Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [v-ing] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This will allow more room in the main section of the fair where a number of innovations will be in evidence next year : a separate section for galleries exhibiting for the first time ; a section for photography and publishers and a more spacious layout of stands and aisles . |
| 2 | Those sentenced for espionage included three people arrested in March 1989 and sentenced on Feb. 15 , 1990 , for computer hacking for the Soviet KGB . |
| 3 | Twelve Zekes were used as window dressing for the Akagi scenes . |
| 4 | Do you remember looking over the ship 's side at the flying fish , and the phosphorus gleaming along the side of the ship at night — and of course looking for the Southern Cross in the stars at night ? |
| 5 | The key question was whether , in practice , the numbers of candidates enrolling for the new system would live up to the high expectations . |
| 6 | ‘ 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 . |
| 7 | Well , at last some good news on the jobs front , with the number of people out of work falling for the second month running . |
| 8 | The private sector has , in fact , been struggling with the intricacies of inflation accounting for the last 25 years and have , by and large , abandoned the idea as being too difficult . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 ) . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | And no doubt a busy night of police questioning for The Hooded Owl company at the Variety Theatre . |
| 13 | Officials from the leading Ulster team have voiced their opinion in the past that there should be some of form seeding for the preliminary round , and now it has raised its head again as they prepare for a long trip south on November 6 . |
| 14 | They both laughed , and Juliet felt a bond of affection growing for the other girl . |
| 15 | That is the first rung on the ladder of karate learning for the black belt . |
| 16 | Just under half ( 48% ) of women marrying for the first time in 1987 had lived with their husbands prior to marriage compared with 19% of those marrying in the late 1970s and only 7% of those marrying in 1971 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Everyone is different , and although obviously some birth complications can be foreseen , such as if the baby is in an unusual position , or if the mother is particularly small and slim , in general , every expectant mother goes into labour hoping for the best , hoping that she 'll be the one to have a quick and easy time . |
| 19 | The formative period from 1850 to 1914 witnessed the birth of a clearly identifiable movement , with labour organising for the first time on a massive scale . |
| 20 | Many leading manufacturers now have women 's models in their ranges with designs catering for the shorter back length , wider hips and more pronounced bottom . |
| 21 | Time now for a recap of tonight 's main headlines with TBA interpreting for the deaf . |
| 22 | Afterwards , about five , when the club started to fill up with people arriving for the daily hockey and cricket matches , played always , by personal decree of the Consul-General , in the cool of the evening , he returned to his office . |
| 23 | Cup-tie , with Bailey playing for the well-known London amateur side , Walthamstow Avenue , who switched the replay to Stamford Bridge because their home ground could not hold more than a fraction of the spectators who wanted to attend . |
| 24 | Maestro has 11% , IEF and Oracle CASE 9% , Foundation and Compagnie Generale d'Informatique SA 's PacBase 8% , Verilog Inc 's Age 6% , Cadre Technolgies Inc 's Teamwork 5% , Bachman Information Systems Inc 's Bachman Designer , Intersolv Inc 's Excelerator and LBMS Inc 's Systems Engineer 3% , with others accounting for the remaining 22% . |
| 25 | This was unfortunate for passengers waiting for the 31 bus , as an article in the current issue of the research journal London passenger transport shows . |
| 26 | set up a network for news sharing for the religious print media , and |
| 27 | Italian maritime aircraft were soon out in force searching for the British Fleet , but not until after midday was it at last spotted . |
| 28 | The world champions , having wiped Ireland off their pitch , today settle down in Swansea preparing for the second leg of their tour which culminates in the 16th international between the nations at Cardiff Arms Park on November 21 . |
| 29 | This year sees a strong European attendance , with André Candillier from Paris showing for the first time while in the field of Old Masters . |
| 30 | He 'll be spending Winter in Australia playing for the third team of a little club called Ranwick . |