Example sentences of "and prepare [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Furthermore , she was n't too keen on having to shop and prepare three meals a day when she 'd been so organised before , and had done the minimum of cooking .
2 Right that 's , that 's , that 's lovely Ian anyway thanks very much for seeing me this evening erm well as I say I 'll go away and prepare some figures and then I 'll , I 'll see you what , what say Wednesday next week ?
3 In part to prevent such developments , the Reaganites established transition task forces comprised mainly of conservative ideologues who were commiss-ioned to scrutinize and prepare detailed reports on the workings of agencies and departments .
4 Then she went to her office and prepared some work for the morning .
5 What developed was a massacre rather than any battle , as disciplined and prepared thousands bore down upon a scattered , unready and largely leaderless crowd , which could have had no idea that any enemy were on this side of the river .
6 Although sequence analysis shows them to be lipocalins , molecular replacement using other lipocalin structures as search models failed to produce interpretable solutions ; we therefore used the multiple isomorphous replacement method and prepared three heavy-atom derivatives of MUP .
7 I parked behind it and prepared some sarky backchat if the owners turned out to be sightseers .
8 Aware , as she most certainly was , that she could not be pleased to see him — grief , if past experience was anything to go by , they 'd no doubt be going for each other 's throats before the meal was half over — Leith returned to the kitchen and prepared some salad .
9 If the items are available , the computer then takes the order , processes it through the warehouse , transfers the information to the accounts department and prepares all the despatch documents .
10 promotes the spiritual , moral , cultural , mental and physical development of pupils at the school and of society ; and prepares such pupils for the opportunities , responsibilities and experiences of adult life .
11 The Council is very aware of the pressures placed upon voluntary officials in respect of drawing up development plans and budgets , and preparing annual submissions for grant .
12 They may , as in the case of Mrs H- — , have an Asian woman servant to do ‘ all the kitchen work , cleaning the pantry , fridge , floors and preparing all the Nashta and everything . ’
13 As mentioned earlier , the HMIs took an altogether more sophisticated view of the relationship of education to society and to social change , and like the Education , Science and Arts Committee ( 1981 ) saw a conflict between transmitting the values of society and preparing young people to change those values .
14 Apart from the time Gould would have spent stalking , shooting , skinning , and preparing these and a host of other birds , there would have been no possibility of him visiting all these different localities and reaching the west bend of the Murray .
15 Linda Fraser looks at some older traditions and newer trends in rearing and preparing this popular meat .
16 Selection interviews are generally carried now in the early summer to permit research to start in autumn ( freeing the staff of the SOED 's Research and Intelligence Unit to concentrate on identifying and preparing next year 's round of research priorities … ) .
17 However , on the physical science course , this module took the form of looking at the problems students might face as scientific managers in industry : issues like risk management , the problems of pollution , dealing with pressure groups and preparing public reports .
18 It may be necessary to adjust your ideal to reconcile it with reality , and prepare two or three budgets before you go firm on a viable plan .
19 We no longer grow , harvest and prepare all our own food .
20 You should research them as you write up your notes and prepare precise definitions which can be referred to later .
21 When the settlers of Canada and North America took Indian land , they conveniently ignored that the Indians had taught them how to cook local foods and prepare herbal medicines .
22 The court ordered them to carry out surveys of how the birds would be affected and to prepare alternative routes for the pipeline .
23 Courses in economics therefore include the study of theoretical models of economic processes , of the statistical methods used to analyse economic data and to prepare economic forecasts , of markets and economic institutions such as the labour market or industrial firms or banks , and of economic policy and policy-making with respect to matters such as taxation , natural resources and the environment , financial markets and the international economy .
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