Sentence examples for a general preparing from inspiring English sources

"Everything is a strategy, like a general preparing for war".

With Netflix now dropping a new show every five picoseconds, I've become tactical as a general preparing for battle when selecting content deserving of my precious time.

But he added that he had not received any assurances from the deputy attorney general preparing the state's case, James Gerrow, or from the defense lawyers, Robert Galantucci and Jack Arseneault.

His roots in standup are in evidence in his self-deprecating humour, but he also plays mischievously with the pretences of theatre as he explores the uses and misuses of deception and reminds us that you should never believe everything you are told, whether you're talking to an anti-arms campaigner or an Indonesian general prepared to admit to just "a little bit of torture".

Banga's friends say that the brothers' upbringing in a Sikh family with an army background (their father is a retired lieutenant general) prepared them well.

You should have added that the C.I.A.'s Office of the Inspector General prepared such an authoritative report after 9/11 that has never been fully released to the public, and that President Obama's failure to appoint a statutory inspector general virtually ensures that such a report will not be prepared this time.

In the face of these changes, labor's continued focus on collective bargaining is a little like the proverbial French generals preparing for the last war.

For a long time the trade debate has sounded like generals preparing for the last war.

The age of the child will determine how much to provide, but as a general guideline, prepare the solution as directed on the product label and give the child a spoonful or sip every few minutes.

The role of a U.N. secretary-general prepared to take initiatives under Article 99 of the Charter, even when such initiatives may not be guaranteed of success, but where challenges to the provisions of the Charter make global leadership necessary.

Khartoum is sending trained troops south to link up across the Nile as Machar and his generals prepare for a big offensive ahead of the rainy season.