Sentence examples for there was preparation from inspiring English sources

"There was preparation of war, they wanted war, they invaded us, then they occupied our territories," he said.

It's easy for observers to condemn Philippine officials for the lack of preparation, but there was preparation.

"This group of players have already been through this sort of thing this season, with the Carling Cup semi-final and final, where there was preparation and planning needed.

"We believe that this was a planned event and that there was preparation involved," San Diego County Sheriff's Capt.

There was preparation for the construction of a new German metropolis of 300.000 inhabitants called Nordstern ("North Star") next to the Norwegian city of Trondheim.

"In the old days there were preparations that you could see," Kipteroi said.

In each case there is preparation for the afterlife.

Mr. Klein said that about three or four times a year there is preparation to abandon a ship, though actually abandoning it is rare.

Then there's preparation, which usually means research, meeting with the people that inhabit the culture you are making the film about, and understanding all the peripheral players in that world.

"We knew there were preparations for coups," Fırat told me.

Of course there were preparations for war in 2002 and they were low key.