Example sentences of "[pers pn] are [verb] [adv] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you are turned down for a grant or loan or you are unhappy with the amount given , there is no right of appeal to an independent tribunal as there used to be . |
| 2 | If you are going abroad for an extended period , the other option is to take your dog with you . |
| 3 | You may have to carry a spare set if you are going out for a full day 's detecting as charge life can be as low as five hours , and ni-cads should not be recharged until they are spent . |
| 4 | They have the highest income-tax and VAT rates , the harshest drinking laws , the dreariest bars , the dullest restaurants and television that makes you feel as if you are warming up for a coma . |
| 5 | In 1992 , a 2½ million lead after recession and poll tax means unless we have a centre-left reconstruction , we are heading inexorably for a Tory fifth term . |
| 6 | we a we are going , we are going out for a meal on Saturday night i er , in , with or without , we 're going out , I 've er we want to go to the when we went with . |
| 7 | We are working together for a reformed and revised Near East , and our two movements complement each other . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ We are pressing hard for a meeting between BAe 's finance director and our lead investor as we are aware that time is slipping by , ’ said Mr Hooke . |
| 9 | Cheddars may be hard or semi-hard ; they are pressed lightly for a matter of hours and then more firmly for a short period of days . |
| 10 | This is partly to get higher wages , but it is really so because jobs are run-of-the-mill and they are looking simply for a change of venue , a new setting , and new faces . |
| 11 | They want a baby they 're not concerned whether it 's going to have spina-bifida or have som , they are looking forward for a perfect baby . |
| 12 | Work is well on , but they are looking particularly for an Aldis gun sight for the project . |
| 13 | For this reason , an all-round practice gives better training than a specialised one — but it may be well worth taking articles in a specialised firm if you are assured that they are looking out for a bright young man/woman like you to be a partner . |
| 14 | Their relationship with the organisation is likely to be transient they are brought in for a particular event and might or might not work again for the same organisation . |
| 15 | ‘ At the most , they are confined only for a century or two . |
| 16 | Consequently , data which are collected for one particular analysis or processing application are unsuitable where they are required elsewhere for a different purpose . |
| 17 | Revised proposals are expected from the Commission later this year , before they are put back for a second reading at the European Parliament . |