Example sentences of "[be] prepared for [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But all the same , Sara had not been prepared for the girls ' curiosity about Matthew . |
| 2 | Obviously , the pitch had been prepared for the spinners , but since West Indies had prepared many of their own pitches for their speed merchants they could hardly complain . |
| 3 | Well as I understand it the er these lawyers for the defendants took the view that as all the statements had been prepared for the police complaints authority investigation , public immunity er yes er public interest immunity attached to them . |
| 4 | For humans , as we have discussed in Chapter 1 , the body has been ‘ waking us up ’ since about 5 o'clock in the morning so that , by the time we normally wake , we are prepared for the rigours of a new day ; in the evening our body begins to ‘ tone us down ’ to prepare us for getting to sleep . |
| 5 | Many are kept in prison for several weeks , sometimes months , as was the case for Jean , whilst psychiatric and medical reports are prepared for the courts . |
| 6 | Few women are prepared for the difficulties of running a home and bringing up young children . |
| 7 | A revolution in information technology is taking place which will have effects on society , certainly as far-reaching as the impact of the industrial revolution , and we must be prepared for the changes . |
| 8 | People who buy houses next to pubs must be prepared for the consequences . |
| 9 | A weighty body of objective opinion — of HMI , teachers , academics and local authorities — had built up during the 1970s to support the common-sense view that a pupil leaving school aged sixteen at the youngest should be prepared for the responsibilities and opportunities associated with the age of majority which he or she would attain no more than two years later . |
| 10 | You 'd better be prepared for the hauntings , because hauntings is what you 'll bloody well get . |
| 11 | Being prepared for the demands and requests while caring physically for the newborn helps forestall many problems ( Kitzinger 1979 ) . |
| 12 | With this in mind we have undertaken this year a review of the management team and staff resources with the objective of ensuring that LCCIEB is prepared for the challenges that it is likely to meet in the future . |
| 13 | A new stable block houses storage space and a kitchen , where food is prepared for the residents . |
| 14 | Occupying their own apartments at the palace and giving little heed to the prevailing rumour that the king was unwell , neither she nor Joan was prepared for the tidings they received on that April afternoon . |
| 15 | Even so , I do n't believe I was prepared for the facts . |