Sentence examples for and making preparations from inspiring English sources

After spending $10 billion and making preparations for 16 years, scientists hope to start the world's biggest physics experiment next Tuesday.

The cause of the crash, which killed all 88 aboard, is less clear, however, since investigators have determined from the flight data recorder, also recovered from the ocean, that after the stabilizer flipped to a full nose-down position, the crew regained control and flew on, experimenting with lowering the flaps and making preparations for landing.

From Keith Bradsher in Hong Kong: While it looks like the chance of a departure of Greece from the euro zone is now remote, given the election results, among those that had contingency plans were Chinese government officials, which have had teams of civil servants and executives at state-owned banks conducting analyses and making preparations.

The group, the document says, is now "adapting to the changing conflict, and making preparations for a post-Assad future".

Health-related companies and their employees gave Baucus's political committees nearly $1.5 million in 2007 and 2008, when he began holding hearings and making preparations for this year's reform debate".

Engineers also played a valuable role in the Peninsula, such as the building of the Lines of Torres Vedras – a defensive line of forts built to protect Lisbon  – and making preparations for any sieges throughout the war.

They are familiar with Mosul, they have dug tunnels and made preparations for over two years.

Both expedition teams arrived in Antarctica in January 1911 and made preparations for their year's journey.

Mr Matsui predicted that the securities industry would face similar changes and made preparations accordingly.

Afghan and British troops were dispatched to the scene early on Friday morning and made preparations to secure the compound.

We had to both confront the recession and make preparations for the volatility in the price of gold and platinum".