Sentence examples for elaborate preparations from inspiring English sources

Not that my elaborate preparations were necessary.

Until recently, though, its elaborate preparations were undertaken only to mark some special occasion.

But, after all the elaborate preparations, the payoff is rather meagre.

THE 18th-century Chinese emperor Qianlong made elaborate preparations for retirement.

The French are accustomed to sporadic labor protests, and many had made elaborate preparations for this strike.

That is a big improvement, but Japanese automakers sometimes change models in a day by making even more elaborate preparations.

Mac Duff is noted for his dedication to the job and for his elaborate preparation.

By that I mean all my previous work now seems to have been an elaborate preparation for it".

And his specters tend to pop up without warning or elaborate preparation, as they will in guilty consciences.

Björk's working methods, which combine elaborate preparation with last-minute improvisation, perhaps reflect this divided upbringing.

Perhaps the most elaborate preparation for Alcindor — some called it a publicity stunt — occurred at Washington State in 1967.