Example sentences of "preparing the [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | — Contingent work responsibilities that are not readily identifiable before preparing the work or bid proposal . |
| 2 | In preparing the Bill and seeing it through Parliament , Jenkins had at his right hand Cunningham 's successor as Permanent Under Secretary of State , Sir Philip Allen . |
| 3 | Such a blow to the governor will be particularly ironic : while serving as federal prosecutor for Massachusetts in 1984 , he was closely involved in preparing the suit that forced the clean-up of the harbour . |
| 4 | Chatting often produces some very interesting ideas for serving and preparing the food and all of us can learn something from each other in casual conversation . |
| 5 | ISS agreed to provide in return the skill of planning the menus , ordering and preparing the food and , above all , the recruitment and training of the work-force employed in the canteens . |
| 6 | In preparing the reform and reconstruction of Japanese institutions , there was a conviction that ‘ what went wrong ’ in the 1930s was the way the traditional commitment of the Japanese to a group identity had been diverted all too easily into collective militaristic nationalism . |
| 7 | As against this , Pye seems to have worked hard , or got others to do so , in preparing the revenue and expenditure balances and averages of 1635 ( covering the years from 1631 ) and of 1636–9 ; and he appears to have set about the same process for the reconstructed administration of 1641 . |
| 8 | Make a simple one-pot meal for Saturday evening dinner ( like a stew in the slo-cooker , so that you are not forever preparing the meal and forever washing up ) . |
| 9 | People kept phoning up , after the body had been removed , and Dyson and Bob were rushing to catch up and finish preparing the copy that had to be set overnight . |
| 10 | SFA 's rules impose certain restrictions on the types of investment advertisement that may be issued , require due diligence to be taken in preparing the advertisement and also prescribe certain mandatory contents . |
| 11 | Hope saw that he had penetrated the female 's sympathy in one thrust : Newton deserved some credit for preparing the ground but the doing , the acting , was all his own . |
| 12 | There 's a lot of adrenalin flowing , and erm they realise that there are pink bodies on the line , and they take a great deal of care in preparing the outfit before they go . |
| 13 | Further to my letter of 19 May I have now heard from colleagues at the University of Waterloo in Canada , who have been instrumental in preparing the tape and are the owners of the copyright of PAT , the accessing software . |
| 14 | It illustrates the criteria adopted in preparing the catalogue and the difficulties encountered , explaining how fakes were identified , what discoveries were made and how the drawings were dated . |
| 15 | There are innumerable guides to public speaking that offer advice not only on preparing the material but how to make your voice resonant , ways to use your eyes in order to hold your audience , microphone techniques , and so on . |