Example sentences of "[noun] are [v-ing] for the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | most days you 'll find Tony Meek racing his dogs at the Oxford stadium … not tonight … because the speedway machines are there … its a gala night … the top twenty riders from the second division are racing for the Service Master Trophy … |
| 2 | HOUSE builders in the North West are looking for the Government to do more to stimulate sales and economic growth . |
| 3 | Simultaneously , calls are growing for the introduction of a new rouble backed by gold , akin to the Chervonets , a monetary unit brought in by Lenin in 1922 as part of his Economic Policy which permitted a measure of private enterprise . |
| 4 | No wonder calls are growing for the show to be put out of its misery once and for all . |
| 5 | The researchers are working for the Frog Mortality Project , set up last year amidst reports of rapid and inexplicable declines in amphibian numbers worldwide [ see EDs 72/73 ; 51 ; 49 ; 47 ; 44 ] . |
| 6 | ( ANNE ) In a few minutes … the battle of the buskers.A host of street performers are vying for the title of Best of British … |
| 7 | USUALLY at this time of the year FA Cup semi-finalists are battling for the right to play at Wembley . |
| 8 | Three candidates are fighting for the Norton seat following the death of Tory county councillor Hilda Reading : Alan Earle ( Tory ) , Dorothy Johnson ( Lab ) and Maxine Carre ( Lib Dem ) . |
| 9 | Already groups of Operators at both sites are studying for the Chemical Industries/City and Guilds NVQ designed for them . |
| 10 | Those in work are paying for the pensions of those past retirement age at the current time , rather than for their own pensions in the future . |
| 11 | Eighteen companies are bidding for the contract to remove the red star from the dome of Hungary 's Parliament , writes Michael Simmons . |
| 12 | Eighteen companies are bidding for the contract to remove the red star from the dome of Hungary 's Parliament , writes Michael Simmons . |
| 13 | Now the Australians are bidding for the Olympics in the year 2000 , the plan being to hoist the Olympic rings at the SCG . |
| 14 | Relatives of a ninety-one year old widow left battered in her own home are pleading for the public to help catch her attacker . |
| 15 | With such thoughts uppermost in their minds , ecologists are preparing for the arrival of genetically-engineered crops . |
| 16 | This is the unemployment , sometimes called frictional unemployment , which occurs because workers are searching for the jobs which suit them best . |
| 17 | The people of Louisiana are preparing for the onslaught of Hurricane Andrew which left Southern Florida in tatters , looters have set to work there . |
| 18 | Many of the latter group are preparing for the Cambridge Proficiency Certificate and other Examinations . |
| 19 | Organisers of the Women 's Festival are looking for the woman who has done most for the welfare , health or quality of life of women in the town in the last year . |
| 20 | There 's no way in which you can stop er free-riders like that invading systems where individuals are striving for the benefit of the group . |
| 21 | Police in Thailand are searching for the driver of a bus which crashed , killing a student from Oxfordshire . |
| 22 | FEARS are growing for the safety of a teenager who disappeared on her way home from school a week ago . |
| 23 | FEARS are growing for the safety of a 33year-old woman missing from her home since Friday . |
| 24 | But the scholars agree that reliable sources are missing for the period from his arrival in Paris in 1906 until the war , and that what there is is superficial and contradictory . |
| 25 | But politicians north and south of the border are calling for the Republic 's Government to start a High Court inquiry into Ross ' alleged links with firms in Eire . |
| 26 | What 's more these families are paying for the clinic service that they have come to appreciate . |
| 27 | Bath are going for the championship … |
| 28 | As India 's leading political parties shift into gear for the forthcoming general election campaign , no fewer than three of the ex-Maharajah 's once-royal relatives are jostling for the right to contest the Bharatpur seat . |
| 29 | He and his crew are searching for the Land Where the Sun Goes at Night . |
| 30 | ‘ What we have said in the McFarlane Report is that people are calling for the earth , we ca n't give it all but we can give them a substantial part . |