Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] preparing for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The new administration was given responsibility for preparing for the forthcoming general election and drafting a new constitution . |
| 2 | That means that after years of scrimping and saving at Charlton Lawrence should enjoy the luxury of preparing for the big time with money to spend . |
| 3 | Unfortunately , in the course of preparing for the great race , I have become aware that the message to visiting runners is : ‘ Go home — dead or alive . ’ |
| 4 | I would hope that by the time we come to the next assembly where there is going to be that there will be an opportunity for the churches , er , at home here to take part in preparing for the next assembly . |
| 5 | In July 1936 he gathered in his palace at Bishopthorpe a select team of ten for the purpose of preparing for the coming ecumenical conference . |
| 6 | By the end of the year , Mrs Thatcher was in the chair of a new cabinet committee , Misc. 141 , which had been given the task of preparing for the fast-approaching day when limits would be set on greenhouse gas emissions . |