Example sentences of "prepare their [noun pl] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Randall smiled again with a hint of mockery , settled the bet and turning away with his kerchief pressed even more firmly to his nose , moved into the cockpit where the cock-masters were preparing their birds for the fight . |
| 2 | Presumably , after carrying out their assignments , they had been returning at irregular intervals and were now preparing their reports for the final session of the afternoon . |
| 3 | As they clustered at the door , preparing their faces for the raw air , she still sensed those eyes burning into her . |
| 4 | Parents have a crucial role to play in preparing their children for an independent adult life but may in practice unwittingly inhibit that progress . |
| 5 | These schools , given a far from warm reception when first proposed , are to be funded in a new way , are to fall altogether outside Local Authority control , and as their name implies are to be devoted primarily to preparing their pupils for a career in industry . |
| 6 | But many of their future commanders — John Durnford-Slater , Peter Young , Mike Calvert among them — were preparing their men for a new type of soldiering . |
| 7 | Having exhausted their historic potential , Gorbachev went on , the major capitalist countries had decided to accelerate the arms race and militarism of all kinds , and were deliberately preparing their populations for nuclear war . |
| 8 | Chief officers prepare their estimates for the coming year , setting out present spending plus price increases and what would be necessary to meet existing commitments . |
| 9 | Indeed MEPs in Strasbourg would be well advised , as they prepare their demands for greater powers under EMU , to strike a united front with their national colleagues . |
| 10 | There was , then , unanimous agreement that the overriding function of the continuation schools was to prepare their pupils for ‘ the efficient discharge of the duties of citizenship ’ , but it was also understood that in order to make this viable , young people had to be taught to ‘ increase their adaptability and skill in bread-winning occupations ’ . |