Example sentences of "[v-ing] for a [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This reflected the nature of the environment , the local pride of the individual Australian colonies , and the awareness of the railway builders and architects that they were building for a grander , though then unrealized , future . |
| 2 | The band of fluctuation either side of the new parities was widened from 1 per cent to 2.25 per cent , thus allowing for a larger margin of exchange rate fluctuation before official intervention was required . |
| 3 | The Assembly was expanded from 195 to 250 seats , allowing for a larger allocation of seats to independent candidates . |
| 4 | Aim for a margin of safety by allowing for a further two to three minutes ' ‘ sudden death ’ extension after that . |
| 5 | Among attractions of a combined survey is the economy of mobilising for a larger survey with fewer turns for the ship . |
| 6 | Most of the new people who 'd be coming over in the last couple of years a lot of them would n't be coming out to our concerts yet because they would probably be into a more younger scene like the Mary Blacks , maybe or the Christian Moore or somebody like that you would be catering for a younger audience and the the second third generation would be coming out to the First to the Foster and Allens and the Daniel O'Donnells and the Brendan Shines you know . |
| 7 | The TV companies that own ITN are also clamouring for a higher bid . |
| 8 | However , his abiding passion for collecting recipes and formulas kept him experimenting for a further twenty years , perfecting the transfer-printing process . |
| 9 | This means ministers are wrangling for a bigger share of the cake . |
| 10 | Gradually drizzle in the lemon juice and continue blending for a further 2min . |
| 11 | Entering and leaving conversation , bidding for a longer turn , refusing without appearing rude , changing the topic , are all notoriously difficult for foreign learners : tasks for which the language classroom , where turns are patiently organized and controlled by the teacher , has hardly prepared them . |
| 12 | The NCVO is pressing for a simpler SORP and for the timetable for compliance to be extended to mid 1994 to allow charities more time to prepare . |
| 13 | But inevitably , others in the company were pressing for a greater commercial awareness . |
| 14 | In addition to the two-year probation order , Ironside was banned from driving for a further two years . |
| 15 | I do not see any relevant distinction between the provision of a structural survey at the request of a borrower applying for a further advance and the provision of a house buyers ' report in the same circumstances . |
| 16 | If charged by a powerful enemy they can turn and flee away , hopefully regrouping for a later return . |
| 17 | Some were more active than any predecessor against some particular organism , and some had special merits in use , such as working when given by mouth , or acting for a longer period than usual . |
| 18 | Parish Clerk Weekley , that man of power and aerial photographs , is pushing for a further diversion to include free eye-testing for the old , and has written to local doctors advising them of this . |
| 19 | Looking for a better bet |
| 20 | UBS has been getting an average of one inquiry a day from small banks looking for a bigger uncle . |
| 21 | When de Kooning was looking for a bigger space , Vicente suggested he take a studio next to his . |
| 22 | ‘ Leicester is a city in which we should expect to have a good general bookshop , and we shall be looking for a bigger and better site in the city . ’ |
| 23 | Therefore I am now looking for a larger tank . |
| 24 | Leigh is now looking for a larger space . |
| 25 | On the other hand , do n't go looking too battered : they are n't looking for Walter Huston , they 're looking for a younger , well-scrubbed , cheerfully confident Robert Mitchum . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ We 're looking for a dirtier funky sound that does n't smell of record label money . ’ |
| 27 | For if we suppose this we shall fall into an infinite regress ; we shall find ourselves looking for a further interpretation . |
| 28 | Christopher Columbus was actually looking for a quicker route to the heart of Indonesia when he stumbled on America . |
| 29 | But yesterday 's report from the US Purchasing Managers , which put the index of export performance at its highest level since April , is another red rag to dollar bulls looking for a narrower US trade deficit . |
| 30 | They would include : opportunities for students to see or experience equipment or processes which are not on offer within the institution ; the chance for a student to sample a possible future job or career ; the opportunity to learn something ( not much ) of the lives led in employment by their neighbours , their parents or their peer-group , so that they may grow up more understanding and more tolerant ( this rather pious hope may in fact be quite unjustified , they may have confirmed or developed disdain or envy for others ) ; a good student may catch the eye of an employer looking for a later recruit ; absence may lend enchantment to the view of the college and the students may return from work-experience reassured about their choice of education ; students may be motivated to work hard at college by the prospect of either securing a job like the one they have seen or tried , or by the determination to avoid a similar fate ; all these outcomes may be little more predictable than the consequences of going to the zoo for a visit . |