21.   Pipeline operators have made careful preparations for natural disasters like hurricanes and earthquakes but have not paid the same amount of attention to floods, the NTSB said.

22.   Rooting out international terrorism from its Afghan sanctuaries, however, will require considerable time and careful preparation.

23.   Since Teller is the more vulnerable to injury, his careful preparation makes a great deal of sense.

24.   Smithwick then concluded that the key to attracting quality retailers downtown was to attract Nordstrom, which he proceeded to do through careful preparation and sheer force of will.

25.   Such a plan required careful preparation.

26.   The phrase is used because it struck the reporter to have been a statement that demanded careful preparation.

27.   The zest, attack and fineness of the playing suggested careful preparation and pointed up where the qualities of the piece lie.

28.   Walkup said careful preparation was the key to his success, as well as a sincere belief in the correctness of his cause.

29.   Careful preparation kept Hammell alive through numerous hurricanes and storms at sea.

30.   He said careful preparations must be made.