Example sentences of "[num] [adj] [noun pl] [be] [v-ing] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | On March 29 Moscow radio reported that almost all Ossete villages in South Ossetia had been razed by Georgian militants , and on the following day there were ominous reports from officials in North Ossetia that 12,000 armed Georgians were massing for an assault on Tskhinvali and surrounding districts still under Ossete control . |
| 2 | At this stage three armed groups were contending for power : ( i ) units of the Armed Forces of Liberia ( AFL ) , led by Brig. -Gen . |
| 3 | On 22 March 1975 two electricians were checking for air leaks beside electricity cable ducts in the Browns Ferry power station in Alabama — then the world 's largest operating nuclear plant . |
| 4 | Three hundred police are hunting for the person who has now killed seven back-packers , including two Britons , in Australia . |
| 5 | From as early as 1708 most Tories were pushing for peace , so long as suitable terms could be reached with France . |
| 6 | All 3 political groups are pitching for increased spending , Labour is likely to propose a budget around £320 million , the Liberal Democrats around £314 million and the Tory group up to £310 millions , all of them well above Government guidelines of £306 million . |
| 7 | The General Household Survey 's special analysis of carers in 1985 ( Green , 1988 ) suggested that : 1.7 million adults are caring for someone living with them ; 1.4 million are spending at least twenty hours per week doing so ; and 3.4 million are bearing the main responsibility for the care of someone . |
| 8 | TWO British backpackers are fighting for their lives after a car smash in Australia . |
| 9 | Our own research has shown that OVER two million four hundred thousand properties are waiting for us ! |
| 10 | Some fifteen minutes after Thomas departed , accompanied by his small daughter , two elderly ladies were heading for the bakery to buy some salt . |
| 11 | Zaher el-Khatib ( Sunni , of the ‘ Marxist Bloc ’ from the Chouf ) and two other deputies are campaigning for an end to confessionalism . |
| 12 | Britain 's two banned weightlifters were waiting for phone calls that would send them back to Barcelona . |
| 13 | When one or two local boats were fishing for ‘ whitefish ’ ( principally haddock , whiting and cod ) in the nearby inshore waters , they would be followed into port by a cloud of gulls , mainly herring and great black-backed gulls , who would clean up any leftover fish scraps . |
| 14 | Although collectors bought most of the big lots , for the first time since 1990 some dealers are buying for stock . |