Example sentences of "be [adv] [verb] for a [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The TV companies that own ITN are also clamouring for a higher bid . |
| 2 | Therefore I am now looking for a larger tank . |
| 3 | Thousands of refugees in Afghanistan who 've fled conflict and civil war are now preparing for a further challenge … the bitter winter ahead . |
| 4 | A growing number of nurses are making a personal contribution to clinical research : some are even aiming for a higher degree . |
| 5 | The representatives from abroad were not expected for a further two or three days , but the three gentlemen referred to by his lordship as his ‘ home team ’ — two Foreign Office ministers attending very much ‘ off the record ’ and Sir David Cardinal — had come early to prepare the ground as thoroughly as possible . |
| 6 | Automatic crystallisation is not a term of art but covers at least two situations which at first blush appear dissimilar ; one is where the charge is made to crystallise on the happening of an event provided for in the charge without there being any need for a further act by the chargee and the other is where the charge is made to crystallise on the serving of a notice of crystallisation on the company . |
| 7 | Leigh is now looking for a larger space . |
| 8 | But his response was merely to press for a greater supply of British goods to those colonies to reduce their sterling balances . |
| 9 | Preincubation was usually continued for a further 10 minutes , and then agonists were added to the suspensions and the change in cyclic AMP content recorded at intervals over the following 30 minutes . |
| 10 | Elections to the Assembly 's 125 elective seats last took place in October 1988 [ see pp. 36264-65 ] , when Kaunda was also re-elected for a further five-year term as President . |
| 11 | Christopher Columbus was actually looking for a quicker route to the heart of Indonesia when he stumbled on America . |