Example sentences of "[v-ing] for the [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Given that conditions had changed greatly in forty years , and that ‘ the right to know ’ had in every walk of life assumed paramount importance , it seemed nevertheless unrealistic — even allowing for the vastly different scale of the conflict — for relatives of servicemen to protest at lack of information over but a few days or even hours . |
| 2 | All these findings on the relationship between housing and unemployment are not substantially altered by allowing for the generally lower social status — and therefore higher risk of unemployment — among local authority tenants as both this study and the work of a number of other researchers has shown ( McCormick , 1983 ; Hughes and McCormick , 1987 ; Murphy and Sullivan , 1986 ; an extended bibliography of the general topic of housing and labour market interactions is given in Munro , 1986 ; Labour Force Survey 1983 and 1984 , 1986 , Table 6.6 ; Sullivan and Falkingham , forthcoming , Tables 1 , 2 ) . |
| 3 | Even allowing for the traditionally light-hearted Italian attitude toward obtaining government money , Italy 's wolves number at best only about 150 , including puppies . |
| 4 | Could we climb that fast , even allowing for the more modest grading of most of it ? |
| 5 | Indeed , it is difficult to justify many of the cases where tapping is strongly suspected on the ground that it was necessary for the detection of really serious crime or to deal with major subversion , even allowing for the very wide definition of subversion announced by Lord Harris of Greenwich in 1975 when he said that |
| 6 | After allowing for the much higher non-attendance rate in controls , the annual rate of eye examination per patient and the number of patients referred to a hospital ophthalmic clinic were comparable in the two groups . |
| 7 | In this research , the investigators shall be examining the process of change under several different headings : the economy ; social relations ; and political institutions , drawing for the most part upon Soviet newspapers and journals , which have become a much better guide to the process of change under current policies of glasnost or openness . |
| 8 | Michael and Minna O'Reilly Both of us run a unit in the Scottish Borders catering for the behaviourally disturbed , confused elderly . |
| 9 | Companies such as Home Care and Nursing Services , Care Concern and Care Services provide home helps , nursing auxiliaries and care attendants , meals cooked in the home and home nursing for the terminally ill . |
| 10 | Certainly , the phenomenon of a Black man bidding for the most powerful office in the world has raised , irreversibly , the expectations of Americans who , prior to Jackson 's candidacy , never even dreamed about accurate , or responsive , political representation . |
| 11 | In May 1990 Cape Verde joined the International Finance Corporation ( IFC ) in a move designed to encourage investment from the estimated 600,000 expatriate Cape Verdeans living for the most part in the USA and Europe . |
| 12 | In an exciting competition , BBC Gardeners ' World Magazine , in conjunction with the Buxton Mineral Water Company , is looking for the most imaginative and colourful window boxes , tubs and hanging baskets . |
| 13 | ‘ Is she , ’ and he hesitated , looking for the most delicate statement of his question , ‘ involved in the proceedings ? ’ |
| 14 | Looking for the most cost-effective approach , ERC 's highly qualified and experienced employees will make a thorough inspection of a customer 's used equipment , wellheads and valves and make repairs according to industry standards . |
| 15 | ‘ I was not just looking for the most experienced people but there were other attributes I wanted to see , ’ he says . |
| 16 | You should also review the case looking for the more individual features in it . |
| 17 | Much effort has been invested in searching for the most suitable counselling model . |
| 18 | Particularly in the manufacturing sector we have found organisations searching for the most satisfactory form of distinguishing temporary from regular staff . |
| 19 | ‘ Guy is not a yuppie , ’ Charles remonstrated , in the voice he reserved for humouring his little sister when she was being most irritating , ‘ He just happens to be a very successful … ’ her brother hesitated a fraction as if searching for the most appropriate description ‘ … entrepreneur . ’ |
| 20 | James Hadley , writing his will in 1532 , remembered the church as one of Somerset 's ‘ holy places ’ , and by the late eighteenth century it had become the frequent destination of topographical writers who came searching for the romantically sublime . |
| 21 | The long yellow stamens of their red flowers spit out into the hot air , searching for the least drop of moisture . |
| 22 | The fit ‘ young elderly ’ are already an important resource for caring for the very old and may more become so . |
| 23 | So what is the doctor 's duty in the case of caring for the terminally ill ? |
| 24 | A speech by the prince about caring for the terminally ill sounded so close to his wife 's concerns she could have written it herself . |
| 25 | The prince spoke for 15 minutes about caring for the terminally ill , then extended his visit to a London conference to talk privately with health service staff . |
| 26 | A suicide note revealed they were desperate after years of caring for the seriously handicapped daughter . |
| 27 | But nobody is paying for the increasingly large amount of work we do for the childbearing and professional public at large . |
| 28 | Although very much the ‘ poor commons ’ paying for the most part a 5 per cent tax on their goods , they were anything but an undifferentiated whole . |
| 29 | We have , we are also paying for the very very high price for that er and so it at where we look at , the money we are proposing to spend er in the future that we are grouped in that direction and that 's the , that 's the er budget today . |
| 30 | Now the tobacco industry is going for the slightly more subtle form of advertising which is sponsorship . |