A great deal of preparatory work will be required first.
But you need to do your share of preparatory work.
He has never been in the habit of preparatory drawing.
Everyone got a bit dressed up, and then launched into an impressive bout of preparatory drinking.
But after years of preparatory work by the O.E.C.D., there's no doubt that things are moving.
Vermeer had no manic fits of creativity, left no piles of preparatory sketches.
By the time we're mid-ocean, a kind of preparatory freeze has set in.
These preludes have the feel of preparatory meditations before Ms. Reeves plunges into fresh musical territory.
Annotating the Genome Biologists face years of preparatory work in understanding the various levels of the genome's operation.
They make diplomas for Princeton, Steven's Tech., Hunter, Middlebury, and St. Lawrence, and for dozens of preparatory schools, including Exeter.
Union officials said the picketing on Monday would coincide with the beginning of preparatory construction work for the convention.
