Which preposition to use with trainings

of Occurrences 428%

It is the problem of the training of better bosses; the education of men and women in social control; their enlightenment, from childhood up, in civic duties, in national affairs, and the conduct of civil power.

in Occurrences 273%

Mercy is the requiring of obedience to law; it is not a cajoling training in law-defiance, which shall one day break the mother's heart and upset the social relations of the world.

for Occurrences 195%

We hadn't the training for it.

at Occurrences 37%

Strangers would naturally think that you had no training at home.

as Occurrences 31%

Perhaps it is my training as a lawyer, or perhaps I am simply narrow, but crime, however brilliantly carried out, seems to me a sordid and unlovely thing.

to Occurrences 22%

Unger thinks I'm crazy when I try to get him interested, but I" "I got ninety in manual training to-day, pop.

on Occurrences 15%

Any schoolboy can refer the preference of Light to Fruit in the Novum Organum, half of Comus and Lycidas, the stately periods of the Decline and Fall, and the severe beauties of Laodamia, to the better influences of academic training on the minds of their authors.

from Occurrences 12%

To-day, he must gain much of his training from the great life of the worldlearn how to meet men and occasions, and be prepared to deal with modern forces and energies with courage, knowledge, and decision.

under Occurrences 11%

It was understood that the Canadian troops would land in the south of England and march through London to training quarters at Aldershot and Salisbury Plains, the infantry going to Aldershot and the artillery to Salisbury Plains, for several weeks' training under active service conditions before going to the firing line.

by Occurrences 11%

He's a country preacher, helped in his training by the Rural Department of the Home Missions Board, and his people come in crowds to his preaching.

with Occurrences 5%

But after seven months' hard training with nothing better than these makeshifts, "men were apt to get depressed.

before Occurrences 4%

The great June, July troop movement from the States was well under way, and, although these troops were to be given some preliminary training before being put into action, their very presence warranted the use of all the older divisions in the confidence that we did not lack reserves.

than Occurrences 3%

Desiring to have better training than what was then given to persons of color in Detroit, she went to Toronto where she studied English, history, drawing and needlework.

over Occurrences 3%

Whatever comes to methe training over herethe going to the trenchesthe fightingI shall be safe if only I can remember you.

without Occurrences 2%

Montgomery's chief difficulty was to find time for his training without any interference from the doctor.

along Occurrences 2%

You must not believe that Diana was really bad; her lifelong training along set lines and practical seclusion from the everyday world were largely responsible for her evil impulses.

like Occurrences 2%

A dozen of eggs, or a leg of mutton, are now conveyed from house to house with as much mystery, as a case of fire-arms, or a treasonable correspondence; the whole republic is in a sort of training like the Spartan youth; and we are obliged to have recourse to dexterity and intrigue to procure us a dinner.

up Occurrences 2%

Lord Bolingbroke (Works, iii. 347) in 1735 speaks of 'the little care that is taken in the training up our youth,' and adds, 'surely it is impossible to take less.'

into Occurrences 1%

But what has brought me and my training into discussion, this morning?" "It is natural for sisters to speak about their brother after so long" "Tell him nothing about it, Beulah," interrupted Maud.

behind Occurrences 1%

This was hard work during hot weather when our trench systems on a wide front had to be prepared against an active enemy, and men could ill be spared for the all-important task of training behind the front line.

between Occurrences 1%

It was of no use for Wilbur to explain to her that his new hero chose this humble avocation because it afforded him leisure for training between his fights; that he didn't drink or smoke, but kept himself in good condition; that it was a fine chance to learn how to box, because Spike needed sparring partners.

beyond Occurrences 1%

What is peculiarly remarkable in Edward's case is this: he had received no military training beyond that which was common to all high-born youths in that age.

during Occurrences 1%

There was no formal school for poetical training during the best period of Provençal lyric.

alike Occurrences 1%

For this opportunity he had lived, training alike his body and mind against its coming.

per Occurrences 1%

And officers arriving on leave at Victoria at 2 A.M. are driven to the conclusion that they are sent back to England from time to time to check their optimism, which at the front survives even being sent to so-called rest camps in the middle of a malodorous marsh for nine hours' military training per diem.

Which preposition to use with  trainings