Example sentences of "[v-ing] for [num] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hundreds of gypsies are gathering for one of the biggest horse fairs of the year . |
| 2 | Mr Jones was shocked at the cheek of a man who was only middle-aged , and had a house and a living , in applying for one of the new homes . |
| 3 | Though he had no hope of beating Stevie or Buck , he was heading for one of the best net scores of the day . |
| 4 | In 1956 , of course , the Conservative party was heading for one of the few post-war political events unequivocally more damaging to it than the current poll-tax furore — the Suez crisis . |
| 5 | The next race was at Nivelles in Belgium and Emerson took both pole and the race , leading for seventy-seven of the eighty-five laps . |
| 6 | Counselling an overall growth rate of 5.5-6 per cent in the next five years , he said that the government would maintain subsidies for state-owned enterprises , accounting for one-third of the national budget . |
| 7 | A man was running for one of the early morning buses . |
| 8 | At least four serial tissue sections , depending on the density of IgG producing cells , were subjected to paired immunofluorescence staining for one of the four IgG subclasses and for total IgG . |
| 9 | Angry with herself , she sat up in bed , turned on the light ( wonderful electric light ) , and reaching for one of the three modern novels laid out for her , forced herself to read . |
| 10 | In his last competitive game before the world championship , Davis had to battle all the way against an opponent also fighting for one of the four play-off places . |
| 11 | They are playing for one of the biggest clubs in the game and that should be a source of pride , but that seemed to be painfully absent at Bradford last week . |
| 12 | In Africa she had enjoyed the company of men and many had come under her spell including government inspectors , colleagues from other teacher training establishments and senior staff working for one of the major publishing houses . |
| 13 | Perhaps buyers are continually raising the problem that the salesperson is working for one of the smallest companies in the industry . |
| 14 | The other day , as a small example , I met a young trainee manager working for one of the few substantial Northern Ireland engineering firms . |