Example sentences of "be preparing a " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 've got another eagle coming and they 're preparing a cage for him . ’ |
| 2 | You had to satisfy the Traffic Commissioners , that what you are proposing would , would answer the cause , would n't give rise to erm great hardships to the travelling public and erm oh you 're preparing a fare increase about a year before it actually came up to , in front of the Commissioners and then he would erm , perhaps make some alterations or give you a date when you could apply . |
| 3 | when you 've got a budget for an oncoming year , assuming you and I are here together in November ninety three and we 're preparing a budget up till November ninety four , can you ever have precise figures which will be accurate to the last pound ? |
| 4 | As a matter of fact , I 'm preparing a paper on the side effects for the medical association at this very moment . |
| 5 | The man who hopes to be Chancellor next week can not surely be preparing a leap in the dark . |
| 6 | These also seem to be the stories enticing actors Madonna , for example , is said to be preparing a screen version of the life of another anguished martyr : the tormented Mexican painter Frida Kahlo . |
| 7 | Unfortunately , it seems likely that Mr Waldegrave may be preparing a basis on which to reject the EC call for a ban . |
| 8 | So i it was n't a very easy thing then to get them and as I say you 'd be preparing a fare increase which , perhaps a ha'penny on certain fares and a penny on fares above a certain range and you had to allow for depreciation , or resistance in the public travelling but er as long as you could always bring in a little extra from a fare increase it was worthwhile going forward . |
| 9 | In September Iran was again reported to be preparing a three-pronged offensive , the central thrust aimed at Basrah . |
| 10 | Shadow Chancellor Gordon Brown is reported to be preparing a major economic policy initiative to be unveiled at the Labour conference . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | In Arequipa I had watched women in the church of Santo Domingo giggle happily as they dressed the Virgin for a procession ; , behaving much as if they had been preparing a girl for a wedding , not a poor girl though , rather one Velasquez might be called upon to paint . |
| 13 | Since early summer , workmen have been preparing a new home for Mark , at Aston Farm , a mile away . |
| 14 | I am preparing a big adhortatio for everyone who has not yet been utterly suffocated and swallowed up by the present age . " |
| 15 | I am preparing a report for the next Finance Committee on Council Tax Billing and will forward this for your agreement as soon as possible . |
| 16 | Regional health authority : ‘ We are preparing a response . |
| 17 | At the start a group of actors and friends are preparing a surprise party for the director , Michael Manx ( Stephen Moore ) , but it is his older brother Alfred , played by Finney , who strides on to the set first . |
| 18 | The United States , Britain and France are preparing a strongly worded warning to Iraq to ground its aircraft and pull back anti-aircraft missile batteries that have been moved to the north , where allied patrol aircraft protect the Kurds . |
| 19 | The two scientists are preparing a study for the National Academy of Sciences to help NASA to organise its research . |
| 20 | You are preparing a management report not an encyclopaedia . |
| 21 | Currently the players , who all come from Surrey and Hampshire , are preparing a summer concert which will include four Vivaldi concertos as well as works by Mozart , Tchaikovsky and Debussy . |
| 22 | If you are preparing a lecture on the roll , care must be taken to ensure that the ink is dry before winding on , or else the result will be disastrous . |
| 23 | Two watch-worthy Frenchmen , Jean-Noel Pariente , 30 , and Lionel Fainfray , 29 , whose Arthur brand of men 's underpants sells 800,000 pairs in France after only a couple of years in existence , are preparing a charge into the UK market . |
| 24 | Meanwhile House Party producers Reggie and Warrington Hudlin are preparing a science fiction musical comedy with several as yet unspecified rap artists in starring roles . |
| 25 | Staff of the Remote Sensing Group are preparing a new remote-sensing training manual for geologists in developing countries . |
| 26 | If a dog wants food , for example when you are preparing a meal , then it may well start to whine until you give it some scraps . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | Mr Stansfield said : ‘ We are preparing a serious defence and we believe we have a very strong case . ’ |
| 29 | Brian and Anna Haughton , organisers of a number of London 's art fairs including the silver and jewellery fair and the ceramics fair , are preparing a new , less specialist event to be held in Harrod 's , the Knightsbridge department store , from 12 to 17 November1993 . |
| 30 | To mark the momentous occasion the Procuratia di San Marco , the ecclesiastical authorities in charge , are preparing a year of celebrations that will begin on 25 April 1994 , the feast day of Saint Mark . |