Example sentences of "[noun pl] have [be] [v-ing] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the Cossacks had been fighting for the Germans and the British Army 's main concern in Austria in May 1945 was to comply with the Yalta agreement ordering repatriation so that the Russians would honour a promise to return British prisoners of war . |
| 2 | The police federation and Association of Chief Police Officers have been campaigning for the introduction of sidehandled batons . |
| 3 | Tropical timber producers have been pressing for the ITTA , which expires next year , to be replaced by a comprehensive agreement that also covers wood from temperate forests . |
| 4 | Political battle-lines have been hardening for the past three weeks . |
| 5 | The reason for his pleasure , as well as for the handkerchief 's greyness , was that he had washed it himself … and really he had done just as good a job as the dhobi had been doing for the most extravagant prices . |
| 6 | Police have been looking for the killer of seventy year old Jim Eggleton since his battered body was found five weeks ago . |
| 7 | Yet it was just here that friction and innovation entered , for since the eleventh century church theorists — theologians and particularly canon lawyers — and successive popes had been claiming for the clergy immunities and privileges quite distinct from lay expectations . |
| 8 | The students have been preparing for the assessments using open learning materials developed by Telford College . |
| 9 | Brewers have been competing for the title of Best British Beer at the industry 's own version of the Oscars . |
| 10 | Farmworkers have been competing for the title of Britain 's best ploughman , and a place in the world finals in New Zealand . |
| 11 | Dozens of street musicians have been competing for the title of Britain 's best busker . |
| 12 | The parachutist who crash-landed on a group of schoolchildren has been talking for the first time about what happened . |
| 13 | Interested firms of interior decorators have been tendering for the work of which Mrs Lamont is expected to take charge . |
| 14 | Young corgi hopefuls have been auditioning for the ultimate corgi role — playing alongside the Queen . |