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

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1 erm And if we are going to compete in world sport then erm and if we have to apply like Manchester , who 's applying for the Olympic Games , we have to have the appropriate stadia .
2 The first step is listening for the key issues and emotional concerns of community people .
3 That in turn is simply ( but not uncontroversially ) defined : the buyer is paying for the future flows of cash that the firm is expected to generate , over and above its costs .
4 It 's calling for the two men to be released on bail immediately .
5 What we have done to ourselves is to destroy the adventure of life by rooting ourselves to one spot in the physical sense , and demoralising ourselves by forcing the mind to spend its time on nuts and bolts and the rest of our shoddy interests , when it is thirsting for the trackless regions of the nomads .
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