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

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1 The Inland Revenue is valuing thousands of homes to prepare for the council tax … due to replace the controversial poll tax in 1993 .
2 In 1891 she moved to Ambleside and started the House of Education to prepare for the teaching and care of children .
3 Well aware of the undertaking he added ‘ The day before I went for a load of beers to prepare for the ordeal . ’
4 If there is a danger that we have fallen into the trap of vocationalising education let me emphasise that we must actively encourage the development of intellectual curiosity and imagination by exploration in fields , however theoretically abstract — in science , maths , humanities , the arts or any sphere that captures students ' interests ; education has suffered as much from failure to excite interest in the world of ideas as failure to prepare for practicalities of daily living .
5 You would also be expected to for example to prepare for
6 She said it was important for people to prepare for their caring responsibilities by discussing needs of elderly parents among the family .
7 Talking of which , Neighbours ' twins Gillian and Gayle Blakeney ( pictured above , although which is which is anyone 's guess ) in Liverpool to prepare for this year 's Empire panto , Dick Whittington , say they hope to have a single cut by Christmas .
8 Identifying and making contacts in Europe to prepare for HCIMA 's changed role after 1992 .
9 He has surprised Becker by announcing that he will forgo the French Open next June in order to prepare for Wimbledon , the one major championship to have eluded him .
10 At the end of the first term of her third year , Robyn resigned from all her commitments in order to prepare for Finals .
11 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 .
12 The problem here is that , since one needs to be in place long before sunrise , in order to prepare for the shot , one can not walk directly to the site .
13 The problem here is that , since one needs to be in place long before sunrise , in order to prepare for the shot , one can not walk directly to the site .
14 A week later , the trial was told , MacIver had hired a car and followed the lorry to Inverness to prepare for the robbery .
15 An advance party is due to leave Ipswich Airport on Monday to prepare for the installation of X-ray equipment at a hospital in the city of Cluj .
16 Hostilities in Europe ended on May 8 , and soon after the Squadron was informed that it would be going to the Far East as part of the ‘ Tiger Force ’ , and on June 16 Sugar went with the rest of the unit to Metheringham to prepare for the move .
17 At this week 's meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Washington DC , scientists will report on efforts to prepare for such a mission .
18 THE only passenger on the jet , who died with three crew , had hitched a flight home to Israel to prepare for her wedding .
19 The son of a highly respected medical practitioner in the Sacred Heart parish in Leeds , he was educated by the Benedictines at Fort Augustus before proceeding to Ushaw to prepare for the priesthood .
20 Just a few more autographs and it 's off to France to prepare for 2 Grand Prix in a week ; at Magny Cours on Sunday , then Silverstone 7 days later .
21 SALLY Faber , wife of Westbury Tory MP David Faber , has gone back to school to prepare for her new job as a weather girl with the London News Network , the new London television service .
22 Border , who once said that the day Marsh and David Boon are out of the Australian side will be the day he goes as well , got back out on the ground soon enough , but he continued to fuel the fire by staying behind in Adelaide that evening while the rest of the team flew on to Perth to prepare for the fifth and final Test .
23 In the third week of May he went back to Plumford to prepare for the journey .
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