Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] preparing for the " 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 | A psychiatrist emphasized the importance of preparing for the emotion of loss and recognizing it when it comes . |
| 5 | A communiqué issued at the end of the meeting noted the " significant progress towards a comprehensive political settlement " made by the SNC and agreed to recommend the dispatch of a UN survey mission to Cambodia to begin the process of preparing for the " military aspects " of UNTAC . |
| 6 | Nevertheless MAS can assist the purchaser in preparing for the meeting . |
| 7 | It was not simply a matter of timing , for there is evidence of preparing for the moment by building up the organisation and , most important , a strike fund . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | This innovation provided , for the first time , an explicit mechanism for preparing for the future , in addition to responding to present issues . |
| 10 | After the conference , the Socialist League continued to oppose rearmament , opposed sanctions against Italy threatened as a result of the Italian invasion of Abyssinia , and advocated a policy for the Labour movement of preparing for the ‘ mass resistance to war ’ , by which was meant a general strike . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | This interest comprises the out-of-pocket expenses resulting from misplaced reliance upon another , including wasted expenditure in preparing for the performance of a transaction , or partly performing it , losses arising from damage to property , and missed opportunities . |
| 13 | 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 . |