Sentence examples for not preparation for 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.

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.

But this is posturing, not preparation for an attack.

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.

"If they're up to 12 or one o'clock playing computer games, and coming to school exhausted, not interacting with other children, that's not good preparation for school, and not good preparation for life".

This was not good preparation for a professional career in sports where you can't escape working with the press.

"There was not enough preparation for this summit," an aide to Mr. Abbas said.