Example sentences of "[pers pn] is [verb] for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ashcroft , one of the brightest young middle distance runners in Britain , had the injection in case she is selected for the World Junior Championships in Seoul in September . |
| 2 | She is looking for a dress for me and she is waiting to comb my hair , and she has the look on her face that she has when she guts the chickens . |
| 3 | Aha , the textbooks reply , you 're missing the point : what the girl is doing is seeking a replacement for the security that was roughly torn from her ; she is looking for a father who wo n't desert her . |
| 4 | Louise uses both names for business purposes , Torsney when she is working for the Hygiene Training Consultancy specialising in tailor-made courses for schools , social services and private hospitals ; and Pollard in her role as hygiene consultant for B & W Hygiene , which is a manufacturer and supplier to the industry . |
| 5 | She is waiting for the clock downstairs to strike twelve . |
| 6 | She is studying for a degree , ’ he said . |
| 7 | Rosamund Cresswell attends Farnborough Hill Convent College where she is studying for the GCSE examinations and in September she moves to the Sixth Form at Wellington College . |
| 8 | Once a candidate is recruited , decisions about when he or she is entered for an examination should be taken very carefully and should draw on advice from tutors . |
| 9 | ‘ I fear my cousin will never relinquish her claim , since she is fighting for a position that she considers to be her son 's heritage as well as her own . ’ |
| 10 | In the context of the Act , an association is a company with corporate personality whose members are all corporations , and it is created for the purpose of ‘ promoting harmony of conduct , profitability of the business and trading interests of the members ’ . |
| 11 | However , if it is intended for the community , the contents must reflect the concerns of the community , with comments on the wider world and put together with a certain degree of journalistic skill . |
| 12 | The insert procedure itself varies somewhat from model to model , but the essence of it is to arrange for the over-recording to end at a pre-determined out point . |
| 13 | The wort is then run into a copper where it is boiled for an hour or more with hops . |
| 14 | It is looking for a replacement . |
| 15 | Bethpage , New York-based defence electronics and aircraft manufacturer Grumman Corp says it is looking for an acquisition in the electronics , systems integration , or data systems areas — but it must be the right fit at the right price and the company ‘ wo n't force it . ’ |
| 16 | To ensure that each root definition is well-formed , it is checked for the presence of six characteristics . |
| 17 | The government 's official line is that it is aiming for an agreement with East Germany on monetary matters by the end of next month ; it does not deny reports that D-Day for GEMU could be July 1st . |
| 18 | Secondly , a covenant simply to pay a sum of money , whether by way of insurance premium , compensation or damages , is a covenant capable of touching and concerning the land provided that the existence of the covenant , and the right to payment thereunder , affects the value of the land in whomsoever it is vested for the time being … |
| 19 | It is cramping for the author , but if you have contracted with your readers to tell them , through a story , what police work is really like then you must accept this limitation . |
| 20 | Now it is used for the hearing of court cases only . |
| 21 | Any part of the cost of a development which is attributable to plant and machinery will generally qualify for a 25% annual allowance if it is used for the purchaser 's trade or leased by the purchaser to another for the purpose of the other 's trade . |
| 22 | It is established for the purpose of correction and oversight . |
| 23 | When a vine is five years old it is rested for a while before the practice of provignage is resumed , after which the layering process may continue for upwards of fifty years . |
| 24 | The system itself is expected to be used in the form it is delivered for a period of approximately eighteen months . |
| 25 | The objection is that it is enough , for something to be a cause , that it is required for the occurrence of another event . |
| 26 | If a file is not in its sling you need to be able to locate it , particularly if it is required for an audit . |
| 27 | It is playing for a draw . ’ |
| 28 | The ‘ functions ’ argument is the opposite : it is arguing for the necessity of criminalisation . |
| 29 | ‘ It is upsetting for the cast having worked with her for so long . |
| 30 | Instead , it is to send for the advertising man to produce yet another glossy pamphlet — this time , a parents charter which is allegedly embodied in the Bill . |