Example sentences of "[noun] to prepare for [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Down below , some fishermen are working on their boat to prepare for sea .
2 ‘ We do not see how the department could describe the full implications of the new system of funding community care as being either foreseeable or insignificant ’ , it says , calling on the DoH to prepare for contingency spending .
3 Mr Scargill urged the miners to prepare for battle : they must stand firm over their wage claim .
4 Their discussion of preparation for work recognises that in the economic conditions of the early 1980s ( which were evident in 1977 ) , there is a need to prepare for unemployment .
5 Richard Darman , the OMB Director , informed his Cabinet colleagues on Aug. 7 that he had ordered the appropriate federal agencies to prepare for sequestration from Oct. 1 .
6 It was agreed that the SAS would carry out a series of raids on these airfields in early July , leaving only a week to prepare for departure .
7 All the more dispirited as they entered Blue Horizons , they discovered that somehow Joe 's dabs , bought with enthusiasm this morning to prepare for luncheon , failed to seem so attractive .
8 Now an acting sergeant , he had a platoon of forty men to prepare for battle , all of whom still came under the overall command of Captain Trentham , who had n't been seen since the day Tommy had been released .
9 She got up angrily and went through to her bedroom and bathroom to prepare for bed .
10 For research to become a learning resource , lists of suggested reading in preparation for modules of experience should contain reference to relevant nursing research , in order to prepare for discussion in class .
11 some authorities will have set aside some growth money to prepare for autumn shortages .
12 Most refugees have little time to prepare for life in a new country .
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