Example sentences of "[conj] [noun pl] be [v-ing] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The 30-foot long skeletons are being offered for sale to museums and wildlife centres , including some in the UK , where conservationists are calling for an embargo . |
| 2 | Medau MArdle ( Norfolkese for ‘ gossip ’ ) is the title of a Medau newsheet launched last year for Norfolk members , edited by Janet Burns — so successful that readers were calling for a second edition a bare three weeks later . |
| 3 | The M40 currently carries about 45,000 , but that 's due to increase by 30% in the next 10 years , so councillors are pressing for the M40 to be included . |
| 4 | Small wonder that doctors are calling for the return of the parasol and pith helmet . |
| 5 | Small wonder that scientists are searching for every lower temperatures , nearer still to absolute zero , where even more mysterious effects may be waiting . |
| 6 | This frequently turns out to be a manifestation of the fact that Satanists are praying for the breakdown of Christian marriage . |
| 7 | Birds and animals were settling for the night ; a nightjar churred , a mallard made a last leisurely circle near the riverbank and then disappeared , a moorhen called ‘ cock-cock-cock ’ to no one in particular . |
| 8 | He only has specific proposals for 10% of the total entitlement spending cap , yet the across the board tax rate cuts would lose $25bn a year in revenue for each percentage point reduced , and conservatives are calling for a three point cut . |
| 9 | Secondly , in times of recession , publishers and booksellers are looking for every marketing opportunity to find new business and the LIBF is the trade 's largest gathering . ’ |
| 10 | But he certainly was n't the man to have in the driving seat on the union side when both management and workers were striving for the sheer survival of the company , and needed to work together if they were to pull through . |
| 11 | Last year 's show enjoyed perfect weather and organisers are hoping for a repeat to attract even bigger crowds . |
| 12 | Cameramen and reporters were waiting for a statement . |
| 13 | But councillors are lokking for a more long term , solution … they 're to petion the county council for money for full time youth workers . |
| 14 | This is the unemployment , sometimes called frictional unemployment , which occurs because workers are searching for the jobs which suit them best . |
| 15 | The dilemma facing Ray Gasson , is that after decades of being encouraged to expand and produce more , the message from Brussels now is to cut down production , while environmentalists are pressing for a completely different approach to farming . |
| 16 | AS DELEGATES were preparing for the congress of the ruling Hungarian Socialist Workers ' Party which begins today , two of the most conservative factions yesterday issued an open challenge to the party 's reformist leadership . |
| 17 | ‘ I remember once , though , when Sounds were searching for an interview and I happened to know that the whole thing was a set-up . |