Sentence examples for not preparation from inspiring English sources

The proposed deployment was described as a message to Tehran not to take provocative steps, and was not preparation for an attack.

I believed I was prepared to head a class, but a strong academic background and years in an office are not preparation for teaching, and the board's apparent strategy of balancing new hires' enthusiasm against their inexperience is ineffective.

First, the government's priority is response and not preparation and mitigation.

Assistant coach Paul Collingwood says England must focus on victory in the Twenty20 series in the West Indies not preparation for the ICC World T20.

This elucidates the kind of education Astell promotes: it is not preparation for a career as a doctor, lawyer, curate, or scientist, nor is it the precursor to what we today call a "liberal education"; instead it is an education that teaches women how to cultivate intellectual enjoyment and perfection, and ultimately generosity and virtue.

If an aphorism comes from a successful fifteen-year man with an apologetic disclaimer, you know you are beyond typical John Dewey quote territory ("Education is not preparation for life, it is life itself!") In my second year of teaching high school English, I was sitting around a department meeting, just sort of cruising on idealism and trying to soak up any good ideas that might be raised.

Isn't preparation supposed to be his strong point?

This wasn't a working band, and the job wasn't preparation for a CD.

"The problem was, there wasn't preparation for tackling these kinds of numbers," says Alessandra Turri, of Save the Children Italy.

The issue isn't preparation, he says; it's social capital, the culture of science rather than the content.

It's not ideal preparation.