Example sentences of "[pron] are not [v-ing] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Le let me ask you about erm this , th the new child support , Sue mentioned the child support agency which er , is going to be established with roughly , er , the task of chasing errant fathers who are not providing for their families , is is is that correct ? |
| 2 | You are n't looking for quantities that will fill air balloons but , nonetheless , you need amounts that call on industrial preparation and , as was the case for Paneth and Peters in Germany , the question was where to get it . |
| 3 | And you are n't asking for help to get the other stuff back into the files at Bad Schwarzendorn . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ So you are n't working for Joe any longer ? ’ |
| 5 | You are not aiming for some exact scientific precision ( if absolute precision is needed , you can use pen and paper ) , but you are meeting and communicating with another adult human being . |
| 6 | You are not looking for a fast drop in weight . |
| 7 | You are not training for the next Olympics , just getting a little fitter and making your heart work more efficiently and become stronger . |
| 8 | Well you 'd think they could because you are not paying for the service are you ? |
| 9 | And for the moment you are not watching on a colleague , because you are not working for M16 but directly for Winston . |
| 10 | We are not looking for additions to the canon of ‘ sacred places ’ . |
| 11 | ‘ We are not looking for a leader , ’ Douglas Wilson from Burton said . |
| 12 | Dr Alun Gee , NRA technical manager for the Welsh region , said , ‘ We are not looking for any relaxation in current standards ’ and the objectives will contain a ‘ no deterioration ’ clause . |
| 13 | ‘ But we are peaceful people and we are not looking for revenge . |
| 14 | But the athletes are making an unprecedented demand for a slice of the lucrative financial action and Tom Jennings , the agent spearheading their case , countered : ‘ We are not looking for a militant takeover , just a share of the wealth . |
| 15 | Digital Equipment Corp says that its Alpha second source agreement with Mitsubishi Electric Corp is not an exclusive pact and that it is talking with other firms that may become second sources of the chip ; ‘ We are not looking for a large number of semiconductor partners , however we are having discussions with other semiconductor companies ; those relationships could happen at various levels , ’ — DEC may still seek other firms to design versions without the marketing that Mitsubishi is providing . |
| 16 | ‘ We are not looking for jobs for life , just a sensible arrangement , ’ he said . |
| 17 | ‘ We are not looking for domination , but equality , ’ he said , again demanding that Sinn Fein must be included in political talks . |
| 18 | As stated earlier in this chapter , at this stage we are not looking for solutions but an understanding of the organisation . |
| 19 | And if we are not looking for something which is as restrictive as greenbelt we ought neither to be expressing in whatever terms a presumption or describing something which is permissible as an exception . |
| 20 | ‘ We are treating this as murder , but we are not looking for anyone else in connection with it , ’ an RUC spokesman said . |
| 21 | Det Supt Ken Woodward , who led the murder investigation , said outside court : ‘ We are not looking for anyone else in connection with this inquiry unless anything new comes up . |
| 22 | On the other hand they are telling us we are not playing for the money but the love of the sport . |
| 23 | Crewe says : ‘ We are not going for numbers — we have to stay contained to offer the level of service that we do and meet the needs of our existing customer base . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ We are not asking for names , Mr Cameron . |
| 25 | You will also need some willpower , but we are not asking for very much . |
| 26 | ‘ We are n't looking for scandals , ’ said Roland . |
| 27 | 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 . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ I hope that they are n't staying for the dance . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ This is just another demonstration that they are n't fighting for any cause . |
| 30 | All claim that they are not writing for clever people but this does not mean that theirs is the voice of a simple , unlettered piety . |