Example sentences of "[noun pl] [v-ing] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The three groups competing for the right to develop the technology for high definition television are expected to sign an accord to pool resources to develop the standard , the Los Angeles Times reported : it said signing of the pact , which could accelerate introduction of HDTV , was imminent ; the groups involve General Instrument Corp and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology , Zenith Electronics Corp and AT&T Co , and Philips Electronics NV , Thomson SA , Compression Labs Inc and the National Broadcasting Co arm of General Electric Co . |
| 2 | Continuing through the scattered little climatic resort the road leads to the Heiligenschwendi Klinik , a large hospital originally treating respiratory diseases but in more recent times catering for a wide variety of patients . |
| 3 | Increasingly all institutions catering for the 16–19 age group will need to run a ‘ mixed economy ’ — preparing students for entry into higher education or for employment . |
| 4 | The competition was tough with 304 UK projects competing for the honours . |
| 5 | It is as if academic freedom were a largely fixed commodity that was passed around among the groups contending for the right to make the key academic decisions . |
| 6 | He could n't see any other clubs challenging for the title . |
| 7 | Amongst those groups bidding for the farms were Lonrho , the United Kingdom-based multinational , and the Portuguese group Espírito Santo which had considerable land holdings in the colonial period . |
| 8 | As a result of these , ten percent of children go to special schools — e.g. The Petö Institute or schools catering for the blind , deaf or moderately mentally handicapped . |
| 9 | Many leading manufacturers now have women 's models in their ranges with designs catering for the shorter back length , wider hips and more pronounced bottom . |
| 10 | In the ILEA ( which published much more detailed statistics on special education than central government or other LEAs ) , boys were in the majority in schools and units catering for every type of special need . |
| 11 | Michael and Minna O'Reilly Both of us run a unit in the Scottish Borders catering for the behaviourally disturbed , confused elderly . |
| 12 | Any reserves pressing for a midfield slot ( Tinkler maybe ) ? |
| 13 | He was like a man who has made one step forward into unknown territory and stands looking for a path . |
| 14 | From fashion designers looking for a source of chic thrills to Sunday supplements looking to tickle their readers ' fancy , everyone has plundered the S&M scene for imagery . |
| 15 | Midas , in Sloane Square , sells exclusive designer fashionwear making it an obvious target for jet-set shoplifters looking for the ultimate bargain . |
| 16 | This is a valuable addition to any Vietnam library ; but readers looking for a melodramatic ‘ military thriller ’ should look elsewhere . |
| 17 | There is an element of desperation in this ( ageing vampiric lefties looking for a radical fix from the last sexual sub-culture left in town ) . |
| 18 | ‘ Now I get loads and loads of letters from teenagers looking for a career in the sport . |
| 19 | Dentists searching for a substitute for traditional amalgam fillings are getting a boost from the British government . |
| 20 | They have left their homes looking for an education . |
| 21 | Police frogmen have been searching lakes looking for a weapon … believed to be a six inch blade . |
| 22 | As they left , Kate glanced back , her eyes searching for the shawl . |
| 23 | He tilted his head , looking her up and down , his keen eyes searching for the tell-tale bulge of a concealed weapon . |
| 24 | She wound up the window and started to cruise round , her eyes searching for the nice little space that would take her white Golf GTI . |
| 25 | The streets were full of theatre-goers , tourists and buskers and ticket touts looking for the tourist theatre-goer . |
| 26 | The hubbub outside comes not from the picturesque traders of the bazaar but from some 500 fans pleading for a glimpse of their idol . |
| 27 | Among the happiest band of travellers are 5,000 St Johnstone fans heading for the seaside and a match against Ayr United which will decide the First Division Championship . |
| 28 | These characteristics lead to a generally well-controlled and efficient method of production , whose main disadvantage is the time-delay caused by the queueing effect of individual units waiting for the batch to be completed before moving on to the next operation . |
| 29 | The inheritance of acquired characters explained these trends as a consequence of the animals specializing for a particular way of life chosen by their ancestors . |
| 30 | And tears of farewell.The Bosnians heading for a new life . |