Example sentences of "gearing up for a [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Olympic decathlete Daley Thompson has left the world of track and field and is gearing up for a new career in motor racing . |
2 | The traditional multilateral institutions , IMF and World Bank , are gearing up for a major contribution . |
3 | Now the Japanese are gearing up for a third try . |
4 | Comedienne Marti Caine , star presenter of BBC1 's Joker in the Pack is gearing up for a hair-raising performance as the evil panto Queen in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs . |
5 | Hanson is said to be gearing up for a further full-scale foray into our industrial base . |
6 | The sportscar firm is gearing up for a multi-million pound windfall by having replicas of the dream machine on sale in the next few weeks for at least £5,000 apiece . |