Example sentences of "[be] prepare a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In September Iran was again reported to be preparing a three-pronged offensive , the central thrust aimed at Basrah . |
| 2 | A slightly better idea may be to prepare a separate set of terms for use in consumer transactions , since the supplier 's freedom to restrict liability is more restricted in such cases , and exclusions are less likely to be held reasonable . |
| 3 | Since early summer , workmen have been preparing a new home for Mark , at Aston Farm , a mile away . |
| 4 | Joel Weiner , marketing executive of Kraft General Foods It is precisely because we are not complacent about this issue that the Government have been preparing a major Food Bill since October 1987 . |
| 5 | I am preparing a big adhortatio for everyone who has not yet been utterly suffocated and swallowed up by the present age . " |
| 6 | It says the investigators are preparing a wide range of recommendations on how to proceed against Microsoft — everything from splitting the company into pieces , to erecting a Chinese Wall between divisions , to altering the way its software is sold to computer manufacturers . |
| 7 | Mr Stansfield said : ‘ We are preparing a serious defence and we believe we have a very strong case . ’ |
| 8 | They are preparing a new bid but meanwhile homeless men are already being turned away as staff have been told to run down the unit ready for closure on March 31 . |
| 9 | The RSPB are preparing a conservation plan for the relevant areas which include the Forest of Bowland , the North York Moors and parts of Northumberland . |
| 10 | We are preparing a further paper which will address the options for planning and transport . |
| 11 | The French were preparing a great attack on the heights of the Aisne for the end of the month , and so it was , he claimed , essential to keep the Germans occupied in Flanders . |
| 12 | The French , it soon appeared , were preparing a new invasion , of which more will be said later . |
| 13 | The Labour Party officially viewed the Convention as " an attempt to build up a new Political Party " , and indeed it is not improbable that the Communists , fearing illegality , were preparing a new organization on United Front lines into which they could merge if necessary . |
| 14 | Below her , technicians were preparing a long-range executive transporter for launch . |
| 15 | Yesterday , both Mr Fenton and Dr Reid were preparing a further assault on the media . |
| 16 | What , in order to decide whether they 're going to give us the contract what they have asked us to do is prepare a thirty minute radio , sorry thirty second radio presentation and we will re , record for them and they will hear , which we want to emphasise based on how good that was whether they want to take the contract out with us . |
| 17 | The King of Blefuscu has always wanted to defeat Lilliput in war , and now we hear that he 's prepared a large number of ships , which will attack us very soon . |
| 18 | At the moment the hospital is preparing a new casualty procedure in which nurses will make an immediate priority assessment as cases arrive . |
| 19 | Now Noel Kehoe senior is preparing a new group of youngsters for another shot at the Fred Daly on September 12 when the first leg of the final against Clandeboye will commence at City of Derry . |
| 20 | The Wales Tourist Board is preparing a new strategy ‘ to take tourism into the next century ’ . |
| 21 | Registration committee chairman Dennis Silk said there are still ‘ misunderstandings ’ about the regulation dealing with extraordinary registrations and added : ‘ The Board is preparing a simplified guide to the relevant rules , which will be issued shortly to all cricketers . ’ |
| 22 | Now Mr Fallon is preparing a consultative document so the Churches can comment before the new rules for capital funding are finalised . |
| 23 | You may be aware that in the wake of last year 's Earth Summit the Government is preparing a National Sustainability Report for submission to the United Nation 's Commission for Sustainable Development . |
| 24 | The committee is preparing a special itinerary which will take in the most interesting corners of the building — the note-chewing machine , the Treasury dealing room , the videoconferencing facility — as well as the aerobics area and gymnasium . |
| 25 | What I did was prepare a supplementary form to the one that we had at the management team meeting |
| 26 | In 1927 ( when Eliot mentioned ‘ the Mongol in our midst ’ ) he told Bonamy Dobrée that he was preparing a small book , The Bolovian in Our Midst , proving that there was Bolovian blood in some of the leading figures of the day . |
| 27 | On May 19 Petar Beron , the UDF secretary , claimed during a tour of Western countries that the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary Douglas Hurd was preparing a European Community ( EC ) declaration which would rule out assistance for communist governments . |
| 28 | At the time of writing this poem ( 11-14 March 1802 ) Wordsworth was preparing a new edition of Lyrical Ballads and revising his famous Preface . |
| 29 | He was preparing a detailed set of reference papers for the emergency session of the Academy . |