Example sentences of "[v-ing] for [adj -er] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Commonly , sales forecasting for a period of up to one year ahead is differentiated from sales and market forecasting for longer periods . |
| 2 | With U.S. solo rates for C152s ranging from £19.40–£28.50 per hour , and allowing for higher unit overheads , this would seem to justify UK rates of , say , £41–£52 per hour ex-VAT , or £48–£61 per hour including VAT . |
| 3 | In our example , the London couple will experience a relatively modest decline of 5 p.c. in its after tax income after allowing for higher child benefit under Labour . |
| 4 | An extra eight pages have been added , which will mean a new page design allowing for larger jacket reproduction and a 25% increase in space for each title . |
| 5 | Relating back to previous OPCS classifications , particularly the 1970 scheme , allowing for further table look-ups . |
| 6 | Up to April 1988 this was known as supplementary pension and was the arm of the supplementary benefit system catering for older people . |
| 7 | Fashion Extra is one excellent catalogue catering for larger sizes . |
| 8 | You have to be resourceful when catering for larger numbers . |
| 9 | The political background was likely to be a country clamouring for tougher punishments and wanting to be convinced that crime will be dealt with , while expert reports called for less resort to prison sentencing . |
| 10 | Despite some degree of battlefield success at Dezful — in the course of which Iraq captured a number of British-made Chieftain tanks which it put on display before foreign journalists at al-Amarah in the central sector just as Iraq 's own armour , mainly Russian in origin , was gathering for further fighting at Ahwaz — Dezful did not fall either and the Iranians were far from having been routed . |
| 11 | The latter probably included correspondence with Colonel Filipović in Belgrade , who has been active for many years in agitating for firmer action |
| 12 | The sleeve of this precious little ditty depicted an impassioned Morrissey ( is there any other kind ? ) gazing upwards into an apparently divine light , no doubt praying for greater record sales . |
| 13 | It is clear that individuals in the ‘ higher ’ occupational groupings are far more likely to have high incomes and to be owner-occupiers than those in the lower groupings , and it is also clear that children of higher category parents have a much better chance of extending their education beyond the minimum , and of qualifying for higher status occupations themselves ( Goldthorpe , 1980 , Halsey et al . , |
| 14 | The case could start a trend : two other New Mexico pueblos are already pressing for stricter water standards along their stretches of the Rio Grande . |
| 15 | Increasingly concerned about the risk of a major nuclear accident in the region , France , Germany , Britain and several other EC countries are now pressing for stronger action . |
| 16 | She looked across at him as if giving him a final appraisal and checking for further clues in his face , in his clothes . |
| 17 | The company has questioned the viability of taking coal from other seams at Woodbank Farm , but has refused to rule out the possibility of applying for further operations . |
| 18 | Bystanders said police were hunting for further devices , bringing traffic to a standstill as police sealed off the area . |
| 19 | The two men also have been at odds over Israel 's Middle East policy , with Mr Levy pushing for greater flexibility in talks with the Arabs and against straining relations with the United States . |
| 20 | As far as the consumer goods industries are concerned , there are forces pushing for greater concentration and integration . |
| 21 | In particular , some feel that occupational groups should enjoy similar proportional increases in income which preserve existing differentials , while others , pushing for greater equality , want similar absolute increases which have the effect of narrowing differentials . |
| 22 | As well as pushing for higher taxes to discourage consumption , the neo-prohibitionists advocate banning beer advertising and placing warning labels on cans . |
| 23 | Special needs is one of nineteen national priority areas that will receive 70 per cent funding from the DES , as is training for further education ( FE ) staff with special needs responsibilities . |
| 24 | After re-uniting Tony Cooper with his Spitfire , the restorers now hope to start working on the wings and are looking for bigger premises to enable this work to take place . |
| 25 | A SMALL village business , which is to shortly celebrate its first birthday , has been so successful it could soon be looking for bigger premises . |
| 26 | I wonder if these were not some of the horde Geoffrey de Mandeville collected about him , looking for safer pastures to settle in , now the king is master of the Fens again ? |
| 27 | " I have been serving the Turks , and am looking for better employment . |
| 28 | ‘ I was in Florida , looking for better ideas of shooting landscape and took a short plane ride . |
| 29 | Francis will desperately want to win tomorrow , and now most of the severe injuries are cleared up , he will be looking for better results . |
| 30 | Increasingly , employers are looking for higher levels of skills . |