Example sentences of "[am/are] [v-ing] [adv] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Similarly , organisations of adults with disabilities , such as the British Council of Organisations for Disabled People , are pressing hard for better quality , integrated education , given their own personal experiences of segregated provision . |
| 2 | CYCLING organisations in Wales are gearing up for National Bike Week , which begins on Saturday . |
| 3 | Today , more than 100 million Europeans are gearing up for this winter 's invasion of the ski-slopes . |
| 4 | ‘ Got to observe strict ARP , you see , Miss , though here we are gettin' on for five months of war and not a peep out of a Jerry plane . |
| 5 | This applies also to the British Council , our arm of cultural diplomacy , which is facing unprecedented demands from the newly liberated countries which are looking out for English language teachers . |
| 6 | Secondly , you are looking out for minor defects which will cost you time and money — plumbing , heating redecoration , bathroom and kitchen fittings , replacement windows , floor finishes , insulation etc . |
| 7 | So farmers are looking hard for new sources of income and , to be fair , the Government is encouraging the search : grants are available for feasibility studies ( 50% of cost ) , for employing a marketing person ( 40% in the first year but decreasing after that ) and for capital expenditure ( 25% up to a limit of £40,000 ) . |
| 8 | look it does n't matter now because we 're going out for some milk , here |
| 9 | We 're going mainly for wild water buffalo , banteng and seladang , " said the senator , his resonant Southern drawl sounding loud in the stillness that lay over the river . |
| 10 | We 're aiming now for simpler patterns and more muted backgrounds in platform decoration ; we want to promote a sense of calmness and a quiet backdrop . |
| 11 | But the point is what I 'm saying is if we could get that stuff there on Friday afternoon and get the the conveyor set to where you want 'em , because I do n't know what leads you want the lorry got there on Monday morning , wants unloading , and we 're flying about for damn leads , we we 're gon na be in trouble . |
| 12 | But go up to your room and get your bag packed for what you , ready for you 're not going straight to Leanne 's you 're coming back for half hour or so ? |
| 13 | He 's convinced that my lover and I are waiting eagerly for that event , so he 's written a will that leaves me destitute . |
| 14 | I am going home for two days . |
| 15 | Just another form of the takeaway service some blacks are going in for these days . |
| 16 | If you are going abroad for three months or more , tell your local social security office well in advance . |
| 17 | Pensions can be paid to an overseas address , if you are going abroad for three months or more . |
| 18 | If you are aiming almost for pure comedy , then your detective will need only the smallest core of toughness or commonsense . |
| 19 | Some common , fairly recent objects may be brought into school by pupils , or may be fairly easily acquired from junk shops , or as loans from parents or the elderly , although prices are rising even for twentieth-century objects . |
| 20 | Over the last four years the Midland Group have provided a crew for the Vintage Train on several occasions and for last September also handled their own marketing and ticket sales , as they are doing again for this October . |
| 21 | Neither parents nor politicians are crying out for radical reform of the system . |
| 22 | Elsewhere , however , Everton are crying out for new talent . |
| 23 | I 'm going down for that job ! |
| 24 | I just went through and said , " I 'm going out for some cigarettes , " and went out , and I 've never been back . |
| 25 | And so it goes on through life ; always a struggle between wanting to hold on to what we have at the same time as we are reaching out for new joys and satisfactions ; always the dilemma of making choices , of greedily wanting everything , of resenting having to let anything go . |
| 26 | as colleagues who are involved will know is just about the only industry in the building materials sector that has n't made some kind of pay offer in this current round it 's very much bringing up the rear and we 're determined to use what industrial strength we have to change the employer 's stance otherwise we 're very concerned that the national negotiation missionary , this will be his death knell since we 'll have to resort to local pay bargaining , so the short answer is E C C er , will be balloted as far as the G M B is concerned union and , er , T & G are balloting in for industrial action to try to change the employers ' position . |
| 27 | For that very reason , the Government are standing up for British businesses and British services in Brussels as we want more jobs , not fewer . |
| 28 | And this gentleman in West Yorkshire would certainly have the blessing of many if he carried out his idea : ‘ Having taken early retirement , I am casting about for some way to supplement my pension . |