Sentence examples for been braced for from inspiring English sources

Investors had been braced for more sluggish growth.

Investors had been braced for Dubai World to default on the $4.1bn sukuk.

Most of the big companies had been braced for a cut.

Mr. Arafat's guards said they had been braced for an onslaught tonight, not an announcement.

Retail experts had been braced for bad news on sales and Sainsbury's confirmed those fears.

From the prime minister downwards, Tories have long been braced for coming third in that contest.

Although Israel had been braced for violent protests, the clashes on its borders were largely unexpected.

The cuts are not out of the blue and organisations had been braced for the news.

But Mr. Klein said that the situation was far better than what principals had been braced for.

Washington has been bracing for a fiscal clash for months.

Analysts had been bracing for a decline.