Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] [v-ing] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is an elegant way to travel , much better than waiting for the buses which , at this time of year , seem to come every other Tuesday . |
| 2 | From the north door emerges , with entourage , Cranley Onslow , chairman of the 1922 Committee , head down and making for the lift . |
| 3 | Such macho tendencies are potentially limiting , rather than enriching for the boys who read such stories , and serve to perpetuate the myth of the ‘ boys do n't cry ’ syndrome . |
| 4 | Rather than achieving for the sheer stimulation , or intrinsic worth of the achievement , they are driven in a never-ending competition ‘ to be someone ’ . |
| 5 | This occurs when a firm continually has to ‘ look over its shoulder ’ and concentrate on short-term performance targets in order to try and maintain its share price , rather than planning for the future . |
| 6 | Other recent flotations might just represent companies ' taking advantage of windows through which to de-gear , rather than waiting for the exits that offer the optimum long-term return . |
| 7 | Amateurs wanted to get off to the country for the weekend rather than performing for the benefit of playing spectators . |
| 8 | Richard Agutter , head of Peat 's merger and acquisition network , said the relatively low average values indicated that British companies were making cross-border deals for strategic reasons ‘ rather than going for the mega-deals ’ . |
| 9 | Overall , Mr Charkin presented a picture of a man enthralled by present opportunities and future potentialities , rather than yearning for the comfortable certainties of the recent past . |
| 10 | He tried to catch the attendant 's eye but the man was already turning away and reaching for the nozzle of the pump hose . |
| 11 | The evidence in Chapter 3 that was taken as counting against Wagner 's analysis of latent inhibition is just as damaging for the interference account developed here . |
| 12 | That I 'm still rehearsing Hamlet somewhere and waiting for the pain to end . ’ |
| 13 | From about 1940 to the 1970s , in this picture , both solar and volcanic influences were acting to cool the Earth , more than compensating for the rapid buildup of carbon dioxide , even with the standard greenhouse effect numbers . |
| 14 | Registration figures went down when the poll tax was introduced , but — at least nationally — they staged a marked recovery in 1992 , more than compensating for the 1989 drop . |
| 15 | and finally they 're off and running for the point to point season tomorrow … 266 horses will be racing in the South Midland meeting near Chopping Norton … first race is at 11 |
| 16 | Garrison Savanah has a few tales to tell … he won the big race at Cheltenham 3 years ago and tomorrow the Gloucestershire favourite will be off and running for the big prize at Newbury |
| 17 | The rain struck him across the face like a whiplash as he fought to keep the bike upright and driving for the protection of the leeward bank . |
| 18 | But Coun Dot Long , committee chairman , said they wanted to get something up and running for the club before the start of the bowls season in May . |
| 19 | There 's a table all set up and waiting for the dinner meeting . |
| 20 | Normally ( see Fig. 3.2 ) cortisol is secreted mainly around the time of waking and this seems to be part of dealing with the ‘ stress ’ of waking up and preparing for the new day . |
| 21 | During the day a Cant Z.501 flyingboat of the 184 a Squadriglia R.M. was also lost , apparently to Malta fighters , and probably while searching for the downed German aircrew ; the crew of this aircraft were rescued near the Sicilian coast . |
| 22 | I 'm living alone now and looking for the next relationship , which I hope will be the last one . |
| 23 | It 's then a matter of sitting back and waiting for the calls ! |
| 24 | Or maybe it was like the ball in a roulette wheel , bouncing around and looking for the right number … |
| 25 | ‘ No-one expected Rovers to be doing so well and challenging for the League , ’ he admitted . |
| 26 | This girl , this young woman , coming here and asking for the loan of a shilling for a cab fare . |
| 27 | As well as allowing for the " artist 's licence " we need to remember that artists often had to satisfy patrons , or produce work that would sell . |
| 28 | This obviously saves much time and effort as well as allowing for the creation of more imaginatively produced work . |
| 29 | Johnny Giles , as well as writing for the Mail , writes regular articles for the Evening Herald in Dublin . |
| 30 | An example word supercilious , compiled from simulated data ( 244,140,625 complete candidate strings ) was tested using the old method of complete string look-up ( 7 hours and 48 minutes processing time ) , and the new letter by letter look-up ( 13 seconds processing time ) — these figures include the time taken to build the tree structure as well as searching for the candidate strings . |