Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [be] [v-ing] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thanks very much colleagues , er , that concludes the debate , but the C E C are er , are recommending exceptions of every motion , but in respect of some are asking for a statement to be made so I call Mick to respond . |
| 2 | About 50% of these are studying for the Diploma in Legal Practice and 50% pursuing the LL.M. , M.Sc. , M.Phil . |
| 3 | The girl who marked a Moscow Games ' baptism by placing sixth in a final at the age of 14 is coming for a Tuesday night clinic in which she will demonstrate her famous shrug-of-the-shoulders technique on breaststroke . |
| 4 | Well it seems like that 's hoping for pie in the sky , though , because there 's first of all not enough money , and I do n't think that teachers are that good at well talking about their own emotions , and I asked the Oxfordshire County Council Education Department to send someone along to this programme , and they said ‘ I 'm sorry , there 's no-one to send ’ . |
| 5 | This appears especially curious as the issue of providing powers was assuming considerable national importance for the WEA which in 1929 was pressing for retention of its Chapter III providing powers during the Board of Education 's review of the 1924 Regulations . |
| 6 | The years before and immediately after the outbreak of World War I in 1914 were unsettling for experimental painters . |
| 7 | As we have already pointed out , the crime rate in general is increasing for all age groups , and there is little evidence that juvenile criminality is increasing at a very much greater rate than crime in general . |
| 8 | Overall , about one adult in seven was caring for someone who was sick , elderly or handicapped . |