Example sentences of "[was/were] prepare for [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those of the French , the majority , who at least implicitly gave their allegiance to Vichy France , were prepared for a wary collaboration with the Japanese and as Admiral Decoux , the French Governor-General appointed by Marshal pétain , always maintained , they were determined , no matter what happened in France , to preserve the French position in Indochina . |
| 2 | They were prepared for an unyielding defence of their two flocks of 10,000 battery hens against the Ministry of Agriculture and the 10 burly ex-miners who form the ministry 's chicken-killing squad , ever-ready to wring a feathered neck . |
| 3 | The theses advocated both support for national liberation movements and agitation to ensure that workers and peasants were prepared for the Soviet revolution which was to follow , a policy contradiction which was never resolved . |
| 4 | Perhaps those who came in repentance and were prepared for the running waters of Jordan to flow over their heads in judgment were thought of as undergoing the judgment of God in symbol so that they would not have to undergo it in its awful reality on the Day of Judgment . |
| 5 | Bread never went mouldy in Algeria , which meant that so long as I was prepared for a good chew , I could always buy enough to last to the next village . |
| 6 | Michelle has an abundance of waist-length hair and although she was prepared for a radical cut , Patrick recommended keeping the length but blunt-cutting it to a clean , straight line : ‘ You do n't have to have mountains cut off to look different , ’ he said . |
| 7 | Guidance on conduct and ethics generally was prepared for a revised edition of the Guide to the Professional Conduct of Solicitors , and a complete new set of accounts rules came into force in June 1992 . |
| 8 | By 1984 the government , however , was prepared for a lengthy coal strike and refused to compromise . |
| 9 | By 1928 some of the Party was prepared for the radical change of tactics authorized by the Sixth Comintern Congress . |
| 10 | The package , called Catholic Connections to Media Literacy , was prepared for The Catholic Communication Campaign of the United States Catholic Conference in collaboration with the National Catholic Educational Association . |
| 11 | But she was set free as a report was prepared for the Irish Director of Public Prosecutions . |
| 12 | Later she was to think how little she was prepared for the simple events which were to change her life completely — indeed she would have said that so much had happened to her already that any further incidents must be minor , a judgement which could not have been more faulty . |
| 13 | The report was prepared for the United Nations in advance of the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro scheduled for 1992 . |
| 14 | It showed the leader board and then switched to the seventh where Krantz was preparing for a long approach putt down the kidney-shaped green . |
| 15 | At zero six hundred hours the following morning Captain Trentham gave them a full briefing : they were to be transported by ship to Boulogne , they learned , and after ten days ' further training they would be expected to march on to Etaples , where they would join their regiment under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Danvers Hamilton DSO , who , they were assured , was preparing for a massive assault on the German defences . |
| 16 | His eyes were unreadable but a small pulse at the edge of his lips was preparing for a dismissive smile . |
| 17 | ‘ Orders were orders ! ’ he roared , looking darkly at the friar , before going on to regale both him and the horses with an account of the meal his poor wife was preparing for the coming Sunday . |
| 18 | Its purpose was to prepare for the coming struggle between good order under a monarchy , and the revolutionary socialism of the sort to which republics often sink-until , that is , conditions deteriorate to the point where people are ready to revolt against the system and return to the rule of an even more powerful dictator . |
| 19 | The synagogue was administered by a council of ‘ elders ’ who appointed a ‘ ruler ’ whose duty it was to prepare for the daily services and provide some general supervision . |