Example sentences of "[adj] [v-ing] for [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | THREE GUYS 17-18 YEARS OLD looking for three girls in the Eastbourne area who are into heavy metal and skateboarding- Photos please- Check this out ! ! |
| 2 | This yearning for former glories was already manifest in a particular kind of sentimentality and nostalgia . |
| 3 | ‘ When we were young it was deep mourning for a year and half mourning for six months , ’ Pat said . |
| 4 | The minor claim is simply that if you it 's an empirical claim it says if you look at the fossil record , and you look in detail at the changes in the fossils , what you observe is not continuous steady change , but you see what they call stasis — that is nothing much happening for long periods of time , perhaps for millions of years , and then rather suddenly changes taking place . |
| 5 | There are probably more Japanese working for top chefs than women in equivalent positions . |
| 6 | Wall Street is beginning to firm up its forecasts for IBM Corp 's first quarter figures , with the consensus at around 20 cents a share and the more bearish going for 50 cents — but if Technology News of America 's straw poll of the market around the US and Europe is anywhere near right , the loss is going to be a whole lot worse than that : the returns suggest that the company will have sold at best between 25 and 30 mainframes this quarter , where the Wall Street forecasts assume it did nearer 50 machines . |
| 7 | Wall Street is beginning to firm up its forecasts for IBM Corp 's first quarter figures , with the consensus at around 20 cents a share and the more bearish going for 50 cents — but if Technology News of America 's straw poll of the market around the US and Europe is anywhere near right , the loss is going to be a whole lot worse than that : the returns suggest that the company will have sold at best between 25 and 30 mainframes this quarter , where the Wall Street forecasts assume it did nearer 50 machines . |
| 8 | The average British town is served by three or four clearing banks , up to a dozen building societies ( thrifts ) and even the odd foreign bank , all bidding for retail savings . |
| 9 | Franchise companies represented will include many top names and they are all looking for new recruits . |
| 10 | ( For RSFSR legislation see p. 38273 ; Moldava 's Supreme Soviet passed a privatization law on July 4 providing for non-transferable bonds to be distributed to citizens in proportion to how long they had worked . |
| 11 | Upon taking up his position Barratt 's first action was to stop all mining for two months before allowing the men back , to work in a more orderly fashion . |
| 12 | They 're all hoping for better days ahead . |
| 13 | Most of those pressing for more individuals in the stockmarket have an interest in doing so . |
| 14 | But only those applying for small amounts of shares are likely to see their allocation met in full . |
| 15 | But only those applying for small amounts of shares are likely to see their allocation met in full . |
| 16 | By 1920 those searching for better defences against microbial infection had had many setbacks . |
| 17 | William Sherard wrote to Richard Richardson about those searching for new plants in Austria , Hungary , Spain and Italy and added ‘ if you meet with any berries of Juniperus alpinus , pray gather some for him ’ . |
| 18 | As the recordings ( a co-production with SDR Stuttgart ) are also of notable quality , the result is an issue which can be firmly recommended to those looking for worthwhile versions of these works for their collections . |
| 19 | Whether you are attracted to the beauty and tranquillity of Lake Saimaa or the historic and cultural wealth of Leningrad , perestroika can be thanked for having opened up a fascinating new cruising ground accessible to those looking for fresh places to visit , as well as being a potential charter area . |
| 20 | He was an explorer and naturalist — his lecture was to be about his expedition to an unexplored part of the Canadian Arctic looking for wild geese . |
| 21 | We 're too busy looking for more truths . ’ |
| 22 | They tend to be frowned upon by those caring for diabetic patients . |
| 23 | Analysis of these responses provides further information on sex differences and between those opting for different subjects . |
| 24 | There is also implicit criticism of John 's politically committed mother Rosalie ( Olympia Dukakis ) , so busy demonstrating for human rights that she shamefully neglects her son and fails to fill the fridge with enough food for him . |
| 25 | Lot number fifty eight Lot number fifty eight is another five sections there we are , we 've got one of those showing for fifty pounds , at fifty , fifty five pounds , at fifty five , any more at sixty sixty five going on ? |
| 26 | These are rehearsals , and performances given solely or primarily for the purpose of making a recording or to enable the performance to he broadcast or included in a cable programme , unless it was attended by persons other than those participating for such purposes . |
| 27 | Its anxiety and the pressure that was placed on the safety committee representatives speak volumes : they reveal that not everyone is treated equally in the North sea , and that , on some North sea installations , there is still a marked divergence between the recourse available to those working for the operator and that accorded to those working for contracting companies . |
| 28 | Younger company secretaries , for example , can earn £40,000-£50,000 a year , while more experienced ones or those working for large companies can earn £70,000 a year . |
| 29 | These developments could open up new vistas of flexible working for large numbers of employees , who no longer need to be herded together in downtown locations for eight hours a day . |
| 30 | BELOW The systematic searching for new sites and surface finds can take place over many different terrains , often to find out more about a landscape before it is destroyed . |