Example sentences of "[conj] [noun pl] be [v-ing] for the " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 Small wonder that doctors are calling for the return of the parasol and pith helmet .
3 This frequently turns out to be a manifestation of the fact that Satanists are praying for the breakdown of Christian marriage .
4 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 .
5 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 .
6 This is the unemployment , sometimes called frictional unemployment , which occurs because workers are searching for the jobs which suit them best .
7 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 .
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