Example sentences of "preparing for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Basingstoke 's Camrose ground is preparing for a record 4,000-plus crowd for the visit of Torquay , whose chances of survival have been reduced by the flu bug in their camp . |
| 3 | There are substantial hints that if paternal family experience encouraged Edward to extend his interests , both in preparing for a career and in his natural history pursuits , along practical and fact-gathering lines , the subtler influence of his mother and her family gave approval to the sudden spurt of interest in the affective literature of Richard Jefferies and , even more , to the reading of poetry for its own sake . |
| 4 | He could see she was preparing for a party . |
| 5 | For the activist and ‘ committed ’ core of the Movement , especially for the younger element , the perceived Führer image stood symbolically for ideological precepts — preparing for a show-down with Bolshevism , acquisition of Lebensraum , ‘ removal of Jews ’ — which were ‘ directions for action ’ long before they were realizable objectives . |
| 6 | She took in a few deep breaths , like a singer preparing for a song . |
| 7 | They had been preparing for a raid themselves the next day ; a big raid ; five galleys of men , gathered in Arivegaig ready to board the ships in the dawn . |
| 8 | I ca n't emphasise too strongly that preparing for a marathon involved retaining normal routine as much as possible , not abandoning it . |
| 9 | Olympic marathoner Ed Eyestone never runs more than six days a week , even when preparing for a marathon . |
| 10 | Sometimes , when preparing for a long haul , I would only manage four hours ' rest , but that night I was asleep by eleven-thirty and did not rise till six . |
| 11 | In addition a basic training group may include those preparing for a full-time career in advice work together with part-time volunteers . |
| 12 | Soldiers were beginning to look at the clock and fumble with equipment , apparently preparing for a guard change . |
| 13 | After all , being drunk in charge of a rowing boat is no big deal , just part of the everyday rituals of preparing for a big match . |
| 14 | So we began the delicate task of preparing for a reunion of mother and daughter . |
| 15 | THE US is preparing for a showdown with other North and South American countries over plans to launch satellites for beaming TV to roof-top aerials . |
| 16 | That Bukharin was preparing for a struggle with Stalin at this point can not be doubted and he was attempting to drum up international support among other parties of the Comintern . |
| 17 | He went to investigate and , seeing an open door in the side of the mound , looked inside and saw men and women preparing for a ceremonial meal . |
| 18 | GROUPS FROM the churches in every parliamentary constituency are preparing for a lobby of MPs , in support of the homeless and poorly housed . |
| 19 | Worse still , imagine Margaret Thatcher preparing for a dip . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | PREMIER John Major is preparing for a showdown with France over the crucial Gatt trade deal . |
| 22 | PREMIER John Major is preparing for a showdown with France over the crucial Gatt trade deal . |
| 23 | Last night Mr Garel-Jones was reunited with his wife and family at the apartment , preparing for a spot of Christmas shopping . |
| 24 | Mrs Beckett , 49 , and her 66-year-old husband were preparing for a dinner party when the gang knocked at their white pebble-dashed detached cottage in the Derbyshire village of Littleover on Sunday . |
| 25 | In preparing for a raid on a beach there was less opportunity to see the lie of the land than before conventional military raids . |
| 26 | Paul looks introspective , never quite sad , although this is not the picture of a comedian preparing for a night of chuckles to remember . |
| 27 | BBC children 's favourites Brian Cant and Ross King swept the 25-year-old beauty off her feet as she started preparing for a pantomime . |
| 28 | While others at Balmoral were losing sleep over the Fergie scandal , Diana was up at dawn preparing for a surprise visit to terminally-ill cancer patients . |
| 29 | The Carlists had been building up the paramilitary Requeté since the early days of the Republic and seriously preparing for a rising since 1934 . |
| 30 | In the bottom half of the draw Chris Wilkinson was again preparing for a second challenge to Jeremy Bates ' domination as he overcame strong challenges from Italy , South Africa and Sweden to reach his second final . |