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 . |