Example sentences of "[v-ing] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Medium-sized local radio stations in cities could find themselves competing for revenue with the newcomer , it added . |
| 32 | They are in the heat of battle , in the ‘ arena ’ , competing for office , participating in feuds , factions and coalitions . |
| 33 | The independent republics do not , for the most part , have firmly established systems of parties competing for office . |
| 34 | The Buid and Semai examples should also serve as a caution against theories about violence and aggression which treat them as typically involving a contest between two balanced opponents competing for access to a scarce resource . |
| 35 | Of course , in er mammals wha you could say what was happening in mammals is that males are competing for access to uteruses . |
| 36 | They 're competing for access to male pouches , what mammalian males are doing is competing for access to female uteruses because it 's only in a female uterus that an offspring can develop if you 're a mammal . |
| 37 | They 're competing for access to male pouches , what mammalian males are doing is competing for access to female uteruses because it 's only in a female uterus that an offspring can develop if you 're a mammal . |
| 38 | So we grew up always competing for attention , no matter what that attention was going to be . ’ |
| 39 | Leyhill prison on the Gloucestershire Avon border is as far from the popular conception of a jail as you can get.Modern buildings cluster around borders boasting blooms that many public parks would be hard pressed to match.Leyhill is an open prison … the last port of call for inmates nearing the end of their sentences.A hundred prisoners work on the nearly forty acres of lawns , borders and market gardens.Their skills won them a silver medal at Chelsea for this display of garden design.And at Leyhill , they 've created a spectacular show … with drifts of brightly coloured pelargoniums competing for attention with giant cannas … and a fine show of roses.New borders are being created all the time … giving the prisoners an opportunity to express themselves and learn techniques that could help them go straight when they 're released : |
| 40 | The new game of competing for world market shares alters the order of importance of the functions of the state . |
| 41 | By the early-Eighties though , Adidas and Umbro were competing for business and in the process developing ever more complex designs . |
| 42 | It is not obvious how this can be guaranteed by bureaus competing for business in quasi-market conditions . |
| 43 | 30 years on , Hay is justifiably known as ’ The Town of Books , ’ with 25 bookshops competing for business from one million visitors a year . |
| 44 | There had been fears that the entry of SeaCat into the cross-Channel route would mean more companies competing for business in a static market . |
| 45 | From there they sailed to America , their ships competing for trade with those from Bristol and Liverpool ( see map C ( ii ) on page 37 ) . |
| 46 | 12 Women Organizing for Change |
| 47 | I hope that the paper will contribute to the debate about the nature and form of organizing for health in other countries . |
| 48 | Why , he asked , should not telephone engineers when canvassing for telephone business also canvas for Electrophone subscribers , when they would be remunerated by a commission from the Electrophone Company ? |
| 49 | That does not mean , however , that legal challenge is unimportant as part of a broader political strategy canvassing for change , only that the indirect effects of test cases may be more significant than any direct changes in the law brought about by them . |
| 50 | On his Saturday evening visit , while he was canvassing for Communion , I had to tell him that I was n't confirmed . |
| 51 | This group of people was recognised by the meeting in Tokyo over a year ago , and this is an issue that many people — both my friends and strangers that I come across in collecting or canvassing for Amnesty — ask me about . |
| 52 | I mean in says in twenty-eight that , that the quality co-ordinator 's responsible for maintaining for example , master lists of procedures , so . |
| 53 | When she arrived in England in 1568 she claimed to be seeking the protection of her cousin Elizabeth , but at the same time began scheming for support in her claims to both thrones , having earlier told a priest that she ‘ trusted to find many friends when time did serve , especially among those of the old religion ’ . |
| 54 | ‘ When he told me he was panning for gold , I simply did n't believe it . |
| 55 | This is a sarcastic little L A story about ageing , made for two female stars on the other side of 40 who examine their crow 's feet and cellulite like a pair of prospectors panning for gold . |
| 56 | A weekend 's sport in California no longer requires a surfboard : panning for gold is now the sport of choice . |
| 57 | For years this was carried out by the " vanners " ; men effecting a separation on special vanning shovels using a method perhaps best described as somewhat akin to panning for gold . |
| 58 | I conceive that the promise would not be binding for want of a previous request by the testator . |
| 59 | A letter has been received from the manager apologising for inconvenience caused by the skip and building equipment but stated that the completion date for the work is early October . |
| 60 | ‘ The stewardess thought he was weeping for happiness at being free . |