Example sentences of "preparing [pron] [noun pl] for " in BNC.

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1 This means that one of the most difficult challenges facing an educational system is preparing its students for a world that has not yet even come into existence .
2 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 .
3 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 .
4 As they clustered at the door , preparing their faces for the raw air , she still sensed those eyes burning into her .
5 Parents have a crucial role to play in preparing their children for an independent adult life but may in practice unwittingly inhibit that progress .
6 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 .
7 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 .
8 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 .
9 Shakespearean editors are showing considerable innovation in moving away from the view that Shakespeare had a fixed conception for his plays , where variants between texts are ‘ error of transmission ’ , corruptions which crept in because Shakespeare was not involved in preparing his plays for print .
10 Every general has his own method for preparing his troops for battle and I am no exception .
11 In preparing our views for the Government we felt one of the most pressing needs was to explain what the National Sustainability Plan is and why it is important , to a wider audience of opinion- formers and decision-takers in Wales .
12 In preparing our views for the Government we felt one of the most pressing needs was to explain what the National Sustainability Plan is and why it is important , to a wider audience of opinion- formers and decision-takers in Wales .
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