Example sentences of "be preparing [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When you 're preparing for the interview make sure that you test yourself and have good answers to basic questions like : |
| 2 | In mid-November , however , Kurdish leaders were reported to be preparing for a fresh economic blockade and an imminent government attack on Kurdish strongholds . |
| 3 | No one — least of all your guests — wants you to be preparing in the kitchen for hours , so go for freshness , and all the light and colourful foods available during these summer months . |
| 4 | In doing so the student will not merely be preparing in the best possible way for his examination : he will also be developing his mind as a working instrument and preparing himself for legal practice . |
| 5 | They had been preparing for a raid themselves the next day ; a big raid ; five galleys of men , gathered in Arivegaig ready to board the ships in the dawn . |
| 6 | Although he has had his feet under the desk only since January , he has been preparing for the job since last summer by meeting researchers and officials , visiting institutes abroad and drawing up an initial draft of his plans . |
| 7 | While John Paul Jones had been captivating the ladies of Paris the French government had been preparing for the most serious attack on England since the Dutch incursion into the Medway . |
| 8 | The students have been preparing for the assessments using open learning materials developed by Telford College . |
| 9 | In Scotland , the assessors , in discussions with the Inland Revenue valuation office in Scotland , have been preparing for the actual task of valuation , which will get under way shortly . |
| 10 | He had , in fact , been preparing for an operation to remove his hernia , which had been scheduled for the beginning of January , but because of his winter illnesses it was postponed until the summer . |
| 11 | Occasionally when she was wearing this she had a trick of lifting it like wings , or ruffling it as if it was her real plumage , and she 'd declare : ‘ My dears , I am preparing for The Flight — into Egypt , to the islands , to the New World — who knows ! ’ |
| 12 | They have definitely asked for representatives of the Association to confer with their officers in order to discuss a circular which they are preparing on the teaching of English in secondary schools . |
| 13 | GROUPS FROM the churches in every parliamentary constituency are preparing for a lobby of MPs , in support of the homeless and poorly housed . |
| 14 | It is feared the screening of The Leaving of Liverpool will bring back painful memories for many people involved , and social services chiefs are preparing for a stream of referrals . |
| 15 | The new couple are preparing for a life together as a normal man and woman . |
| 16 | : A group of prison officers are preparing for a mercy mission to Romania on Sunday . |
| 17 | EXPERTS are preparing for an event billed as the biggest controlled explosion in Europe since the Second World War — the demolition today of two multi-storey blocks of flats in Glasgow 's Gorbals . |
| 18 | THE PARENTS of a Merseyside soldier killed in the Gulf War are preparing for an emotionally-charged memorial service in Kuwait . |
| 19 | WITH just the smallest of the 23 starters in the Whitbread Round the World Race , the 51-foot La Poste , due last into Punta del Este , Uruguay , at midnight tonight , crews are preparing for the second leg , writes Stuart Alexander . |
| 20 | With such thoughts uppermost in their minds , ecologists are preparing for the arrival of genetically-engineered crops . |
| 21 | Although Bosnia has teetered on the brink of war for months , the intensity and scope of the weekend fighting indicated that the three communities are preparing for the worst . |
| 22 | Many of the latter group are preparing for the Cambridge Proficiency Certificate and other Examinations . |
| 23 | Cricket now , and while England are getting ready to meet Pakistan in the final of the World Cup , there 's another piece of sporting history being made over in South Africa.Worcestershire 's players are preparing for the first of a five match series there , to help the country back from years of sporting isolation . |
| 24 | An RAF base and a military hospital are preparing for the possible arrival of a flight carrying children wounded in the fighting in Sarajevo . |
| 25 | The people of Louisiana are preparing for the onslaught of Hurricane Andrew which left Southern Florida in tatters , looters have set to work there . |
| 26 | ‘ We are concerned and we are preparing for the worst . ’ |
| 27 | Dundee club coach Stewart Harris , the Teamsport co-ordinator for basketball , is taking over from Lawrence Randak as coach to the student side who are preparing for the British Universities group tournament in Bath next week . |
| 28 | So St Wilfrid the bishop and his clergy on bended knees lifted their hands again to heaven and gained the help of the Lord … who straightway bade the tide return before its usual hour , and while the pagans , on the coming of their king were preparing for a fourth battle , the sea came back and covered all the shore , so that the ship was floated and made its way into the deep . |
| 29 | Mrs Beckett , 49 , and her 66-year-old husband were preparing for a dinner party when the gang knocked at their white pebble-dashed detached cottage in the Derbyshire village of Littleover on Sunday . |
| 30 | AS DELEGATES were preparing for the congress of the ruling Hungarian Socialist Workers ' Party which begins today , two of the most conservative factions yesterday issued an open challenge to the party 's reformist leadership . |