Example sentences of "is [verb] for a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The interviewer is looking for a relapsed sport or hobby which can be restarted and used as behavioural tasks in homework assignments . |
| 32 | Some have experience , others are beginners but already Eddie is looking for a local golf course that will accept their membership as a club to provide a base . |
| 33 | The mainframe may be moribund , but if so , the South Korean government has not heard about it : it is looking for a foreign partner to build mainframes locally from 1997 , Reuter reports from Seoul . |
| 34 | And that 's what 's threatening to people , because it is looking for a direct response ; it 's looking to form a dialogue . |
| 35 | But the fact is that the government is looking for a huge expansion in student numbers nationally and we at Birmingham are keen to play our part , not least because we know that there are many more people who can benefit from a university education ( as you have done ) than are able to at present . |
| 36 | It is aimed primarily at the generalist reader concerned with information resources and their use , who is looking for a non-technical assessment of what multimedia is , what it does and how it may be used in a range of applications . |
| 37 | Accordingly a Lopatin calculation is presented for a representative area of the Sole Pit Basin in Quadrant 48 ( Fig. 6 ) . |
| 38 | When MAS is acting for a prospective purchaser , we should advise our client to obtain a confidentiality undertaking from the vendors . |
| 39 | A number of further points should be noted : ( 1 ) If the financial adviser is acting for a newly-formed bidder ( eg an " off-the-shelf " company ) , the standard of care required of it has a special dimension . |
| 40 | The advantage to the depositor is that the certificate is tradable so that , although the deposit is made for a fixed period , he or she can have use of the funds earlier by selling the certificate to a third party at a price which will reflect the period to run to maturity and the current level of interest rates . |
| 41 | Even when allowance is made for a certain diversion of effort from new house-building to repair , and for the possibility that the average size of the houses built in 1947–9 is slightly above that of those built in 1934–8 , the contrast remains startling . |
| 42 | And I think there is this dividing line that there is the pure craft where the object is functional and is made for a specific purpose , but is beautifully made , but there is also the craftsman who crosses the barrier between art and craft , who makes beautiful objects that are perhaps non functional , and then of course you 're in the controversial field . |
| 43 | Where the circumstances are that a plaintiff ( such as a mail order company ) wishes to bring separate proceedings in one county court against a great number of defendants , provision is made for a combined request and particulars of claims by the Lord Chancellor 's Practice Directions made on 1 March 1979 and 17 March 1987 setting out full instructions ; these are given in the notes under Ord 3 , r 3 in The County Court Practice . |
| 44 | ( 1 ) Where an application is made for a new licence , or for the renewal or permanent transfer of a licence , by an applicant who is not an individual natural person , the following provisions of this section shall apply . |
| 45 | In Parts I and 11 of that Act provision is made for a new form of ‘ annual returns ’ . |
| 46 | The shipment of 16.48 kilograms of 93 per cent enriched uranium is destined for a 14-megawatt research reactor at Potesti , which was supplied by the California-based General Atomics company in the 1970s . |
| 47 | If the toroid is inclined at the earth 's field dip angle for the locality , ( about 67° in the UK ) and the pickup coil is positioned for a null output , the system should have maximum sensitivity and there is no requirement for an offset null arrangement prior to large amplification to reveal the fluctuations . |
| 48 | The successful " buck-a-day " cost-cutting programme that is used in the USA works because the strong motivation Is applied for a short time . |
| 49 | If the stress is applied for a short time , then removed , the sample snaps back to its original length suggesting that some ‘ memory ’ of its initial unstretched condition is retained . |
| 50 | The paper offers a model derived from ‘ job search theory ’ which is concerned with the optimal behaviour of an unemployed individual who is searching for a suitable job in the labour market . |
| 51 | More specifically , Frith/Moll is appropriated for a partial critique of patriarchal law , sexual exploitation , and aristocratic culture . |
| 52 | An awareness of old history encourages caution when it is appropriated for a contemporary cause . |
| 53 | However , when music is written for a specific text , the maximum musical climax must be kept back for the decisive point in the words . |
| 54 | Now Ronnie Dawson , Ireland 's representative on the International Rugby Board , is pushing for a full investigation over claims that players were paid to undertake the trip to the Republic . |
| 55 | This is very similar to the way a cassette is searched for a particular file . |
| 56 | It is relevant however that planning permission is granted for a whole range of development by the order designating the EZ . |
| 57 | According to VG Leeds is hunting for a new defender and the choice looks to be either Johnsen or Alan McLaren ( Hearts ) . |
| 58 | ( 2 ) Where there is such a material alteration , the proper procedure is to apply for a fresh grant . |
| 59 | Also in the crypt is the Duomo treasury , a pay-to-enter collection that is closed for a long period at lunch . |
| 60 | Ah , yes , she 's under notice to move out , is n't she , as the cottage is needed for a new keeper . |