Example sentences of "preparing for the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since August 1991 he has been a key member of the Planning Team preparing for the European Summit Meeting at the Palace on 11 – 12 December 1992 and organising the subsequent reinstatement works . |
| 2 | ‘ The understanding of our history we achieved in preparing for the 70th anniversary of October is not something frozen and given once and for all . |
| 3 | For teenagers like Nick , preparing for the epic journey seemed simple enough . |
| 4 | 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 . ’ |
| 5 | Members of the community association worked very hard preparing for the annual village show . |
| 6 | Preparing for the annual concert — Alton College music students , from the left , Kate Gordon , Paul McCormick , Tom Noot and Emily Byrde . |
| 7 | Still held in the circle of his arms , Shae unconsciously squared her shoulders , preparing for the impossible challenge . |
| 8 | Normally ( see Fig. 3.2 ) cortisol is secreted mainly around the time of waking and this seems to be part of dealing with the ‘ stress ’ of waking up and preparing for the new day . |
| 9 | PREPARING FOR THE NEW SEASON |
| 10 | QUEEN 'S ladies ' hockey team is preparing for the new season and looking for fresh talent . |
| 11 | An RAF base and a military hospital are preparing for the possible arrival of a flight carrying children wounded in the fighting in Sarajevo . |
| 12 | WITH just the smallest of the 23 starters in the Whitbread Round the World Race , the 51-foot La Poste , due last into Punta del Este , Uruguay , at midnight tonight , crews are preparing for the second leg , writes Stuart Alexander . |
| 13 | The world champions , having wiped Ireland off their pitch , today settle down in Swansea preparing for the second leg of their tour which culminates in the 16th international between the nations at Cardiff Arms Park on November 21 . |
| 14 | Recently , Moore had been commentating for London-based Capital Radio at football matches , as well as working as a partner in a sports marketing company , preparing for the 1994 World Cup . |
| 15 | In Scotland , the assessors , in discussions with the Inland Revenue valuation office in Scotland , have been preparing for the actual task of valuation , which will get under way shortly . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | MAS will , however , advise and assist you in preparing for the initial meeting . |
| 18 | In preparing for the forthcoming session , we will be emphasising the importance of planning even more . |
| 19 | But with the approaching academic year our thoughts must turn to preparing for the forthcoming term . |
| 20 | ‘ At the moment I 'm just concerned with preparing for the Lithuanian game . |
| 21 | preparing for the next recession . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | By 1934 the Labour Party was Preparing for the next election and the delegates at Southport resisted the attempts of the Socialist League to change the programme For Socialism and Peace into a radical appeal for a rapid transformation to socialism . |
| 24 | ‘ At the moment I 've no thoughts at all about preparing for the next World Cup ’ , said Best . |
| 25 | These men and women had spent two weeks preparing for the big occasion , many taking unpaid leave from work . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | They poured in to watch Will Carling and his men preparing for the big match … in Cardiff its England against Wales … at Gloucester they were only warming up … |
| 28 | He arrives in Massillon , Ohio , to discover the entire town of 30,000 people preparing for the big football game the next day . |
| 29 | Since morning he had been in and out of the kitchen where Maggie and Mona were cleaning and tidying and preparing for the big meal . |
| 30 | Dundee club coach Stewart Harris , the Teamsport co-ordinator for basketball , is taking over from Lawrence Randak as coach to the student side who are preparing for the British Universities group tournament in Bath next week . |