Example sentences of "[v-ing] for this [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Does the Secretary of State believe that the action of the board of Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Ltd. in disqualifying us from competing for this work is fair to Cammell Laird ? |
| 2 | You 'll be working for me next year , but who do you fancy caddying for this year ? ’ |
| 3 | In his own way , Ted had been building for this moment too . |
| 4 | But , even allowing for this handicap , Irvin and Martin found that university astronomers were not happy with the ‘ inflexible ’ administration of the telescope by the Royal Greenwich Observatory . |
| 5 | But allowing for this criticism , the test seems to be workable . |
| 6 | Allowing for this element means that the average income from farming per full-time equivalent may be about £9,000 per annum . |
| 7 | After allowing for this subsidence there are no significant residual gravity changes between June 1991 and June 1992 , except at the summit crater where there was a decrease of 80μGal . |
| 8 | One of the publishers most successful at catering for this hunger for information is International Data Group ( IDG ) , a firm that has grown big by breaking many of the management rules cherished by other big publishers . |
| 9 | consider engaging professional help to get a critical analysis of WO population/housing growth predictions and the likely impact of catering for this growth . |
| 10 | Quiksilver had created the richest prize in surfing for this contest : $50,000 for the winner . |
| 11 | The consensus among observers has been that IBM Corp will find it needs to cut many more than the 25,000 positions it is targeting for this year , so there was little surprise when both the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal last week came out with independent stories saying the cuts would go much higher . |
| 12 | Six seconds of fame after hours of queueing for this fan of a fan THE Lamports had queued for four hours before they were interviewed for the Antiques . |
| 13 | that dredging for this voice has drowned no other |
| 14 | Yes , you , you 've got to keep agitating for this holiday . |
| 15 | She nodded slowly , meeting his gaze with trusting eyes , praying for this chance , that was her path to happiness . |
| 16 | Good God , Teddy , the US arms industry has been praying for this war for years . |
| 17 | so I mean I 'd been dying for this pint all , all day sort of thing , I felt much better after that . |
| 18 | She were knocking for this thing you know . |
| 19 | The employers were about to remove theirs by what its American champions were to call ‘ scientific management ’ , but in our period they were still groping for this solution . |
| 20 | Compensating for this loss of sight , some species have small extendable tentacles at the angle of their jaws which serve as sensitive feelers . |
| 21 | Williams-Renault are reported to have approached Mansell 's new Paul Newman-Carl Haas Indy team with a view to buying out his contract on the eve of qualifying for this weekend 's Australian Grand Prix in Adelaide . |
| 22 | She is presently training in the hope of qualifying for this year 's British Olympic squad and needs help with the costs . |
| 23 | We are delighted that Anke Rohlfs , guest teacher at our 1982 Summer Course , is returning for this year 's International Summer course , and once again we are able to use the facilities at Green Park Centre , Aston Clinton , Bucks . |
| 24 | Invited the Lord President to take soundings among Government supporters with a view to determining whether it would be possible to persuade those who were in favour of the abolition of capital punishment that in the interests of securing the passage of the Criminal Justice Bill in the 1947–48 Session they should refrain from pressing for this change in the law ; |
| 25 | And my father was a applying for this relief . |
| 26 | A person applying for this status must comply with any requirements imposed by the Panel as a condition of its granting the status . |
| 27 | Well , one of the first things I did on applying for this job was to announce my intention to end the repellent Billy Bullshit column . |
| 28 | Collectively , this information would provide a profile of the person 's individuality in living for this AL , and therefore guides the nurse in devising a plan for individualising nursing . |
| 29 | There are many signs that Ian Smith himself is seeking for this guidance . |
| 30 | The South African was looking for this patterning , to ensure they had not been foisted off with sand-blasted bottle-glass or the other principal substitute , cubic zirconia . |