Example sentences of "prepare [pron] for the " in BNC.

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1 This suggests that something is amiss with the job definition and , by implication , also with education and training which does not prepare them for the reality .
2 In exploring such environments pupils will experience the type of argument and logical analysis that will prepare them for the real-life problems they will tackle outside .
3 Two teenagers have chosen to bed down for the night in a freezer as part of their training for an expedition to the Artic Circle , They hope that a good night of shivering in sub-zero temperatures will prepare them for the trip .
4 While I was at Cambridge , I began to follow a rule of life which I hoped would prepare me for the priesthood .
5 We must prepare ourselves for the possibility that the situation for homosexual women and men will also worsen in our own countries .
6 He had practiced putting on his kitchen floor at home during the winter to try and prepare himself for the greens .
7 The British Museum had better prepare itself for the worst .
8 All you have ever read about the delights of fast-jet aerobatics still ca n't prepare you for the utter , mind-blowing super-smooth , almost silent exhilaration of the real thing !
9 If you make good use of the contacts it forces you to make in Ardmore , Wellington or Christchurch , you can get a very useful insight into the local scene that helps prepare you for the fascinating flying that lies ahead .
10 ‘ No matter how well briefed you 've been ’ , he says , ‘ nothing can prepare you for the shock of international rugby .
11 In complete contrast , nothing will prepare you for the jaw-dropping experience of taking the desert road out of the city for the first time .
12 But there is nothing on land that can prepare you for the profusion of shapes and colours of the corals themselves .
13 Nothing can prepare you for the shock .
14 He would probably do the latter , and hurry through the change of clothes which would prepare him for the half-hour 's weight-training which he did between ten forty-five and eleven fifteen every Tuesday and Friday .
15 The change-over day from one occupancy to the next was on a Saturday , when our admirable Jane Jones arrived to clean and prepare it for the next lot .
16 Whether you 've been asked to open the discussion or not , you should prepare yourself for the tutorial as follows :
17 Thus the plant can , during the latter part of the night , move its leaves to a position appropriate for sunrise ; predatory animals can prepare themselves for the activity of hunting and hunted animals can escape to safety before it is too late .
18 Consequently , they should prepare themselves for the process by shaping the plans for their appointment procedure in some detail .
19 They use it to help prepare themselves for the interview — i.e. to get to know you a bit before you arrive and work out the questions they are going to ask you .
20 If twins are detected by ultrasound scan , parents can prepare themselves for the births and plan accordingly , and also alert the obstetric team so that the appropriate antenatal care can be given to allow for the best chance of a safe delivery .
21 The need to prepare schools and help to help schools prepare themselves for the erm review of the national curriculum the changes that they will have to deal with and in particular I think , erm to help secondary schools to come to terms with changes in key stage four and the likely erm opportunities there will be for a more diverse curriculum including eventually er the opportunities for more vocational programmes in schools and to assist schools
22 For now , the Strongs wil just have to wait and prepare themselves for the next weekend that Purcell comes home .
23 If in past decades we waited for the telegram to arrive , it did not lessen the shock , but it did prepare us for the event .
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