Example sentences of "be [adv] [v-ing] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As well as spending a great deal of time servicing existing customers we are constantly looking for new opportunities in developing markets around the world . |
| 2 | Despite these finds , competition in the modelling business gets tougher every year , and agencies are constantly looking for new talent . |
| 3 | They are constantly looking for these changes , especially in situations which have previously been difficult . |
| 4 | Nature , produced by Robin Hellier , has a lot of pace as did Horizon 's The Geneva event ( BBC2 , 24 January ) What the latter did not have was much patience with the aspirant but relatively unlearned student of what is going on in the world of high energy physics The main Geneva event — the identification of the W subatomic particle which , with the Z , will enable the theory that the four fundamental forces of nature can be unified within a single framework to be sustained — has yet to be announced , though it is believed imminent Horizon had been patiently filming for four years . |
| 5 | In only his second start of the season , Snodin provided the spark of midfield inspiration and stong running that Everton have been desperately searching for all season . |
| 6 | Reliable cause of death statistics are woefully lacking for developing countries and of less than desirable quality for many developed ones . |
| 7 | I am not looking for maximum performance or power . |
| 8 | I am not arguing for shoddy commercials . |
| 9 | But if I 've been away working for some time , it 's completely different . |
| 10 | ‘ In some areas we are already competing for that work ’ . |
| 11 | At the Poly , where we are already catering for 400 students , a new canteen designed by CCG is due to open in 1992 to serve 1000 students . |
| 12 | They have a wide range of clients , from artists and photographers to electricians , and are planning to expand — they are already looking for new offices . |
| 13 | SOUTH AFRICA 'S tour of England is under serious threat and Rugby Union chiefs are already looking for alternative opposition for their showpiece match at Twickenham on November 14 . |
| 14 | We can reveal in a world exclusive that they are already looking for more places to fly to — together . |
| 15 | The case could start a trend : two other New Mexico pueblos are already pressing for stricter water standards along their stretches of the Rio Grande . |
| 16 | Dr Alun Gee , NRA technical manager for the Welsh region , said , ‘ We are not looking for any relaxation in current standards ’ and the objectives will contain a ‘ no deterioration ’ clause . |
| 17 | All claim that they are not writing for clever people but this does not mean that theirs is the voice of a simple , unlettered piety . |
| 18 | Is this , all these wonderful protection of animals , dogs and horses and so on , and pet shops and so on , do , does the Chief Fire Officer think in his local knowledge , that most of these have been inspected by his officers , or does he get the feeling there , that sometimes the district councils are not asking for these inspections ? |
| 19 | So we 're only looking for fourteen businesses on each assignment . |
| 20 | Nevertheless if they were going to fly again they were gon na pay for a seat and they 're only looking for some recompense towards a new new ticket what 's wrong with sending them a voucher y'know , a properly produced voucher that we c that 's controlled properly by and all they do is guarantee any travel at their normal travel agent , do the business , attach the voucher to the B S P |
| 21 | We are very big and therefore we 're only looking for big business , is that , is that fair comment ? |
| 22 | They 're only coming for eleven weeks , and that of course starting in June , take some holidays , and |
| 23 | I thought bloody hell Lynn you 're only waiting for fifty P , you know ? |
| 24 | If you 're just looking for matching patterns to co-ordinate with room furnishings , however , there 's an increasingly wide range of totally co-ordinated wallpapers and borders available to go with curtain fabrics , bed linen , and even soft furnishing fabrics which can be bought by the metre . |
| 25 | We 're all ready , we 're just waiting for this gravy now |
| 26 | Therefore , we 're not , other than the specific items that appear on your additions list , we 're not looking for any growth in the base budget at this stage , over and above that that 's already built into your budget base . |
| 27 | Because when you are 12,000 miles away you 're not playing for any country . |
| 28 | ‘ You have n't been listening , Claudia ; we 're not parting for one moment until I find Garry — and it 's time you called me Roman . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Do n't get me wrong — we 're not asking for any favours from the referee , ’ said the inspirational Leeds midfielder . |
| 30 | Well you 're not working for three days , you 've got three days off ! |