Example sentences of "in [noun sg] for the opening " in BNC.

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1 Amphibious raiding along the Channel coast and elsewhere became a coordinated intelligence gathering operation in preparation for the opening of a Second Front by the invasion of Europe , plans for which entailed amphibious training for large armies , pre-empting men and equipment from possible large raids .
2 AGE Concern Cleveland is building up a stock of nearly new clothing in preparation for the opening of its RAGS centre in Linthorpe Road , Middlesbrough on June 15 .
3 Durham County Council has been erecting safety fencing on the bridge in preparation for the opening of the link on the Teesdale Way but work was not complete .
4 In the short term this did result in a reduction in capacity , leading many observers to criticise BR for short-sightedness in view of the need to attract new traffic in readiness for the opening of the Channel Tunnel , but during 1988 the Dover-Dunkerque service received a boost when Railfreight Distribution commissioned a new high-capacity ferry , the Nord — Pas de Calais , to cater both for individual wagonload consignments and for trainload traffic on this route .
5 Expansion continued , with the famous Victoria Hotel added in 1862 but it was the intention of the MS & L to reach London with its own line and in 1897 the name Great Central was adopted in time for the opening of the main line to Marylebone in April 1899 .
6 The largely vertical tears , ranging from 20 to 60 cm in length , were successfully repaired in time for the opening of the exhibition .
7 That meeting ordered a new working group to try to reconcile the plan with the more cautious programme of Prime Minister Nikolai Ryzhkov in time for the opening of a crucial debate in the USSR Supreme Soviet on Sept. 10 .
8 The urgency to complete it was put down to US pressure to achieve a result in time for the opening of the Republican Party convention on Aug. 17 , apparently in an attempt to boost the troubled election campaign of President George Bush by convincing the US electorate that his skills in the foreign policy field had domestic benefits .
9 It aims to produce an internationally-binding treaty on steps to limit climate change , with a view to having an agreement in place in time for the opening of the major UN conference on environment and development in Brazil in June 1992 .
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