Example sentences of "[noun pl] [is] [v-ing] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | A consortium of China 's government ministries is pushing for the establishment of a second national telecommunications network , according to the South China Morning Post . |
| 2 | Universal Pictures is hoping for the second lowest rating , PG parental guidance . |
| 3 | The last redoubt of the ‘ arm 's length ’ policy would then be the national theatre companies and a chorus of voices is calling for their retention by the Arts Council . |
| 4 | Now Charlie who has set a host of records in recent months is heading for another one — the highest number of winners in the newly formed Irish jump season . |
| 5 | The Federation of European Wholesale and International Trade Associations is calling for all references to traders ' responsibility to be removed . |
| 6 | A CHARITY which helps the poverty-stricken in Third World countries is appealing for people to take part in a fund-raising bike ride . |
| 7 | American Football Team , Edinburgh Eagles is looking for girls to join its squad of cheerleaders . |
| 8 | Producing a play without an interval these days is asking for trouble . |
| 9 | A household name in the world of aviation spares is looking for a new owner to carry on its traditions . |
| 10 | Kevin Feeny at Warburg Securities is looking for £242m against £183m with £650m pencilled in for the year . |
| 11 | Because industrial growth has been so fast there is virtually full employment , with a particular shortage of staff at the clerical/secretarial level , since the new generation of university-educated Singaporeans is aiming for the higher paid jobs . |
| 12 | ONE of Europe 's symbolic Communist strongholds is preparing for its final battle after the decision yesterday of the state-owned Renault car company to close its 60-year-old Paris factory at Boulogne Billancourt in 1992 . |
| 13 | Ferruzzi is hunting for partners for its troubled chemicals businesses , and is talking with Royal Dutch/Shell about a possible deal in plastics . |
| 14 | British Airways is bidding for a 25% stake in the Australian airline , but will have to fight off challenges from Singapore Airlines and Air New Zealand , and a degree of ‘ anti-Pommie ’ feeling Down Under . |
| 15 | A DARLINGTON man who was glassed by four skinheads is appealing for his rescuer to come forward . |
| 16 | Although this pressure for higher dividends is unsettling for the system of cross-shareholdings , it is unlikely to be fatal . |
| 17 | Coun John Elders is calling for tougher action after drunken teenage vandals rampaged along the promenade at Seaton Carew , near Hartlepool , wrecking seafront chalets . |
| 18 | Strathclyde Police is pushing for reforms to bring Scottish law in line with English law and make knife-carrying an offence . |
| 19 | Cleveland Refuge and Aid for Women and Children is appealing for large play equipment . |
| 20 | Meanwhile , Cleveland Aid for Romanian Children is heading for the Iasi district of Romania on Sunday . |
| 21 | The British Trust for Conservation Volunteers is going for another plant-in on land adjacent to Port Meadow in Oxford . |
| 22 | Them other greenskins is asking for trouble ! |
| 23 | The firm , which will do boards for a whole range of products including computers , telecommunications and satellite receiver and industrial control system products is looking for further partnerships in Taiwan , Japan and the US and is three months away from announcing its next deal . |
| 24 | FOOTBALL club Millwall Holdings is negotiating for a cash injection through a new subscription for its shares , the company said yesterday . |
| 25 | The Foundation for the Study of Infant Deaths is calling for all ads featuring sleeping babies to be shown lying on their backs , following its new safety guidelines , issued in October last year . |