Example sentences of "[noun sg] of [noun] [v-ing] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | On May 13 a peaceful demonstration of students calling for the resignation of Ibrahim Babangida 's military regime degenerated into violence when police fired on the demonstrators with rubber bullets and live ammunition , killing at least seven people . |
| 2 | I made tea for him as he worked , watching a vee of geese heading for the interior as the kettle boiled . |
| 3 | It is with regret that we join the chorus of voices calling for the resignation of Jocelyn Stevens as chairman of Britain 's architectural and archaeological conservation body , English Heritage : any man so free of mealy-mouthed PR awareness as to tell a bothersome journalist to ‘ go and pee out of the window ’ is a true blue . |
| 4 | She realised he must be going through some kind of hell waiting for the rime when he could let all his suppressed urges out . |
| 5 | One of the biggest potential costs is the building of under-road ducting for the speed sensors . |
| 6 | The ideology of family planning for the lesser developed countries , plus the formidable apparatus to diffuse it to world leaders was ready , and was translated into American and later multilateral aid for India to set up a nationwide family planning service . |
| 7 | If we get the right balance and range of people working for the BBC it will change and broaden the agenda of our programmes . |
| 8 | Unfortunately this can not be done in the UK House of Commons , and the cameraman has to identify the Member who has been called , often in the midst of a throng of Members competing for the Speaker 's eye , and then to add the computerized caption . |
| 9 | These themes were summarized and developed by a large group of contributors writing for the Black Papers between the late 1960s and mid 1970s , which had a considerable impact on educational debates , and indeed on public policy . |
| 10 | The columns of MLs were now under heavy fire , the port group of MLs making for the Mole to land their commandos , the starboard group intending to slip under the stern of Campbeltown into the Old Entrance . |
| 11 | Demonstrations resumed in University Square on the evening of Aug. 22 when protesters staged a six-hour occupation , chanting anti-government slogans and complaints about food shortages ( especially the reintroduction earlier that day of sugar rationing for the first time since the December 1989 revolution ) . |
| 12 | From it , as she passed , came the companionable muted clucking of hens settling for the night . |
| 13 | They both laughed , and Juliet felt a bond of affection growing for the other girl . |
| 14 | And no doubt a busy night of police questioning for The Hooded Owl company at the Variety Theatre . |
| 15 | In October 1981 be floated the company on the Stock Exchange and four months later be merged Habitat with Mothercare , the world 's largest chain of stores catering for the needs of mothers and babies , and became chairman of the Habitat Mothercare Group plc . |
| 16 | I looked out of the window and I saw a queue of people waiting for the bus … and so on . |
| 17 | For some I know this is simply not enough , but as the years go by I find that Chopin 's ultra-refined eloquence of utterance responds more readily to an unforced , more integrated style than the ferocious changeability that has been the very kernel of Chopin playing for the last twenty or thirty years . |
| 18 | That is the first rung on the ladder of karate learning for the black belt . |
| 19 | The following example program segment reads through a list of names looking for the name in " name$ . |
| 20 | In a multiprogramming computer system , then , we have a number of processes competing for the resources of the computer , such as main storage areas , processor time , and access to transput devices . |
| 21 | They will usually have to charge for these , but you may be reimbursed if you subsequently register with the agency or fulfil a certain number of hours working for the agency . |
| 22 | ‘ Indeed , there is an increasing number of countries competing for the limited funds available for re-investment and will be glad to welcome new entrants . |
| 23 | The Government have received a number of representations calling for the reintroduction of executive detention . |
| 24 | It also includes the work of such luminaries as Quentin Blake , who made the selection and penned the fine Box of Delights drawing for the poster . |
| 25 | In October the Hamoaze was filled with ships bearing the first contingent of Canadians heading for the front . |
| 26 | In this task , the production of materials catering for the needs of pupils of all abilities will be seen as a priority . |