Example sentences of "[v-ing] for a [adv] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even allowing for a more diverse class-composition , this village inhabits another world from that other . |
| 2 | Conversely , Henry VII 's shell is more tubular , probably allowing for a more natural appearance of majesty when positioning the funerary sceptres in the hands . |
| 3 | I literally stopped seeing for a very long time . |
| 4 | In the meantime Emilia was in her room still , fussing for an unconscionably long time over her appearance . |
| 5 | ‘ At issue is a major part of the transmission system catering for a very substantial part of the country 's generation capacity . ’ |
| 6 | As a result of more able children taking up integrated placements or moving into school , the Beacon was now catering for a very small number of multiply disabled children , who were highly segregated as a result . |
| 7 | The dilemma facing Ray Gasson , is that after decades of being encouraged to expand and produce more , the message from Brussels now is to cut down production , while environmentalists are pressing for a completely different approach to farming . |
| 8 | It is a conversation between equals , even if you are applying for a relatively humble post . |
| 9 | Some have been living for a disconcertingly long time in museums ; but once doubted , the evidence of inadequacy in a fake is quite often soon in coming . |
| 10 | British trade unionists have therefore been pushing for a slightly different wording that European Works Council Representatives should be elected by current workers ' representatives wherever they exist . |
| 11 | In fact their own interests — in terms of improving both their domestic position and their leverage with Moscow — coincided with Castro 's in pushing for a fully socialist revolution . |
| 12 | Some comfortable suites are also available on request for those looking for a little extra comfort . |
| 13 | The Financial Times Technical Page , for example , will not appreciate a very chatty approach , whereas teenage magazine editors may well looking for a little modern slang with which their readers might identify . |
| 14 | The current obsession with pseudo-Victorian and other bogus ‘ historical ’ styles imposed willy-nilly and quite regardless of the true age of the pub , seems to suggest two things ; firstly that pub designers and fitters have completely lost their way , both in recognising and respecting what is genuinely old and in looking for a wholeheartedly modern pub style ; secondly that there is some king of awareness , correct but misguided , that people like their pubs to look old and feel familiar . |
| 15 | ( Jim is now looking for a completely new team , applications to London West ) |
| 16 | So it' , I 'm looking for a really simple word . |
| 17 | So , if you 're looking for a really healthy holiday this year , grab a jumper and head for Eire , Sweden or the Netherlands , where only three per cent of visitors reported any illness . |
| 18 | ‘ We am looking for a very substantial majority . |
| 19 | Most of our users come into the library looking for a very specific book . |
| 20 | Most of our users come into the library looking for a very specific book . |
| 21 | Well I 'm looking for a very good friend of mine er who I served in the army with called Tony . |
| 22 | They may have a requirement where they are looking for a very high return on capital employed and need to attract and retain the very best people in order to achieve that . |
| 23 | ‘ I 'd been looking for a fairly young product which had a range of merchandise to allow a shop to stand on its own two feet . |
| 24 | ‘ Just keep looking for a more credible suspect with a motive you have n't found yet , I suggest . ’ |
| 25 | Warning of the growing impatience of the shabab , the youth , one journalist wrote ‘ if they [ the shabab ] see that the PLO 's political initiatives are producing no results , they will force the PLO into a more radical posture or else they will go looking for a more radical leadership within the PLO . ’ |
| 26 | Muriel , probably because of her years and the fact they were looking for a more mature person , was by a hair 's breadth the front-runner , ahead of two younger girls both with experience of the insurance business . |
| 27 | Those who are working as agency or casual workers " involuntarily " , whilst looking for a more permanent job , are also , by definition , not interested in building up long-term relationships with their employers . |
| 28 | With companies now planning their entertainment strategy for the coming year , some will be looking for a more exciting day out . |
| 29 | We are looking for a more realistic piece of sky . ’ |
| 30 | Looking for a less demanding occupation , she opened the first Body Shop in a tiny premises in a back street of Brighton in 1976 , selling fifteen different products in plastic bottles with hand-written labels . |