Example sentences of "[noun] be [v-ing] for an " in BNC.
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| 1 | Zaher el-Khatib ( Sunni , of the ‘ Marxist Bloc ’ from the Chouf ) and two other deputies are campaigning for an end to confessionalism . |
| 2 | EXPERTS are preparing for an event billed as the biggest controlled explosion in Europe since the Second World War — the demolition today of two multi-storey blocks of flats in Glasgow 's Gorbals . |
| 3 | She let us stay with her for a week after Dada — ’ She paused , and again her hesitation appeared as if her mind were groping for an answer or a revelation to something she could n't understand ; then she said , ‘ After Dada … died . |
| 4 | On March 29 Moscow radio reported that almost all Ossete villages in South Ossetia had been razed by Georgian militants , and on the following day there were ominous reports from officials in North Ossetia that 12,000 armed Georgians were massing for an assault on Tskhinvali and surrounding districts still under Ossete control . |
| 5 | An answer came from Huddersfield , where the Town Football Club were looking for an assistant to their secretary-manager Ambrose Langley , who had partnered Chapman 's brother at Hull before the war . |
| 6 | DRI/McGraw-Hill is looking for an individual to join its sales and support team in its London office . |
| 7 | Mr Salmond may well be right in supposing that Labour 's Scottish high command was looking for an excuse to wriggle out of its reluctant commitments to constitutional co-operation . |
| 8 | Second , the regulators were looking for an infusion of capital from outside the banking industry . |
| 9 | In the first place it was clear that it had been a mistake to let Alexei know that his transfer away from the Praetorian Guard had been requested — because if the boy was looking for an excuse for his antagonism , then the one with which he had just been presented was perfect . |
| 10 | Quincx Roirbak was preparing for an evening out when his receptionist summoned him . |
| 11 | Although the government has ruled out legislation , many organisations are calling for an age discrimination act similar to the existing Race Relations Act 1976 and Sex Discrimination Act 1975 and 1986 . |
| 12 | Conservationists are calling for an immediate halt to the clearing , in the hope that the remaining forest will be able to regenerate . |
| 13 | The 30-foot long skeletons are being offered for sale to museums and wildlife centres , including some in the UK , where conservationists are calling for an embargo . |
| 14 | THE PARENTS of a Merseyside soldier killed in the Gulf War are preparing for an emotionally-charged memorial service in Kuwait . |
| 15 | ( If you use a broadcast conversation — for example a TV chat show — remember that although it shares many features with private conversation it will also have an important difference : that the participants are speaking for an audience as well as for themselves . ) |
| 16 | If the crowd in Woodford Square on that June evening were looking for an anti- imperialist martyr , that is what they got . |
| 17 | The result of these various pressures was that , when they were taken over , some 150 undertakings were heading for an aggregate deficit of £7 millions ( more than 3 per cent of total BEA revenue ) over the year . |
| 18 | Saddam Hussein is calling for an Islamic Holy War against American forces in the Gulf and their Arab supporters . |
| 19 | Italy had two small colonies , Eritrea and Somalia , on the borders of Haile Selassie 's Empire , which Mussolini was looking for an excuse to invade . |
| 20 | Mr Bragge was applying for an injunction on behalf of French champagne producers Taittinger and the champagne growers ' association , to prevent Mr Woodall and his partner , Mr Ray Bevan , 39 , selling their product in bottles labelled ‘ champagne ’ . |
| 21 | Nostalgia buffs are gathering for an auction of items which most would have thrown away a few years ago . |
| 22 | Council tenants in Dumbarton are calling for an independent inquiry into the running of the housing repairs department which is facing a cash crisis and a huge backlog of work . |
| 23 | ‘ I remember once , though , when Sounds were searching for an interview and I happened to know that the whole thing was a set-up . |
| 24 | Chancellor Norman Lamont is hoping for an end to the downward spiral in house prices to restore consumer confidence in the economy . |
| 25 | Cuts in interest ( and mortgage ) rates are starting to work their way through and inflation is heading for an all-time low . |
| 26 | In medieval times the acre or strip , which was the average day 's ploughing for an ox-team , was sometimes called a jurnalis ( or diurnalis ) in monks ' Latin and journel in French — that is , the amount of ploughing that could be done in one day . |
| 27 | Additionally , the International Association of Art is pressing for an EC Charter for the visual arts . |
| 28 | People are looking for an answer like this . ’ |
| 29 | Drawings can be blamed when er there is actually nothing wrong and people are looking for an excuse blame from themselves . |
| 30 | MODERATE supporters of President Rafsanjani were heading for an overwhelming victory over Iranian hardliners last night , according to the latest tally of returns from parliamentary elections held on Friday . |