Sentence examples for flurry of preparations from inspiring English sources
At City Hall, a flurry of preparations was under way.
Fear of the bird flu sweeping across Asia has played a major role in the government's flurry of preparations for a worldwide epidemic.
Pentagon officials pledged to get started by the end of March, and began a flurry of preparations that included hiring commission lawyers, fine-tuning procedures and even building a provisional courthouse at Guantánamo, officials said.
The flurry of preparations in advance of Monday's opening debate is misleading because the legislation appears to be precisely where it was last fall when Senator John McCain, an Arizona Republican, and his Democratic co-sponsor, Senator Russell D. Feingold of Wisconsin, could muster no more than 53 of the 60 votes needed to keep their measure from dying in a Republican-led filibuster.
There has been a flurry of preparation recently, including a visit by Chinese State Councilor Yang Jiechi to Secretary of State John F. Kerry's Boston home and a visit by Obama's chief of staff, John Podesta, and the State Department's top climate negotiator, Todd Stern, to Beijing.
There's a flurry of planning already under way.
And as he moved ahead with a flurry of last-minute preparations, a crane toppled and snapped on the East Side, killing at least four people and setting the city on edge.
The "flurry of reports about possible preparations for airstrikes" has also alarmed American citizens, including the group I meet with once a month to discuss political developments.
In a flurry of developments on swine flu preparations, the Obama Administration said vaccine delivery would begin in the first week of October and announced a plan to share vaccine with developing countries, but a study found that young children will likely need two shots for adequate protection.
Preparations have been under way for some time, with locals reporting a flurry of activity in and around the grounds.
