Example sentences of "brace itself [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | RAF fear : The RAF is bracing itself for compulsory redundancies after the news that 2,200 jobs must go . |
| 2 | In the ornate new council chamber , Mayor Murphy was trying to convince the city council that to be a real Edwardian Mayor he ought to wear mayoral robes , as they did in England ; the newly extended hospital was bracing itself for additional accident cases ; and Hank Stych stood in the airport at Calgary waiting for a local plane to take him north to Tollemarche . |
| 3 | The print industry is bracing itself for industrial action from next Monday , Printing World reports . |
| 4 | Shares of the £11 billion company , privatised in 1986 , had already started to slide last night and the market is bracing itself for big falls today . |
| 5 | The House of Lords Committee report was even more cause for pessimism , suggesting that the UKAEA should brace itself for major cutbacks including site closures . |
| 6 | Europe braces itself for third year of drought |