Example sentences of "prepare [pron] for the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Two teenagers have chosen to bed down for the night in a freezer as part of their training for an expedition to the Artic Circle , They hope that a good night of shivering in sub-zero temperatures will prepare them for the trip .
2 This suggests that something is amiss with the job definition and , by implication , also with education and training which does not prepare them for the reality .
3 While I was at Cambridge , I began to follow a rule of life which I hoped would prepare me for the priesthood .
4 We must prepare ourselves for the possibility that the situation for homosexual women and men will also worsen in our own countries .
5 He had practiced putting on his kitchen floor at home during the winter to try and prepare himself for the greens .
6 But there is nothing on land that can prepare you for the profusion of shapes and colours of the corals themselves .
7 ‘ No matter how well briefed you 've been ’ , he says , ‘ nothing can prepare you for the shock of international rugby .
8 Nothing can prepare you for the shock .
9 He would probably do the latter , and hurry through the change of clothes which would prepare him for the half-hour 's weight-training which he did between ten forty-five and eleven fifteen every Tuesday and Friday .
10 Whether you 've been asked to open the discussion or not , you should prepare yourself for the tutorial as follows :
11 Thus the plant can , during the latter part of the night , move its leaves to a position appropriate for sunrise ; predatory animals can prepare themselves for the activity of hunting and hunted animals can escape to safety before it is too late .
12 If twins are detected by ultrasound scan , parents can prepare themselves for the births and plan accordingly , and also alert the obstetric team so that the appropriate antenatal care can be given to allow for the best chance of a safe delivery .
13 They use it to help prepare themselves for the interview — i.e. to get to know you a bit before you arrive and work out the questions they are going to ask you .
14 Consequently , they should prepare themselves for the process by shaping the plans for their appointment procedure in some detail .
15 If in past decades we waited for the telegram to arrive , it did not lessen the shock , but it did prepare us for the event .
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