Sentence examples for preparatory to a from inspiring English sources

The writer is leafing through a Gazetteer of Scotland preparatory to a trip to that country.

By Sylvia Townsend Warner The New Yorker, October 7 , 1967P. 140 The writer is leafing through a Gazetteer of Scotland preparatory to a trip to that country.

He warned of a "native fascist revival" and the potential "growth of a long-term Germany underground movement preparatory to a third attempt at world domination".

Petitioners' able and experienced counsel (now deceased) then asked, and was granted, permission to examine the witness Roth preparatory to a possible objection to those exhibits.

In the discovery process preparatory to a hearing by the Board, documents related to the development of the MoUs were subpoenaed, and both government and Stanford officials were deposed under oath.

He's spotted by Basil Hallward (Aaron Sillis), a predatory photographer whose moves are based on David Hemmings's in Antonioni's Blow-Up (although, mysteriously, he's not allowed a motordrive camera), and the two are soon stalking each other like cats preparatory to a bout of narcissistic, Stolichnaya-fuelled sex.

Now and then, you wonder if the movie itself might be a public-relations maneuver preparatory to an auction.

This is the reason why this research shows an overview on the evaluation of the q factor, preparatory to an analysis related to a spatial frame structure of built-up members made of FRPs (Fiber Reinforced Polymers) pultruded profiles, FRP gusset plates and steel bolts.

If the images are to be believed the kind of guys slapping it on are bestubbled boxers in Wayne Rooney-style beanie hats, guys who wear visors and helmets, possibly preparatory to an important moon mission or some welding, and chaps jumping off tenement fire escapes after, one supposes, a bracing bout of unarmed combat with a cadre of desperate gangsters.

This is preparatory to an exhortation to properly exercise both the soul and the body to recover or maintain physical and psychic well being.

At 1250 a squadron of the 11th Armoured Division reconnaissance regiment north of Cheux, was ordered to advance towards the Odon, preparatory to an attempt by the divisional armoured brigade to rush the bridges.