Sentence examples for there were preparations from inspiring English sources

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

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

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

There were preparations, too, to welcome Mr. Barak and Mr. Arafat and their teams of negotiators, limited to about 12 on each side.

I thought about begging off, telling him that I had important work to do, that Mae Horvitz had died and there were preparations to be made.

Then there are preparations for the other kinds of disasters — like crime — that can befall collectors.

There are preparations that, while theoretically familiar to anyone with a smattering of training in classic French cuisine, have been tweaked and pushed well beyond the limits of rote.

Therefore, any general treatment has not been elaborated yet, although there are preparations that help in keeping the eye in moistness.

In each case there is preparation for the afterlife.

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

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