Example sentences of "[v-ing] for [adj -er] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Relating back to previous OPCS classifications , particularly the 1970 scheme , allowing for further table look-ups . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | The latter probably included correspondence with Colonel Filipović in Belgrade , who has been active for many years in agitating for firmer action |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . , |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | As far as the consumer goods industries are concerned , there are forces pushing for greater concentration and integration . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | " I have been serving the Turks , and am looking for better employment . |
| 16 | People are looking for tastier beef and that comes from the Hereford cattle . |
| 17 | The grass was wet and thick near the stream and they made their way up the opposite slope , looking for drier ground . |
| 18 | Particularly acute problems appear to be found in the area of raising seed-corn capital ( pre start-up capital , less than £250,000 , the riskiest type of venture capital ) and that venture funds are looking for shorter term returns ( BEQB 1990 ) . |
| 19 | He expressed Yugoslavia 's wish for closer economic ties with the EC , and was looking for further aid . |
| 20 | She has sought to highlight the positive ethical and aesthetic implications of Victorian science as they appear in literature ( rather than looking for further ammunition for what she calls the sterile and artificial battle of literature against science ) . |
| 21 | The firm is looking for further growth , especially overseas , chiefly by acquisition and joint venture ; now with several clients in Australia and elsewhere in the Far East , the London office is feeling the lack of branches in that area , despite its comparative strength in the USA . |
| 22 | DARLINGTON Council is to join a region-wide group lobbying for better rail services to the NorthEast . |
| 23 | DARLINGTON council is to join a regionwide group lobbying for better rail services to the North-East . |
| 24 | Even those governments that were in the vanguard of the urging for greater union were guilty at times of dragging their heels when OEEC proposals and policies seemed likely to have an adverse effect upon the national economy . |
| 25 | In searching for greater distance , golfers will try absolutely anything , ranging from the latest clubs to weight training , from a fuller shoulder turn in the backswing to a wide arc through the ball . |
| 26 | Then they form up into single file with as many as fifty in a column , each animal touching the rear end of the one ahead with its stick-like antennae , and set off briskly across the sandy sea floor , heading for deeper water . |
| 27 | Anyone who simply returns to the same repetitive activity is heading for further trouble — especially if their technique is at fault . |
| 28 | Signs pleading for slower driving seemed to have no effect , he said . |
| 29 | The auctioneers , without waiting for further payment from the purchaser , paid to the vendor the full amount of the price less their commission charges ( £3.50 ) . |
| 30 | One is , none of the departments are resourced to give this a lot of attention , and secondly we have been waiting for further guidance from the Government on the outcome , particularly from local government , in respect of agenda twenty-one . |