Example sentences of "[noun] [v-ing] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Increasingly all institutions catering for the 16–19 age group will need to run a ‘ mixed economy ’ — preparing students for entry into higher education or for employment . |
| 2 | Here is the chance to see the direction alternating for the first time . |
| 3 | As a result of these , ten percent of children go to special schools — e.g. The Petö Institute or schools catering for the blind , deaf or moderately mentally handicapped . |
| 4 | Many leading manufacturers now have women 's models in their ranges with designs catering for the shorter back length , wider hips and more pronounced bottom . |
| 5 | THE COMBINED Birmingham Railway Museum and Birmingham Mail ‘ Santa Specials ’ were enjoying good publicity and seat booking for the first two Sundays in December . |
| 6 | Carriage driving for the disabled began about 20 years ago and it 's been growing in popularity ever since . |
| 7 | A critic walking for the first time into a gallery may describe a colour in a picture as blue ; it will have been the scrupulous task of a conservator to have established that the particular colour in question was Prussian blue , and thus can not date before the eighteenth century . |
| 8 | Italian maritime aircraft were soon out in force searching for the British Fleet , but not until after midday was it at last spotted . |
| 9 | Since Croatia became an independent state in June 1991 , Raymond Harding , the New York lawyer acting for the Yugoslav government , has become the lawyer for the Croatian government . |
| 10 | Midas , in Sloane Square , sells exclusive designer fashionwear making it an obvious target for jet-set shoplifters looking for the ultimate bargain . |
| 11 | She wound up the window and started to cruise round , her eyes searching for the nice little space that would take her white Golf GTI . |
| 12 | He tilted his head , looking her up and down , his keen eyes searching for the tell-tale bulge of a concealed weapon . |
| 13 | Rory smiled , looked once more at Lewis 's retreating back , then started down the far side of the dune heading for the narrow road . |
| 14 | If in doubt , keep two provisional subjects going for the first half of the first term — and then drop the one that appeals to you the less . |
| 15 | The Secretaryship , possibly joint with Club Stewardship , was in the control of Mr. and Mrs. H.J. Young from 1914 to 1921 at which Annual General Meeting they were presented with some silver ‘ for keeping the club going for the last six years ’ . |
| 16 | So this weekend we have two trainers racing for the big prize … who will win … which is best … our expert Terry Biddlecombe knows all … he rode with David Nicholson … then helped the young Twisdton davies as a jockey |
| 17 | The result was that four travellers were now sitting in the airport terminal waiting for the next flight , which was probably full anyway . |
| 18 | The pendulum swings from right to left , and from left to right , each side overcompensating for the perceived aberrations of the other . |
| 19 | The apprentices from RAF Halton In Buckinghamshire have been keeping the air force flying for the last seventy two years . |
| 20 | It becomes clear from the expressions used by Lord Wright speaking for the Privy Council to describe the duty and its breach , the important and significant date in relation thereto was not the date of manufacture but when the damage occurred : see also Watson v. Fram Reinforced Concrete Co . Ltd. , 1960 S.C . ( H.L. ) 92 . |
| 21 | I believe it 's actually a better publication than the Munros book , and if like me , you 've just finished the Munros , or are just about to ‘ compleat ’ , then this new book will have your mouth watering for the new challenge ahead . |
| 22 | None of the sample group were asked to name the candidates standing for the Liberal Democrats , Green Party and British National Party . |
| 23 | Everyone is different , and although obviously some birth complications can be foreseen , such as if the baby is in an unusual position , or if the mother is particularly small and slim , in general , every expectant mother goes into labour hoping for the best , hoping that she 'll be the one to have a quick and easy time . |
| 24 | The candidate and unit enrolment data is cumulative in that , for example , the courses enrolled for in 1991–2 will include the new Batch 2 courses first validated for that year — but will also include candidates enrolling for the second cycle of Batch 1 , the third cycle of Phase 2 pilots , etc . |
| 25 | The key question was whether , in practice , the numbers of candidates enrolling for the new system would live up to the high expectations . |
| 26 | Alexandra did not move from the sofa but sat on it quite rigid , her ears straining for the dreaded sound of wheels on the gravel of the drive . |
| 27 | The formative period from 1850 to 1914 witnessed the birth of a clearly identifiable movement , with labour organising for the first time on a massive scale . |
| 28 | William Keeling , a freelance journalist working for the Financial Times , was declared persona non grata by the government on July 1 . |
| 29 | Musa Anter is the fifth journalist working for the Kurdish newspaper Ozgur Gundem to be attacked since the newspaper started publication in May this year . |
| 30 | On Feb. 26 , 1990 , Silvia Dussan , a journalist working for the British Broadcasting Corporation ( BBC ) , became the fourth journalist to be murdered by suspected right-wing paramilitaries in 1990 ( 12 were murdered in 1989 ) , who the same day were blamed for the murder of Diana Cardona Saldarriaga , the left-wing Patriotic Union ( Unión Patriótica — UP ) mayor of Apartado . |