Example sentences of "[v-ing] for [adj] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | His defeat is as certain as Mr Melding 's , although his campaign has been a good deal less rough : canvassing for Labour in a prosperous south coast resort may be discouraging , but it is scarcely dangerous , unless you count the speechless stick-waving of elderly gentlefolk as assault . |
| 2 | He got one against Swindon last season and ca n't wait to go looking for more in the Premier League . |
| 3 | The business then bought a machine for £4,000 paying for this in cash , and at the same time bought a second machine on credit terms . |
| 4 | Apart from the influence of many young voters who have no memory of what it was like to live under a Labour government , the biggest thing going for Labour in this election is an Englishman 's sense of fair play . |
| 5 | Not bad going for most in modern industrial times , but even more so for people like 28-year-old Ewan , from Hamilton , who has found a new job as a salesman . |
| 6 | Natural selection would then gradually have produced a hardier group of individuals capable of remaining for longer in the remote mountain regions . |
| 7 | While the key features of each — the limited liability company , the use of collective bargaining and the state provision of welfare — all have something of a Christian basis in terms of providing outlets for savings , strengthening the family , and correcting injustice and providing for those in need , nevertheless it is easy to see how they can become taken over by humanistic philosophy — so that they become unlimited freedom to create wealth , the use of collective power and the denial of individual merit and the state as the alternative for the family and private charity . |
| 8 | She is often criticized for exercising a weaker voice than she ‘ should ’ but replies that those critics who live ‘ safe from midnight arrests and solitary confinement ’ are unreasonable in the extreme in calling for those in oppressed lands to take risks the critics themselves would avoid . |
| 9 | As the environmental lobby has gained increasing influence over rural planning policies , so the dilemma between the requirement of maintaining an attractive village landscape and the provision of housing for those in need has become more acute . |
| 10 | The use of associations adds a degree of respectability to the ‘ pick a landlord ’ scheme , and the government clearly expects housing associations to become the main providers of ‘ social housing ’ — housing for those in need . |
| 11 | Pam Tatlow is standing for Labour in Cheltenham at the General Election . |