRAC launched a programme to teach the method of preparing LGS to every household in the country over a period of about ten years . |
| 12 | The President has the responsibility of supervising the overall operation of SSATs , as well as of organizing meetings , training courses and of preparing material for the guidance of SSATs . |
| 13 | He plans to increase the hotel 's vegetarian selections and introduce healthier ways of preparing food without losing texture and taste , such as using less cream in sauces . |
| 14 | Six months of painstaking work goes into preparing plants for showing … the plants have to be tied up to keep the stems straight … aphids must be brushed gently off the leaves … and the orchids have to be misted regularly to keep up the humidity . |
| 15 | NPAs ( since the 1981 Wildlife and Countryside Act ) have been charged under Section 43 with preparing maps of moor and heath ( without guidance on what should be included ) which in their opinion are important to conserve . |
| 16 | My friend was fed up with preparing meals for her teenaged children who then often did n't turn up to eat . |
| 17 | Outraged by the local health unit 's decision to withdraw home helps from preparing meals for hundreds of disabled and elderly people , Alliance 's Siobhan Laird attacked the government 's entire community care programme . |
| 18 | The project should establish the most effective methods of work : from preparing copies of the original documents , editing variant texts of parish Memoirs and production of selected subject indexes from texts input to the computer . |
| 19 | Professional bodies are to be placed under a statutory duty to have regard to advice from the Advisory Committee in preparing rules of competence and conduct for their own members . |
| 20 | You will also be instrumental in preparing reports on the effects of immediate and short term changes in electricity supply and demand . |
| 21 | That is a matter for future debate , certainly not for today when there is quite enough to be done in preparing colleges for self-governing status and ensuring that they have the support and expertise required to enable them to make a success of that . |
| 22 | In preparing notes on title points to observe are as follows : ( 1 ) Year , date and stamp duty go in the left-hand margin . |
| 23 | At some stage a funding body has assessed the potential worth of a project , and research grants have been made available for it , but the lack of incentive to publish , or the difficulties encountered in preparing work for publication , have resulted in the fact that two-fifths of the work has not been made use of by the scientific community , except possibly through consultations of the original theses , ( which will be discussed in Chapter 4 ) . |
| 24 | At some stage a funding body has assessed the potential worth of a project , and research grants have been made available for it , but the lack of incentive to publish , or the difficulties encountered in preparing work for publication , have resulted in the fact that two-fifths of the work has not been made use of by the scientific community , except possibly through consultations of the original theses , ( which will be discussed in Chapter 4 ) . |
| 25 | At present , development planners place zero value on features such as historic monuments and wildlife habitats in preparing break-downs of construction costs and benefits . |
| 26 | In a statement to the conference the executive acknowledged the important role of the Ministers in preparing plans for the armistice , for the rehabilitation of world trade and commerce and for the reconstruction of Britain herself . |
| 27 | The children of the school regularly prepare and sing the Sunday Mass ; parents and school unite in preparing children for First Communion ; the Mothers and the Men have a variety of fund-raising and other tasks not least supporting each other ; the S.V.P. look after the elderly , and the senior citizens , particularly those who are housebound , pray for us all . |
| 28 | He was involved in the successful campaign to get Skoal Bandits removed from sale in the UK and in preparing information to be sent to all prospective Parliamentary candidates in Scotland , as well as working on many other projects . |
| 29 | She called the Diocesan Office of Special Religious Education to request help in preparing Todd for the Sacrament and mentioned the chaplain 's reluctance to give Communion because of Todd 's lack of verbal ability . |
| 30 | The Comintern charged that " the Social Democratic Parties play a direct leading role " in preparing war against the USSR . |