Sentence examples for unprepared before from inspiring English sources

He said his father had jumped into the race unprepared, before he was "fully briefed" on national issues.

Mr. Abdnor, a stocky, rough-hewed man who looked uncomfortable and sometimes unprepared before crowds, also tried to turn his speaking difficulties and dirt-farmer manner into assets.

Philip Bujak, chief executive of the Montessori Schools Association, said he went to the DfE to offer to help Discovery, which he said was thought to be ill-equipped and unprepared, before the school had even opened.

The union representing most of Con Edison's workers, Local 1-2 of the Utility Workers Union of America, has argued that reductions in the size of Con Edison's work force left it unprepared before and after Hurricane Sandy struck at the end of October.

I didn't feel entirely unprepared before coming to uni about the challenges ahead, [mostly] because my schoolteachers convinced me not to apply to Cambridge because "they weren't looking for students who were like me".

I didn't feel entirely unprepared before coming to college about the challenges ahead, [mostly] because my school teachers convinced me not to apply to Cambridge because "they weren't looking for students who were like me".

Underlings recall his proclivity for cursing at unprepared executives and, before surgery repaired his ears damaged by childhood scarlet fever, rapping his bulky hearing aid on conference tables to shush long-winded presenters.

Not having had a sniff of it before, they were unprepared for office and often naive, especially about the Tories.

As if to foreshadow the Blitzkrieg 26 years later, the German army swept through Belgium and northeastern France, devastating the unprepared French and British before the lines hardened and the trenches were dug.

I was completely unprepared for what was before me, and unprepared for the appearance of calmness from those around me. Being the youngest in the group made me intensely aware of my inexperience and lack of knowledge.

It took three months to confirm the outbreak because Guinea, having never had a case before, was totally unprepared.