Example sentences of "[noun sg] [v-ing] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Incidentally , only banks A to F can be accessed without some form of MIDI control , but with sixty possible selections that hardly leaves the user struggling for memory space . |
| 2 | All outlined how fab System 10 was , and how it would help them , with PeopleSoft rooting for database cursors and the new Open Client because it wants to offer customers better performance , distributed data management , system administration tools and very large database support , and Bachman promising to support System 10 — well , because it just liked Sybase so much . |
| 3 | All outlined how fab System 10 was , and how it would help them , with PeopleSoft rooting for database cursors and the new Open Client because it wants to offer customers better performance , distributed data management , system administration tools and very large database support , and Bachman promising to support System 10 — well , because it just liked Sybase so much . |
| 4 | Nigel Clough 's arrival at Liverpool , Wales ' World Cup prospects and his natural thirst for goals has left the Reds ' striker itching for action in a season which could turn out to be a memorable . |
| 5 | He clutched at a rail and held on , heart thumping , the blood pounding in his ears , his mind wailing for mercy . |
| 6 | Sweater dressing for winter balls by Isaac Mizrahi. 10 . |
| 7 | Agency — Estate agent — Conflict of interest — Agent acting for plaintiff and vendor of adjacent property — Purchaser offering to buy both properties — Agent failing to inform plaintiff of purchaser 's agreement to buy adjacent property — Whether material information — Whether agent in breach of duty to plaintiff — Whether entitled to commission |
| 8 | In 1915 he learnt of a doctor 's practice going for sale at Collier 's Forge , near Stourbridge in the Midlands . |
| 9 | Apart from industry paying for pollution controls , he said , reorganisation of waste disposal would extend the polluter pays principle to ordinary waste disposal . |
| 10 | There is room for a couple : one here behind the luggage ( hunched like a cosmonaut hurtling into the unknown ) and another there beneath the bottom bunk ( blankets burying a crouched figure waiting for rebirth ) . |
| 11 | An international exile for over two years he is poised for a late , late charge to try for a spectacular break into the Great Britain and Ireland side heading for Minneaoplis in August . |
| 12 | I sat in the restaurant car waiting for breakfast and peered eagerly through steamy windows at an obscure grey landscape , unwilling to miss any part of the new ground that I was covering . |
| 13 | That said , the crew of the Enterprise still gives value for money as the reluctant honour guard to a Klingon delegation suing for peace . |
| 14 | The USA and Panama on April 11 concluded an accord providing for co-operation in investigating money laundering . |
| 15 | Siann , in a recent study Accounting for Aggression which gives an excellent overview of existing theories and positions , does make a distinction between aggression and violence . |
| 16 | Was Fleet St an industry striving for profit only or was it dedicated ‘ to the public service at the expense of profit ’ ? |
| 17 | In 1981 the Council of Europe passed a Recommendation calling for harmonisation of evidential rules with respect to the admissibility of computer records . |
| 18 | A stranger asking for employment at the mine would not , unless he was skilled in the mining trade , expect to be taken on in a partnership so readily , though a labour shortage might improve his chances . |
| 19 | But the feeble efforts by the Yugoslav army to shake off mounting charges that it is backing Serbian militias in the conflict in Bosnia ended abruptly with the sharp crackle of Serbian sniper fire which sent the entire delegation diving for cover . |
| 20 | FEW people outside Skinningrove have heard of the Tom Leonard Mining Museum yet they 've just received an SOS from a remote Bulgarian monastery asking for food parcels . |
| 21 | I telephoned to the Union Jack Club asking for help , explaining the ‘ miracle ’ that seemed about to occur . |
| 22 | He is a keen sportsman and enjoys marathon running for charity . |
| 23 | The scenery was very spectacular — outside the Veni valley , inside of the French girls in my dormitory undressing for bed ! |
| 24 | Like a thirsty horse making for water , I lunged . |
| 25 | The main focus of the council 's activities was to redevelop neighbourhood housing for market rent and to this end the EACC had become involved in commercial and residential development . |
| 26 | In reminding himself that his responsibilities were for the President , he recalled the way that Mariana had looked at the old man that first day when he had met them out on the dock , the President casting for bonefish . |
| 27 | He raised the chopper again , but his mother threw herself upon their tormentor screaming for help . |
| 28 | We feel that this may skew any long-term investment planning for sport . |
| 29 | No doubt Sewell would have maintained the old order but there were forces outside the College working for change . |
| 30 | They are usually mounted on a fabric backing for ease of handling , and are fixed using conventional ceramic tile adhesive . |