Example sentences of "[noun] and [v-ing] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Underfed farmers emerged from their homes , rubbing their eyes and searching for suitable throwing stones . |
| 2 | So including current and lagged total money growth in the output equation and testing the null hypothesis that the coefficients on these variables are all zero is exactly equivalent to including current and lagged predictable components of money growth in the output equation and testing for zero coefficients on these variables . |
| 3 | Lot number sixty seven Lot sixty seven is another one there we are , that one showing for you a hundred pounds for this , and ten , twenty , at one hundred and thirty , forty one hundred and forty is bid and selling for one hundred and forty pounds , anybody else at one for one fifty , one sixty going on sir ? |
| 4 | Lot number seventy one Lot number seventy one seventy one there 's the stele showing there 's the carving showing there for a hundred and fifty pounds , at one fifty , one sixty , one seventy , at one hundred and seventy pounds , at one eighty offered , one ninety , two hundred now two hundred is bid and selling for two hundred , you all done ? |
| 5 | Lot number thirty four Lot number thirty four the okimono there 's the okimono showing eighty pounds for this one is offered , at eighty pounds I 've got in two places , at eighty pounds , eighty five in the centre , at eighty five is bid and selling for eighty five it 's yours sir at eighty five , ninety to my right , ninety five going on sir ? |
| 6 | While living together , cats may help each other in terms of mutual defence against intruders and caring for each other 's offspring . |
| 7 | Taking the figures for smokers and non-smokers and allowing for all competing causes of death , the conclusion is that around one in 20 of the lung cancers in the UK may be due to radon exposure at home . |
| 8 | ‘ Yeah , ’ he drawls , rolling chewing gum around his mouth and pausing for dramatic effect . |
| 9 | She looked across at him as if giving him a final appraisal and checking for further clues in his face , in his clothes . |
| 10 | A second group , Methods and Modelling for Interactive System Design ( MMISD ) is running two one day workshops on the following : |
| 11 | DS5 SECTIONAL COMPLETION AND PROGRAMMING FOR MAIN WORKING AREA , SITE OF PUMPING STATION |
| 12 | Reading for pleasure and reading for profitable study are not the same . |
| 13 | These include involving relatively large numbers of local people in active neighbourhood roles and catering for disadvantaged groups such as the unemployed and individuals unable to obtain credit from conventional sources . |
| 14 | He moved along the hedge , feeling the breeze from the south and looking for some spot where he could sit and scent it without too much risk . |
| 15 | A Federal Housing Act ( 1949 ) provided funds for slum clearance and housing for those on low incomes , though it only scratched the surface of an increasingly serious problem . |
| 16 | the cabinet , there it is showing on the left-hand wall there , Lot number ninety five is showing for a hundred pounds , at one hundred and ten , twenty at one hundred and twenty pounds at a hundred and thirty , forty , fifty , sixty one seventy for the lady sir one eighty standing one ninety two hundred , two twenty for the lady two hundred and twenty , two forty two sixty two hundred and sixty and it 's still with the lady and selling for two hundred and sixty pounds eight forty , thank you , two sixty . |
| 17 | Also on Oct. 15 the Sejm approved legislation regulating television and broadcasting and allowing for commercial stations . |
| 18 | The super-sharp , non-clogging blades of this Draper Rasp Set are designed for fast cutting and shaping for all sorts of materials . |
| 19 | Extracranial cardiovascular activity was suggested by increases in blood pressure of 12/10 mm Hg observed 10 min after subcutaneous sumatriptan and lasting for 30–60 min . |
| 20 | To us , St. Joe 's embodies our own history : a history of caring and campaigning for homeless people , but more vitally a history of " Simon " and its ideas , principles and values . |
| 21 | The harbour at this time was formed on the bed of the ‘ Water to Leith ’ , a small stream with its source in the Pentland Hills and flowing for thirteen miles or so through Edinburgh and Leith into the Firth of Forth at this point . |
| 22 | First , that we have no intention of abandoning public ownership and accepting for all time the present frontier of the public sector . |
| 23 | Here , parents may provide valuable financial assistance to their married children in the early stages of their family life-cycle , when the head of the household is beginning a career , and when the young couples are faced with the initial expenses of setting up a home and providing for young children ( Bell , 1968 ) . |
| 24 | Holden , 48 , of Lyme Close , Knowsley , was given a nine-month sentence , suspended for two years , after admitting three specimen theft offences and asking for 48 others , spanning six months , to be considered . |
| 25 | In poor physical condition they set off under the blazing sun , marching for fifty minutes and resting for ten . |
| 26 | The lumbering carts and chariots are protected by outriders mounted on giant wolves who patrol the area in front of the advancing tribe , probing for enemies and scouting for small settlements to loot . |
| 27 | Notes for Guidance were distributed together with the Parliamentary statement , indicating how individual schemes were to be prepared with the object of creating ‘ institutions which can be developed as comprehensive academic communities offering a wide range of disciplines and catering for full-time , sandwich and part-time students at all levels of higher education ’ . |
| 28 | Lion Cavern came from last in a race run at a slow early pace , to get up in the finalstrides and score by a head from long-time leader River Falls , with Swing Low a further length away third , and Rodrigo de Triano failing to run on in the final furlong and weakening for fourth . |
| 29 | I have always been interested in maps and looking for odd placenames on them . |
| 30 | However , it is impossible to attend to approaches to teaching and learning for this stage without attending to how students are learning prior to this " ( Versey 1989:23 ) . |