Example sentences of "[noun] be [v-ing] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Increasingly , employers are looking for higher levels of skills . |
| 2 | The 22 NorthEast Rotaract Clubs are looking for worthwhile charities to support in their September fund-raising week . |
| 3 | The judge 's ruling comes at a time when many legal experts are pressing for young children to be allowed to give evidence in court . |
| 4 | All 3 political groups are pitching for increased spending , Labour is likely to propose a budget around £320 million , the Liberal Democrats around £314 million and the Tory group up to £310 millions , all of them well above Government guidelines of £306 million . |
| 5 | Environmental groups are campaigning for more money and importance to be placed on the needs of cyclists , with a target of doubling cycle use over the next five years . |
| 6 | In nature , many animals are competing for limited resources . |
| 7 | Particularly acute problems appear to be found in the area of raising seed-corn capital ( pre start-up capital , less than £250,000 , the riskiest type of venture capital ) and that venture funds are looking for shorter term returns ( BEQB 1990 ) . |
| 8 | Among Max 's other hobbies are going for long walks , travelling in the car and sitting on the fax machine , which always gives him a surprise when it starts working . |
| 9 | When speakers are looking for different ways of accomplishing the same goal ( in Coveney 's example , successfully requesting information ) they are not limited to the various possibilities in the linguistic system for constructing formal interrogatives . |
| 10 | NOTTINGHAMSHIRE are searching for financial backers for an extension to the new £500,000 William Clarke stand , at Trent Bridge . |
| 11 | What matters most are the attitudes of teachers to parents and parents to teachers — whether there is genuine mutual respect , whether the parents understand what the schools are doing for individual children and ( whether ) teachers realise how dependent they are upon parental support . |
| 12 | Tory backbenchers are looking for strong measures to boost the economy and hope a one per cent cut in interest rates will cushion predicted cutbacks in public spending . |
| 13 | Opposition parties were calling for fresh elections , and criticizing President Slobodan Milosevic for his handling of the military campaign . |
| 14 | Last season they won the Fourth Division title and Corden believed the club were heading for second division football . |
| 15 | And despite a large membership , the club is appealing for new bowlers to join . |
| 16 | PVG is looking for like-minded parties . |
| 17 | R.5(6) provides that a shareholder shall not exercise any voting rights in respect of any share held in breach of any part of R.5 — a breach could come about either because a shareholder is not permitted to be a shareholder or because a shareholder is holding for another person who is not permitted to be a beneficial owner . |
| 18 | A difficulty with conducting this type of research is controlling for outside factors , for example , international recession , or war , or a disastrous crop failure . |
| 19 | Faldo is asking for less hype and a return to the days when the biennial encounter was a friendly , usually won by the Americans . |
| 20 | On one hand , therefore , McElroy is preparing for private companies to take over the reigns of the weather craft ; on the other , he is inviting other countries to become involved in what could be a link only between governments . |
| 21 | As there is no confidence in the supply of milk , the dairy processing industry is looking for new ways of selling dairy products . |
| 22 | INDUSTRY is preparing for another assault on advance corporation tax . |
| 23 | ‘ On that Sunday evening , ’ Corbett asked , ‘ do you think Lady Eleanor was waiting for this lover ? |
| 24 | Defence Minister Shaposhnikov was pressing for unified command with a supreme commander in charge of all strategic and conventional forces , which would allow little room for republican armies . |
| 25 | Mr Hely Hutchinson said that Headline was looking for UK-based acquisitions that offered quality and enhanced shareholder value . |
| 26 | The union has managed to keep the strike going even though Siberian miners are pressing for political changes only , while miners in the Ukraine , where living conditions are particularly wretched , also want large wage rises . |
| 27 | Alarm-bells are sounding for Russian book dealers . |
| 28 | Fireworks are what youngsters are waiting for all year round when they remember , remember the fifth of November . |
| 29 | The waste-to-energy companies are pressing for financial support to allow them to take advantage of new waste management regulations due to come into force next year . |
| 30 | Pink-browns or lightly frosted tones are flattering for older women or anyone with a lined mouth . |