Example sentences of "are [verb] [adv prt] for [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 It then assumes a parliamentary intention that the steps which Parliament has enjoined or authorized for saving or minimizing tax shall not be effective if they are carried out for that purpose but are only to be effective if carried out for some other ‘ legitimate ’ business purpose .
2 CYCLING organisations in Wales are gearing up for National Bike Week , which begins on Saturday .
3 Today , more than 100 million Europeans are gearing up for this winter 's invasion of the ski-slopes .
4 This applies also to the British Council , our arm of cultural diplomacy , which is facing unprecedented demands from the newly liberated countries which are looking out for English language teachers .
5 The concept of the provings : the way in which the drug pictures are built up for each remedy .
6 In front gardens , lawns are paved over for off-street parking space and in the road more intrusion results from signs , barriers and other traffic-related street furniture .
7 Present employment law restricts the effect of such a covenant in a service agreement , but if inserted in the subscription and shareholders ' agreement , it is more likely to be enforceable. ( 3 ) The service agreement will be for a fixed term so that the managers are locked in for that period .
8 Thereafter , it is slightly intimidating when subjects are set down for each day 's debate , and we feel a little restricted in moving beyond the sphere of the Ministers on the Front Bench .
9 Neither parents nor politicians are crying out for radical reform of the system .
10 Elsewhere , however , Everton are crying out for new talent .
11 as colleagues who are involved will know is just about the only industry in the building materials sector that has n't made some kind of pay offer in this current round it 's very much bringing up the rear and we 're determined to use what industrial strength we have to change the employer 's stance otherwise we 're very concerned that the national negotiation missionary , this will be his death knell since we 'll have to resort to local pay bargaining , so the short answer is E C C er , will be balloted as far as the G M B is concerned union and , er , T & G are balloting in for industrial action to try to change the employers ' position .
12 A number of developments are singled out for brief reference .
13 Every two years , the plants are shut down for major overhaul .
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