Example sentences of "[am/are] [verb] [verb] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The alternatives are designed to cater for a wide variety of abilities in S5 . |
| 2 | It is the price you are expected to pay for a varied and entertaining job with an above average wage . |
| 3 | But if , if , if that beginning , you know , i if you 're going to go for a rich peasant economy , you 've got ta convince them that it 's , it 's their advantage and it 's gon na last . |
| 4 | Few , if any voters are going to opt for a high-risk economic strategy that could result in a real cut in living standards . |
| 5 | Various methods are used , depending on market circumstances — the ‘ tap ’ method , where stock is issued gradually in order not to flood the market and depress the price ; the ‘ tender ’ method , where institutions are invited to tender for a given issue ; and the ‘ auction ’ method , where stock is sold to the highest bidders among the twenty or so gilt-edged market makers ( GEMMs ) . |
| 6 | And although I am now tired , very cold and extremely hungry — with a headache into the bargain ! — I am compelled to continue for a little while longer . |
| 7 | ‘ If you think I 'm standing waiting for a charging animal the size of a tank to reach me … how on earth do you grab its nose before it tramples you into the turf ? |
| 8 | ‘ I 'm patient and I 'm determined to fight for a regular place . ’ |