Example sentences of "preparing for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The workshops are considered helpful to pupils preparing for higher grade English exams and study notes on ‘ Sunset Song ’ have been devised for teaching in the classroom or for students studying on their own . |
| 2 | I mean , what help has the British Government given us for preparing for 1992 ? |
| 3 | But here women are represented , as in dominant discourses of femininity , as honorary mothers , preparing for reproductive heterosexual womanhood and the social and emotional psychological abilities that are supposed to accompany it . |
| 4 | Mr West 's company is preparing for zero growth over the next two years . |
| 5 | Before without really knowing it , I was just preparing for that one lesson to get through that one lesson , but partly I think as a matter of survival in this situation , because I had never taught children before and really did n't have an overview at that point . |
| 6 | These people are already preparing for that . |
| 7 | Najibullah made no mention of resigning , as demanded by resistance groups , but said that he supported the creation of a joint commission embracing opposition groups , including monarchists , to administer the country while preparing for UN-supervised elections . |
| 8 | PREPARING FOR 1 APRIL |
| 9 | Once again the Party was preparing for armed struggle and the stunning German victory of 1940 would have appeared to many Vietnamese to be ‘ the moment of great opportunity ’ . |
| 10 | On one hand , therefore , McElroy is preparing for private companies to take over the reigns of the weather craft ; on the other , he is inviting other countries to become involved in what could be a link only between governments . |
| 11 | As well as preparing for future constitutional negotiations these talks would focus on further measures to end political violence and to ensure free political activity throughout the country . |
| 12 | Meanwhile the cider maker is preparing for future growth in demand … it 's just finished planting a million young apple trees . |
| 13 | For a long time the industrious Bavarians had been preparing for such an attack . |
| 14 | there will be a celebration Mass for the children preparing for First Communion . |
| 15 | CODES OF PRACTICE : PREPARING FOR MAJOR PLANNING INQUIRIES : HEARINGS INTO PLANNING APPEALS |
| 16 | The aids which can be used in preparing for joint management are those of information derived from comparisons , clarity of purpose and a readiness to undertake corporate self-assessment . |
| 17 | Other opposition parties preparing for multiparty politics included the Mozambique 's People 's Progressive Party ( PPPM ) , headed by Padimbe Kamati Andrea , which held its constituent congress in Maputo in mid-July . |
| 18 | RAF technician preparing for Red Arrow display |
| 19 | Even as the first-year girl drew her inferences , her headmaster , Manuel Lenarduzzi , was preparing for last night 's meeting with her parents and those of other first-year children who are the guinea pigs of the new system and whose future is one of attainment targets . |
| 20 | Pennett owes his chance at Trent Bridge to Notts batsman Paul Johnson , who was impressed by his bowling in the Headingley nets while preparing for last winter 's England ‘ A ’ tour . |
| 21 | Keeping costs under control , managing our finances well and maintaining innovation in our sales approach are just three examples from a number that illustrate how , as a Division , we have been preparing for 1993 . |
| 22 | INDUSTRY is preparing for another assault on advance corporation tax . |
| 23 | At midday , he always took a half-hour break , sitting in the kitchen armchair with his feet up on a stool , nibbling toast and dripping and preparing for another long afternoon behind the counter . |
| 24 | On June 8 , 1991 , he called on the government to resign and , on June 11 , mobilized the army reserves as though preparing for another coup . |
| 25 | 16,000ft up in the Bolivian Andes the miners of the Cerro Rico chew coca leaves , they 're preparing for another day in the tin mines . |
| 26 | As the temperatures fall , council workers are preparing for another winter gritting the roads . |
| 27 | At T G I Friday 's they 're preparing for another busy day 's trading . |
| 28 | ‘ Now when I know the boys are preparing for another game and I 'm not there , I will miss it ; the familiar routine , meeting at the Petersham Hotel in Richmond on a Wednesday night , the late meal , the exchange of views as people come in ; the Thursday morning training , dashing round to golf or wherever in the afternoon , the team meeting in the evening , the Friday session , probably going to the cinema at night , the leg pulling , the nervous jokes on the Saturday of the game itself , the closing in from the outside world . ’ |
| 29 | TWENTY-ONE-YEAR OLD Hazel Rodgers is preparing for three months ‘ voluntary work in America after being chosen to represent the Royal Bank in this year 's Winant and Clayton Volunteer Scheme . |
| 30 | So how have caterers been preparing for these new , stricter temperature controls , and what help have they received from suppliers ? |