Example sentences of "[noun] [is] [v-ing] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The second storyline is going for the wider market , and some might argue , a little too near-the-knuckle for such an early evening show . |
| 2 | BILL CLINTON has given a chilling warning that Britain 's cosy relationship with the United States is heading for the big freeze when he takes over the White House . |
| 3 | Universal Pictures is hoping for the second lowest rating , PG parental guidance . |
| 4 | QUEEN 'S ladies ' hockey team is preparing for the new season and looking for fresh talent . |
| 5 | Now the town is going for the big one , but to get the title Entente Florale , it needs to beat off competition from seven other nations . |
| 6 | In LBC 's case , for example , the LBC Crown FM is going for the upmarket listener , while the medium wave service , London Talkback Radio , is pitching for the tabloid market and the dedicated followers of phone-ins . |
| 7 | The progress person should be aware when the creative team is dragging its feet or the account group is asking for the impossible . |
| 8 | A N Wilson is settling for the Royal Family . |
| 9 | This time an overseas crew from South Africa is competing for the first time . |
| 10 | Almost everyone concerned with education is looking for the right direction to go , and there is much talk of leadership . |
| 11 | ‘ This genuine shortage is occurring for the first time ever . |
| 12 | Now it 's bucking the national trend … with crime elsewhere on the increase , Penhill 's changing for the better . |
| 13 | Because industrial growth has been so fast there is virtually full employment , with a particular shortage of staff at the clerical/secretarial level , since the new generation of university-educated Singaporeans is aiming for the higher paid jobs . |
| 14 | But trouble is brewing for the present Lord Mayor . |
| 15 | Export sales manager is heading for the Far East shortly to expand the business into other countries , working with Courtaulds interests in Singapore and Hong Kong . |
| 16 | Greenpeace is pushing for the four — Hinkley Point A , Sizewell A , Dungeness A and Bradwell — to be shut immediately . |
| 17 | In association with Farley 's , Boots is looking for the bonniest baby up to the age of months , and the Best Girl and Best Boy up to the age of five . |
| 18 | Personifications of the Ultimate in such forms as Rāma and Kr a have to be regarded as symbols which manifest man 's craving for the Unseen for what suits one man does not necessarily meet the needs of another . |
| 19 | For Gandhi , symbols manifest man 's craving for the unseen and intangible ; for Tillich they are necessary because the Ultimate or Holy could not maintain its unconditional character without them . |
| 20 | The professional army is substituting for the national will . |
| 21 | The Government is pressing for the entire ERM system to be suspended until after France 's referendum on the Maastricht Treaty on Sunday . |
| 22 | Sheffield Wednesday boss Trevor Francis is hoping for the same kind of bargain with Tishkov as Ferguson discovered when he paid just £650,000 for Kanchelskis . |
| 23 | Barclays ' support of the National Trust continues to include a secondment of a Donations Administration Manager based at the Trust 's head office and the annual 48-page full-colour booklet Information for Visitors with Disabilities , which the bank is sponsoring for the sixth year running in 1991 . |
| 24 | Meanwhile , Cleveland Aid for Romanian Children is heading for the Iasi district of Romania on Sunday . |
| 25 | After all , there has been little in the real world to justify optimism : economic activity has continued to fall — down 2.5% in 1991 and close to 0.8% in 1992 — unemployment is heading for the 3 million mark , business failures in 1992 ran 31% ahead of a year earlier . |
| 26 | That in turn is simply ( but not uncontroversially ) defined : the buyer is paying for the future flows of cash that the firm is expected to generate , over and above its costs . |
| 27 | Little Polveir is going for the National treble , having already won the Scottish version in 1987 and the Seagram Grand National last season . |
| 28 | The Basic Tampico Club is the company 's offering for the light trainer stakes . |
| 29 | No drama school panel is looking for the ultimate in audition technique but candidates should possess a noticeable degree of competence and self-awareness . |
| 30 | Mr. Kinnock called the figures , ’ a terrible price the country is paying for the Tory Government . ’ |