For other candidates, though, these early preparations reflect what could be a permanent change in the city's political culture.

To stand your ground against brothers and sisters is traditionally considered an early preparation for the realities of life.

They prompt you to remain alert and vigilant and provide people with time to make early preparations for potential flooding.

All early preparations used variations of the haloform reaction.

In acute care there will be pressure from rapid bed turnover, which emphasises the importance of early preparation for discharge.

Combining some earlier preparations with that problem for him gives me the best chance I have had yet.

There were also early preparations for a trip to India after the first of the year.

He is expected to resume coaching on December 1 in early preparations for the Rose Bowl.

Too bad the accompanying fries appeared reheated from much earlier preparation.

Mr. Forbes insisted that his early preparation would pay off.