Example sentences of "[be] preparing for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In mid-November , however , Kurdish leaders were reported to be preparing for a fresh economic blockade and an imminent government attack on Kurdish strongholds . |
| 2 | So St Wilfrid the bishop and his clergy on bended knees lifted their hands again to heaven and gained the help of the Lord … who straightway bade the tide return before its usual hour , and while the pagans , on the coming of their king were preparing for a fourth battle , the sea came back and covered all the shore , so that the ship was floated and made its way into the deep . |
| 3 | The success of Nigel Short , who 's preparing for a dramatic world championship final against Kasparov , has raised the profile of chess in this country . |
| 4 | The city seems like it is preparing for a masked ball . |
| 5 | SEAN LINEEN , the former Scotland centre who retired from international rugby after last summer 's tour to Australia , is preparing for a hectic schedule of three games in five days , writes Graham Law . |
| 6 | THE Prime Minister , Mrs Thatcher , is preparing for a head-on clash with President Bush at Camp David tomorrow over American proposals for radical cuts in the US defence budget . |
| 7 | The French government is preparing for a massive new privatisation programme . |
| 8 | Train enthusiast David Scott who lives in Seaton Carew , near Hartlepool , is preparing for a special journey … to Hell and back . |
| 9 | It showed the leader board and then switched to the seventh where Krantz was preparing for a long approach putt down the kidney-shaped green . |
| 10 | At zero six hundred hours the following morning Captain Trentham gave them a full briefing : they were to be transported by ship to Boulogne , they learned , and after ten days ' further training they would be expected to march on to Etaples , where they would join their regiment under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Danvers Hamilton DSO , who , they were assured , was preparing for a massive assault on the German defences . |
| 11 | His eyes were unreadable but a small pulse at the edge of his lips was preparing for a dismissive smile . |