1.   Many delicatessen foods should be eaten and appreciated just as they are, requiring no elaborate preparation or cooking.

2.   They made elaborate preparations for his visit.

3.   Although it may not have been necessary, there were elaborate preparations to get the crowd warmed up for Clinton and the president.

4.   -- Homemakers and breadwinners who have exhausted themselves in making elaborate preparations for the holidays.

5.   Clearly, this elaborate preparation was not everyday food.

6.   Davis said elaborate preparations were made for the meeting in a ritzy north Phoenix restaurant.

7.   I wonder, is all of this elaborate preparation a result of age and wisdom or is it fear and anxiety brought on by witnessing one too many tragedies?

8.   In an East Harlem tenement apartment, two young boys coax their mother into repeating a cherished family ritual, a game of Scrabble that requires elaborate preparation.

9.   In effect it was clear that any lifting of the embargo would only come as a last resort, after several months and elaborate preparations.

10.   In another routine, he would seat himself at the piano and after elaborate preparation and many false starts never get around to playing the instrument.