Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] [adj] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | On Nov. 6 , he took on the post of Prime Minister , thus becoming responsible for the Interior , Defence , and Russian KGB . |
| 2 | Instead I consoled myself that Ellen would be pleased , and a pleased Ellen might become my shipmate all the way around the world , so really , I told myself , I was not doing this for the senator 's happiness , and not even for the twins , but for my own , and so I shook the senator 's hand . |
| 3 | Commenting on the compensation award , Mrs Taylor said : ‘ I was not doing this for the money . |
| 4 | and its still looking good for the promotion play-offs … only Tranmere have a realistic chance of catching the top six teams … |
| 5 | At Kabrit in the meantime the L Detachment men were busily making ready for the departure back to Jalo , from where they were to head for Bouerat . |
| 6 | Compared with the £20 prices now becoming typical for the likes of popular Grandes Marques , such as Veuve Clicquot , these wines really do represent remarkable value . |
| 7 | Most techniques so far used for increasing speed are now becoming inviable for the future , and new techniques must be developed . |
| 8 | Except that there appeared to have been a miscalculation — one which Rostov himself did not yet understand — so that the pod was now heading unscathed for the outer atmosphere of Tarvaras . |
| 9 | So I 'm now going straight for the black ? |
| 10 | As she is now studying fell-time for the Ministry , she resigned from the post at the end of October , 1991 , and we have appointed another worker , Mrs . |
| 11 | But rather than simply using this for the purpose of political comment in a static model of the communication process , the rationale behind its retention here is that there are real and important differences between these two groups and their relationships , and work , with the media . |
| 12 | In pre-Big Bang times there existed a widespread belief that the then existing regulatory framework was not only propping up an inefficient system but that it was also outmoded and fast becoming inadequate for the protection of investors . |
| 13 | Within another month or two he did The Rainbow which got enormous coverage , and within another month he was here getting ready for the first American tour . |
| 14 | By totting up numbers for one group of estates , adding a notional 22 per cent for unrecorded children under twelve , and a further 25 per cent for other omissions , and then multiplying these for the whole of France , Lot calculated a population for Charles the Bald 's kingdom of 26 million . |
| 15 | Significantly , the Robbins Report recommended that the universities ' share should rise to 60 per cent , or 336,000 , in 1981 , thereby leaving 224,000 for the public sector . |