Example sentences of "in preparation for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Everything that can be done in preparation for the survey should therefore be done ; there is precious little that can be done afterwards without distorting the accuracy of the survey . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | The conference , due to last 40 days , was expected to make fundamental decisions about a new constitution in preparation for the country 's first multiparty elections , scheduled for 1992 . |
| 6 | The UK 's growing stockpile of plutonium is being stored in preparation for the development of a commercial fast breeder which is unlikely to take place until well into the next century , if at all . |
| 7 | The various business that will make up Zeneca , the new company being created out of the biosciences activities of Britain 's Imperial Chemical Industries ( ICI ) , spent £457 million ( US $640 ) on research and development last year , according to figures released last week in preparation for the company 's stock market launch in June . |
| 8 | The ticket office , which has been branded an eyesore , was opened as a temporary measure over a year ago in preparation for the station 's £1m refurbishment . |
| 9 | In preparation for the currency reform , the old dinar had been devalued on Dec. 19 from DM 1.00=53,733 dinars to DM1.00=70,000 dinars . |
| 10 | Tony Martin , a whale specialist from the Government 's Sea Mammal Research Unit in Cambridge , will arrive in Orkney today in preparation for the whale drive through the Sound of Hoxa . |
| 11 | The Court of Appeal held , however , that there was no partnership in existence , since no business was being carried on by the defendant and X ; on the contrary , the goods had been ordered in preparation for the formation of a company , and such transactions could not be considered as ‘ carrying on a business ’ . |
| 12 | In preparation for the Freedom space station , an array of experiments were performed in Space Lab , the laboratory module carried in the shuttle 's cargo bay , on two fish , four frogs , 180 hornets , 7,600 flies and 30 fertilized chicken eggs . |
| 13 | Safety work has begun in preparation for the demolition of one of Swindon 's most controversial buildings . |
| 14 | This System Description has been prepared to assist the staff who will control and use the computer system during the period in which the text of the New OED is edited in preparation for the publication of the integrated , paper edition . |
| 15 | Paintings are expected to come off the walls in preparation for the tour after 1 January 1993 . |
| 16 | The students compete in the British Universities championships from Monday to Wednesday then Jenny will don her coach 's cap to take the British Select for a training session in preparation for the tour of Barbados . |
| 17 | The Holland Sweetener Company ( HSC ) has announced new investment and market strategies in preparation for the expiry of its rival NutraSweet 's aspartame patent in the US . |
| 18 | A point to note about technique is that when you actually go round the mark in strong winds the daggerboard should be retracted first then the mast track moved back in preparation for the reach . |
| 19 | There are three day schools at Liverpool Museum on November 14 , December 5 and January 16 in preparation for the link up next March . |
| 20 | Despite continuing reservations concerning " character " issues — throughout the campaign Clinton had been assailed over various aspects of his private life and judgment — there was evidence throughout April that many senior Democrats had accepted the inevitability of his nomination and had begun closing ranks around him in preparation for the campaign against Bush . |
| 21 | 1 Help the patient to wash and dress in preparation for the journey . |
| 22 | The most prominent of the dayis were captured and beheaded , their heads being sent to the sultan ( except for one which was carried away by the Danube whilst being washed by a gypsy in preparation for the journey to Istanbul ) . |
| 23 | I also spoke at various military and RAF centres to tell men in preparation for the invasion of Burma , about the people of the country . |
| 24 | When the Chinese made their first attempt , in preparation for the invasion of Indo-China , to bring the various Vietnamese factions together and create a Vietnamese Revolutionary League ( abbreviated to Dong Minh Hoi ) members of the ICP were specifically excluded . |
| 25 | They were given intensive military training on Hainan island prior to going to Thailand in preparation for the invasion of Burma which was at an advanced planning stage . |
| 26 | In what follows an attempt will be made to set down the main features of polymer viscoelasticity to enable the connections between the phenomenological and the molecular to be stated , where they are known , in preparation for the discussion in Chap . |
| 27 | In what follows an attempt will be made to set down the main features of polymer viscoelasticity to enable the connections between the phenomenological and the molecular to be states , where they are known , in preparation for the discussion in Chap . |
| 28 | Pyramid Research , a Boston-based consultancy , reports that western companies hope to use joint ventures in Eastern Europe to strengthen trading ties with Russia in preparation for the day when Cocom relaxes its controls . |
| 29 | Ephesians 4:30 tells us that the Spirit seals us in preparation for the day of redemption : the ‘ already ’ and the ‘ not yet ’ are united in that phrase To speak of a ‘ firstfruits ’ inevitably takes one 's eyes to the ‘ not yet ’ ( and this is made explicit in Romans 8:23 ) . |
| 30 | I am concerned about the contents of , lack of objectivity of and lack of thoroughness in the study that was carried out by the Environmental Advisory Unit of Liverpool University Ltd. for the Government and the promoters of the Bill , Cardiff Bay development corporation , when there was still a private Bill , in preparation for the Government 's hybrid Bill , which was laid before the House on Tuesday . |