Example sentences of "preparing [prep] the [num ord] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ The understanding of our history we achieved in preparing for the 70th anniversary of October is not something frozen and given once and for all .
2 Paul Stern , the vice-president of the Vienna Bridge Club , soon invited her to join the Austrian Ladies ' Team , which was preparing for the first European Women 's Teams Championship to be held in Brussels in 1935 .
3 ‘ Yes , thank you , ’ she replied shortly , intending to slip past him to the treatment area to begin preparing for the first of the morning 's patients .
4 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 .
5 The allegations broke on Tuesday as Jackson was preparing for the first of two concerts in Bangkok , the first stop in the Asian swing of his Dangerous world tour .
6 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 .
7 The world champions , having wiped Ireland off their pitch , today settle down in Swansea preparing for the second leg of their tour which culminates in the 16th international between the nations at Cardiff Arms Park on November 21 .
8 Now preparing for the next ten years , Stevo refuses to be predictable .
9 Life in Looe today is largely governed by two seasons ; the tourist season and the season spent recovering from it and preparing for the next .
10 ‘ At the moment I 've no thoughts at all about preparing for the next World Cup ’ , said Best .
11 ‘ I knew right away we 'd have to start preparing for the next one , ’ he told the boys , who were the only ones who 'd listen to him by then , in the home at any rate .
12 preparing for the next recession .
13 We are now preparing for the next critical round .
14 By 1934 the Labour Party was Preparing for the next election and the delegates at Southport resisted the attempts of the Socialist League to change the programme For Socialism and Peace into a radical appeal for a rapid transformation to socialism .
15 Now all the effort goes into preparing for the next one … although the RAF 's team is calling it a day .
16 I would hope that by the time we come to the next assembly where there is going to be that there will be an opportunity for the churches , er , at home here to take part in preparing for the next assembly .
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