Example sentences of "[adj] [v-ing] for [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | The theoretical underpinning for this is given by the theory of portfolio balance . |
2 | 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 . |
3 | 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 ! ! |
4 | 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 . |
5 | There are probably more Japanese working for top chefs than women in equivalent positions . |
6 | 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 . |
7 | 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 . |
8 | 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 |
9 | It was rough going for some of the exhibitors as they put a new four wheel drive model through its paces . |
10 | 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 . ’ |
11 | 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 . |
12 | He was an explorer and naturalist — his lecture was to be about his expedition to an unexplored part of the Canadian Arctic looking for wild geese . |
13 | These two moved in with Zimmerman , and you got busy looking for two people instead of just one . |
14 | We 're too busy looking for more truths . ’ |
15 | The resulting interview was heavy going for both of them . |
16 | There is also implicit criticism of John 's politically committed mother Rosalie ( Olympia Dukakis ) , so busy demonstrating for human rights that she shamefully neglects her son and fails to fill the fridge with enough food for him . |
17 | Notice both activities qualify as dramatic playing for both carry the intention to ‘ be ’ , to be either designers or villagers , both working spontaneously and appropriately within their quite different functions . |
18 | As you play the 9th chords in bars 6 and 7 you might wish to finger the full voicing for each chord and only lightly strike the top three strings as indicated in the music . |
19 | These developments could open up new vistas of flexible working for large numbers of employees , who no longer need to be herded together in downtown locations for eight hours a day . |
20 | BELOW The systematic searching for new sites and surface finds can take place over many different terrains , often to find out more about a landscape before it is destroyed . |
21 | This is daft playing for five P ha ha . |
22 | ‘ It 's been on the Common looking for little green men has it ? |
23 | It all made grim watching for Prime Minister John Major , who saw the England batting collapse faster than the ailing pound . |
24 | Details on correct addressing for international mail can be found in the Royal Mail International Guide . |
25 | there is a basic four-chord harmonic sequence , used as a structural underpinning for much of the piece ; in a conventional rock song this might well have been deployed as a rift or worked into predictable phrase-structure patterns . |
26 | Lipsey ( 1960 ) , to provide the analytical underpinning for this astonishing statistical regularity . |
27 | Jack was convinced that the uninvited visitor was a light-fingered local looking for free coal . |
28 | The Algarve coastline has many beautiful beaches and covers that are well-worth searching for modern losses , as well as a few older Portuguese coins and the occasional ring . |
29 | Like any reign , Edward IV 's had produced its share of the disgruntled and disenchanted hoping for better times . |
30 | Like any reign , Edward IV 's had produced its share of the disgruntled and disenchanted hoping for better times . |