Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [v-ing] for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This technique involves asking for the order in such a way that if the timing is premature the presentation can continue with the minimum of interruption . |
| 2 | DEC quit looking for an Alpha RISC second source when it became apparent foundries were n't willing to make the kind of investment needed without knowing whether the thing was really going to take off , says Electronic News . |
| 3 | A team of experts will visit India in April to assess implementation of the conditions , and the decision to continue funding for the project will then be reviewed . |
| 4 | In that case it was held that a journalist lacked standing for an order ( of mandamus ) that the chair of the justices should reveal the names of the magistrates who had heard a particular case , but that he did have standing for a declaration that a policy of not disclosing the names of justices who heard certain types of cases was contrary to the public interest and unlawful . |
| 5 | Where the engagement involves acting for a client in an acquisition search , steps should be taken to ensure that the client is a serious acquirer with specific acquisition criteria ( which MAS may help to develop and refine ) and that there is a reasonable likelihood that the firm can discover potential acquisition candidates . |
| 6 | That might sound a ludicrous attempt to escape paying for a colour TV licence , but he obviously thought it was worth a try . |
| 7 | Stall rentals had risen as much as 100% in six months from the beginning of I 979 and the administration began charging for a number of fictitious additional costs , such as repairs to electricity installations which were in theory covered by the municipal government . |
| 8 | Jeff started training for the marathon in October last year , and was running 50 miles a week when he suffered a hip injury . |
| 9 | Feeling fraudulent , but enjoying himself immensely , Branson went looking for an island . |
| 10 | The V8 engines are all interchangeable with each other and the V8 car engines , but the front timing covers need changing for a Range Rover/Land Rover type when fitting car engines as the fan is too low otherwise . |
| 11 | Thurso could not afford the £300 needed for the charter in 1876 when , hard on the heels of the Prince and Princess of Wales ' visit to ‘ The Exhibition ’ , the Town Council proposed applying for the honour . |
| 12 | Mrs Frost began working for the education authority in 1943 , carrying out secretarial work in the area office . |
| 13 | Working at home means working for an employer , usually on a piece-work basis . |
| 14 | First Edition MANILA ( Reuter ) — President Aquino , admitting that the death of Ferdinand Marcos had sparked a wave of sympathy for the late dictator , urged Filipinos to stop weeping for the man who had ‘ laughed all the way to the bank . ’ |
| 15 | That ended any sort of conversation and Maggie sat fuming for the rest of the journey , very glad that Felipe sat as silently . |
| 16 | Simon stood watching for a moment , then , adjusting the expression on his face , he walked down the wooden steps on to the beach . |
| 17 | The Andes is obviously a good place to go looking for an eruption of an andesite lava , but one would be extremely lucky to find one , because although there are numerous ‘ active ’ volcanoes along the Andean chain , andesite eruptions are really rather rare events compared to basaltic ones . |
| 18 | Everyone in the class started laughing and the teacher began searching for the culprit . |
| 19 | ‘ He gets a lot of stick about his mistakes but he 's very positive and has the confidence to keep coming for the ball . |
| 20 | One of the most obvious places to start looking for the existence or not of inequality between different social groups is the amount of income that people earn , since money is so important in our society . |
| 21 | The group started campaigning for a ban on traffic in October 1990 . |
| 22 | Burun stood watching for a moment and laughed . |
| 23 | Spearheaded by the OOA ( Organization for Information about Nuclear Power ) , 800,000 newspapers were distributed and 170,000 petition signatures collected calling for a postponement of the decision . |
| 24 | ‘ Knox goes looking for a fight , but Steve likes it that way . |
| 25 | But he was n't killed in action , he was shot by the British after being caught red handed spying FOR the Japanese . |
| 26 | Yesterday , Lord Ross , the Lord Justice-Clerk , sitting with Lords McCluskey and Morison , was told that the hearing had been cancelled because the licensing authority now conceded that there had not been enough evidence to justify applying for the warrant . |
| 27 | Importantly , it also gave Simon Draper a chance to start planning for the future . |
| 28 | Would it be worth your while to consider sending for the chairman not only of the 1922 committee but also of the parliamentary Labour party so that the leaders of the respective parties in Parliament can discuss with you the conduct last night ? |
| 29 | The Arab states stepped up their pressure on the Soviet Union to halt emigration in late February after reports appeared in the Israeli press alleging that a high-ranking absorption official had told a committee on immigration to start preparing for the arrival of 230,000 Soviet Jews in 1990 , a massive increase on earlier estimates . |
| 30 | Her paws kept reaching for the ground , but it was not there . |