Example sentences of "are [adv] [v-ing] for the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The new knowledge is acquired through changes in the prices of resources and of products , brought about by the bids and offers of the entrepreneur-producers who are eagerly competing for the profits to be won by discovering where resource owners and consumers have ( in effect ) underestimated each other 's eagerness to buy or to sell . |
| 2 | He adds that while the bestv rowers are away practising for the Olympics this year there will still be a lot of competition and younger rowers will get the chance to be at Henley . |
| 3 | Takings are already booming for the makers of the country 's top-selling bra . |
| 4 | On the other hand they are telling us we are not playing for the money but the love of the sport . |
| 5 | The newspaper reporters , the commercial writers and the popularizers may have great social insight and great interviewing skills , but their work is very likely to be strongly value-laden and biased and they are not working for the development of sociological theory . |
| 6 | Well you 'd think they could because you are not paying for the service are you ? |
| 7 | We are always looking for the revolutions in music , people like Prince or Jimi Hendrix . |
| 8 | ‘ We are still searching for the money , but most of it was blown away . |
| 9 | Detectives are still searching for the murder weapon , probably a wooden handled knife . |
| 10 | ‘ And we are still looking for the child who should have been in the premises , but was n't . |
| 11 | Those flares you fired for the war you ended are still burning for the peace that you won . |
| 12 | In the pension scheme there are typically three groups of members , the existing pensioners er those people who are still working for the company , the employees and the third group of er members who work for the companies generally referred to as deferred members . |
| 13 | Some are still waiting for the war to end . |
| 14 | Not only are we investing in capital equipment and premises , we are also building for the future by investing in people . |
| 15 | The children watching us are also watching for the boats , and they have spotted the first of the fleet coming in . |
| 16 | Fifthly , there is a secret coven or conspiracy linked to the ancient order of the Templars who are also searching for the Grail and Arthur 's Sword . |
| 17 | The Palestinians are now calling for the return to the area of 4 million Palestinian people from the diaspora . |
| 18 | My hon. Friend will also be aware that a number of counties are now calling for the abolition of the area cost adjustment . |
| 19 | The majority of these women have remained unemployed and are now working for the opposition movement in a variety of ways . |
| 20 | Pressure groups are now campaigning for the law to be extended to cover back seat passengers too , principally with the safety of children in mind but also to protect front seat occupants who can be injured in a crash if an unrestrained person in the back is thrown forward . |
| 21 | Nick Graham and Melvyn Relly are now applying for the Sheriff of Nottingham 's job ! |
| 22 | Some 20 participants from 14 community radio stations attended the workshop , and are now waiting for the legislation which would enable them to put their new-found skills into practice . |
| 23 | We are now waiting for the specialist to phone back . |
| 24 | As a result two US and two UK telephone companies are strongly competing for the network business , and a decision on who to use is expected shortly . |
| 25 | ‘ I hope that they are n't staying for the dance . ’ |
| 26 | Hannah 's film was transmitted at 10.30 p.m. on Tuesday , 30 January 1973 , to an audience approaching five million — a very respectable rating for a documentary shown at a time when most people are either retiring for the night or thinking about it . |