Example sentences of "[is] [v-ing] [adv] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | BELFAST is limbering up for the big international fitness challenge . |
| 2 | Buckinghamshire speedway ace Simon Wigg is gearing up for the new season with a new club … he 's signed up for Coventr |
| 3 | THE Royal Mail is gearing up for the General Election . |
| 4 | Now that circumstances have conspired to make an immediate share issue an unattractive option , Dell Computer Corp is looking around for the best alternative to raise cash to finance its soaraway growth . |
| 5 | The fact that Freeman is writing primarily for the social work profession is apparent , for instance , in the extent to which the legal regulation of substitute care is dealt with in depth . |
| 6 | ‘ Well ’ — she straightened her broad shoulders ‘ perhaps everything 's turning out for the best then . |
| 7 | ‘ It 's a very good thing he 's been involved in the pre-tour training at Lilleshall and is going along for the first three weeks of the Indian tour to bowl in the nets . |
| 8 | I do hope you and Per and the girls are well , and that work is going satisfactorily for the two of you and studies likewise for them . |
| 9 | Master John 's going up for the high one . ’ |
| 10 | Howe , who underwent heart by-pass surgery four-and-a-half years ago , is speaking publicly for the first time since entering hospital earlier this month with a mystery chest complaint . |
| 11 | De Craon is snuffling about for the juicier morsels , then it 's back to Paris and heigh ho for Rome and our Holy Father . ’ |
| 12 | Will Carling , the captain of England , is travelling there for the first time and the selectors decided not to weigh him down with the cares of office . |
| 13 | ‘ Central to the theme is our strongly held belief that society is suffering now for the liberal views of the Sixties . |
| 14 | He 's something he 's , he 's , he 's some , something to do with er with er , with the area and erm , and he 's coming up for the high week group some time in the next , little while , and I said to him you were the group 's |
| 15 | MacDonald 's hostess Angela Donalis from the city 's Lord Street premises is stocking up for the huge demand which is expected this weekend . |
| 16 | This follows ICL 's successful implementation of a departure control system for airline Cathay Pacific ( CI No 1,842 ) , and the work it is carrying out for the on-line departure system planned for the Channel Tunnel passenger rail services ( CI No 2,016 ) . |