Example sentences of "[adj] [v-ing] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | that dredging for this voice has drowned no other |
| 2 | The theoretical underpinning for this is given by the theory of portfolio balance . |
| 3 | Although the now frequently-used concept of ‘ the right to resistance ’ was referred to in the older religion-based natural law theories , it is mainly the more recent , secularised version of natural law with its emphasis on human rights that seems to provide a theoretical underpinning for some of the assertions about the illegality of nuclear war and the justifiability of nuclear protest . |
| 4 | THREE GUYS 17-18 YEARS OLD looking for three girls in the Eastbourne area who are into heavy metal and skateboarding- Photos please- Check this out ! ! |
| 5 | This yearning for former glories was already manifest in a particular kind of sentimentality and nostalgia . |
| 6 | This liking for old gear means that they both spend a lot of time hunting it down , as Bryan explains … |
| 7 | ‘ When we were young it was deep mourning for a year and half mourning for six months , ’ Pat said . |
| 8 | Despite the rapid growth of ill feeling between Minton and Vaughan , their home at Hamilton Terrace attracted many visitors , who turned up as and when they wished , some hoping for roast beef at breakfast as Minton frequently began cooking a large joint at eleven o'clock at night . |
| 9 | The minor claim is simply that if you it 's an empirical claim it says if you look at the fossil record , and you look in detail at the changes in the fossils , what you observe is not continuous steady change , but you see what they call stasis — that is nothing much happening for long periods of time , perhaps for millions of years , and then rather suddenly changes taking place . |
| 10 | For those seeking bhavana , it is ready to be discerned in a hundred daily occurrences : it will be manifested in a small or generous action ; and there is a joy in the mere searching for this bhavana in the everyday world . |
| 11 | There are probably more Japanese working for top chefs than women in equivalent positions . |
| 12 | Wall Street is beginning to firm up its forecasts for IBM Corp 's first quarter figures , with the consensus at around 20 cents a share and the more bearish going for 50 cents — but if Technology News of America 's straw poll of the market around the US and Europe is anywhere near right , the loss is going to be a whole lot worse than that : the returns suggest that the company will have sold at best between 25 and 30 mainframes this quarter , where the Wall Street forecasts assume it did nearer 50 machines . |
| 13 | Wall Street is beginning to firm up its forecasts for IBM Corp 's first quarter figures , with the consensus at around 20 cents a share and the more bearish going for 50 cents — but if Technology News of America 's straw poll of the market around the US and Europe is anywhere near right , the loss is going to be a whole lot worse than that : the returns suggest that the company will have sold at best between 25 and 30 mainframes this quarter , where the Wall Street forecasts assume it did nearer 50 machines . |
| 14 | There were 7 such centres in England in 1988 , all catering for primary age children ( DES , 1988 , Table A1 ) . |
| 15 | gazumped , because nobody will take him , cos he knows absolutely nothing , about nothing else apart from butchery , it 's the same with me I ca n't work a computer so I 'm cramped in the way of clerical , it 's no good applying for half of them because you 've got to have keyboard skills and erm computer skills |
| 16 | The average British town is served by three or four clearing banks , up to a dozen building societies ( thrifts ) and even the odd foreign bank , all bidding for retail savings . |
| 17 | THANKS LARGELY to Doris Day , pop singers like Sandra Dee , Helen Shapiro and Connies Stevens and Francis , were sweetly feminine — nice girls , all looking for that one special guy , in their songs at least . |
| 18 | Franchise companies represented will include many top names and they are all looking for new recruits . |
| 19 | We were all looking for some direction in our lives and they gave us that direction . |
| 20 | It was rough going for some of the exhibitors as they put a new four wheel drive model through its paces . |
| 21 | We 're all pulling for each other because we 've all grown up together — from the youth team to the reserves and the first team . |
| 22 | This is despite the passing of a law in 1981 providing for many of the Italian reform components : general hospital wards , community mental health centres and procedures for linking the various sectors . |
| 23 | ( For RSFSR legislation see p. 38273 ; Moldava 's Supreme Soviet passed a privatization law on July 4 providing for non-transferable bonds to be distributed to citizens in proportion to how long they had worked . |
| 24 | Upon taking up his position Barratt 's first action was to stop all mining for two months before allowing the men back , to work in a more orderly fashion . |
| 25 | He might just as well have said : ‘ It 's all very well asking for more money for the railways , but if the volume of rail freight were doubled , it would still be only a mere 16 per cent of the rail-and-road total . ’ |
| 26 | They 're all hoping for better days ahead . |
| 27 | The world-wide flow of data now underlies the phenomenon of multinational companies and allows rapid and comprehensive factual updating for all the players in the world economic game . |
| 28 | Later it became the slogan of those struggling for equal justice for all . |
| 29 | Most of those pressing for more individuals in the stockmarket have an interest in doing so . |
| 30 | This will mean that those qualifying for extra help will receive a rebate of up to £92 . |