Example sentences of "[adj] preparation for " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a classic experiment reported in 1964 , John Wing and his colleagues showed that long-stay schizophrenic patients given advance preparation for placements in an industrial rehabilitation unit were less likely to suffer a relapse than those who were unprepared . |
| 2 | A main reason for this is that preparation for housewifery is intermingled with socialization for the feminine gender role in the wider sense . |
| 3 | Unlike occupational SVQs , general SVQs are intended to provide a broad preparation for employment in a range of occupations . |
| 4 | Although the farmer expected his wife to cope , in many cases she had little preparation for the job . |
| 5 | A working party set up in 1966 by the Yorkshire Council of Social Services to study regional preparation for retirement ( Yorkshire Council of Social Services 1966 ) reported an encouraging level of interest on the part of larger industrial enterprises , but a relative lack of concern in the retail trade , commerce , and smaller industrial units . |
| 6 | It is intended both for those who want to do practical or legal work for human rights organizations , and for those who would find it an outstanding preparation for research degrees in Law , Philosophy and Politics . |
| 7 | All this damn preparation for nothing . |
| 8 | So far , the personnel mentioned in relation to ward teaching are those with little or no specific preparation for it . |
| 9 | The tutor and the clinical teacher , on the other hand , have had specific preparation for teaching , and therefore have a well-defined part to play in ward teaching . |
| 10 | The master embalmer had seven bodies laid out in various stages of the seventy-day preparation for eternity , and the open-ended hall where he worked was crowded . |
| 11 | All the players were guests of the Hotel , and practise courts were made available to enable them to have the best possible preparation for the finals . |
| 12 | On Aug. 27 the High Council of the Republic ( HCR — the transitional legislature ) adopted a series of measures which extended to Dec. 31 the period of transition to democracy , due to end on Aug. 28 , ostensibly to allow further preparation for the constitutional referendum as well as for municipal , legislative and presidential elections . |
| 13 | 82% of the respondents thought that cultural preparation for working overseas was necessary and important and 54% stated that the preparation they received was adequate , while 36% thought it was inadequate . |
| 14 | General courses have so far been defined in mainly negative terms , as ones which are neither geared to a specific external profession or occupation nor provide a specialized preparation for postgraduate research and , implicitly , an academic career . |
| 15 | It is a defensible pattern in what might be called ‘ low-theory ’ fields , where people can learn to practise in some way and with some success without any theoretical preparation for what they are doing , although they may have had some relevant training at a lower level . |
| 16 | They had neither made adequate preparation for the Single European Market nor allowed for proper funding for the Channel tunnel . |
| 17 | It was an enchanting and heady experience , and one which could hardly be other than irresistible : a delightful upbringing for the future queen consort of France , but not one which at first sight looks like adequate preparation for the future queen regnant of Scotland . |
| 18 | Jimmy Carter 's limited experience in politics had not given him adequate preparation for the demands of the White House . |
| 19 | If she was an innocent abroad , her parents considered that a life cocooned in an all-girls school was hardly adequate preparation for the bright lights of the big city . |
| 20 | Grants totalling £150,000 over three years are being made to voluntary organisations for projects aimed at dissuading young Scots from drifting to London without making adequate preparation for housing and employment , assisting those in London who want to return to Scotland and supporting the young homeless in Scottish cities . |
| 21 | A sodium phosphate enema is usually adequate preparation for rectosigmoid lesions ; more proximal lesions required rectal washout or occasionally full bowel preparation . |
| 22 | Grosskurth suggests such a policy should include not only housing provision , but an adequate preparation for coping with independent living after years of dependent living in institutions . |
| 23 | Burnett 's favourite preparation for the treatment of uterine tumours was Aurum Muriaticum Natronatum so not having the LMI gave her the 6C potency in a 10ml dropper and within 3 days she was relieved of the discomfort on walking and standing which it seems reasonable to assume is due to the fibroid shrinking . |
| 24 | But England has not done well in test matches lately — partly , the experts say , because neither one-day nor three-day games are a proper preparation for five-day tests . |
| 25 | It was not direct preparation for production that the schools should be providing but image building . |
| 26 | Careful preparation for the meeting is particularly vital . |
| 27 | Julie required minimal preparation for surgery . |
| 28 | A complete task description is impossible and the appropriate preparation for the operator is not in direct training but rather in education/understanding of the system and the way it operates . |
| 29 | In addition it provides an appropriate preparation for the Membership of the Royal College of Psychiatrists . |
| 30 | It did not take me long to wish that we Christians might have a similar preparation for confirmation and acceptance as a full worshipping and working member of the Church . |