Example sentences of "is [adv] [v-ing] [adv] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | AFTER a five-year delay , the Government is finally bringing forward for legislation the 1984 Warnock Report 's agenda on human embryo experimentation . |
| 2 | he tries to arrest her , but she bravely defies him until some guerrillas arrive , and he is soon begging abjectly for mercy . |
| 3 | The government consultation paper insists that it is not gunning specifically for county or for district councils . |
| 4 | Whatever it is , it is not doing much for business , as any Manager will tell you . |
| 5 | Everybody is still crying out for rain ; no one is ever satisfied . ’ |
| 6 | His partner is now waiting anxiously for news at their home in Radley . |