Example sentences of "are [v-ing] [adv] for [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Similarly , organisations of adults with disabilities , such as the British Council of Organisations for Disabled People , are pressing hard for better quality , integrated education , given their own personal experiences of segregated provision . |
| 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 | He 's convinced that my lover and I are waiting eagerly for that event , so he 's written a will that leaves me destitute . |
| 6 | If you are aiming almost for pure comedy , then your detective will need only the smallest core of toughness or commonsense . |
| 7 | Neither parents nor politicians are crying out for radical reform of the system . |
| 8 | Elsewhere , however , Everton are crying out for new talent . |
| 9 | 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 . |