Example sentences of "[conj] [v-ing] [adv] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is yet another reason why we must get to the heart of the problem by controlling consumption , rather than searching hopefully for grand solutions . |
| 2 | This is yet another reason why we must get to the heart of the problem by controlling consumption , rather than searching hopefully for grand solutions . |
| 3 | In this case calculating recognition measures for individual stimuli is initially of more interest than doing so for individual subjects thus the data is aggregated across subjects . |
| 4 | The interviewing panel of Horsley , Pilger and Hayling , with Kerry Brown and Maxine Johnson representing the Founders , was supplemented by Christine Jackson , sitting in and limbering up for Equal Opportunities . |
| 5 | There was something of the Regency dandy in the way he trailed his cane and rotated his globular head , as if looking out for fellow beaux to salute . |
| 6 | We discussed erm erm other places for people to meet et cetera has actually been closed down , some some problem with the is n't it , erm but they ca n't use it for the public so erm that was , it was just left that we 'll have another meeting in March and looking around for alternative places to meet , but that 's all to report on that . |
| 7 | Several unions , conscious that their membership had fallen in recent years and looking round for new areas of recruitment , homed in on " non-standard " workers . |
| 8 | This refers to concentrating on and looking out for specific details in the world around you . |
| 9 | The government ended up both being unpopular and paying more for local government . |
| 10 | A medical model has a strict routine , whereas a social work model allows for more individual autonomy and choice in matters such as times of getting up , going to bed , and going out for independent activities , which might conflict with staff shifts and rotas . |
| 11 | Thereafter it monitors the quality of the incoming electrical supply , smoothing out peaks and troughs and cutting in for real if the power cuts out completely . |
| 12 | Had she been seduced into conformity by the excellence of the natural history programmes and then , like other late converts he had known , sat captive to virtually every offering as if making up for lost time ? |
| 13 | Mr MacSharry accused Commission president Jacques Delors of sabotaging the talks and fighting solely for French interests . |
| 14 | We sat around the table , searching frantically for explanations and hoping unavailingly for good news . |
| 15 | The delegates added a clause saying : ‘ While watching out for Rightist deviations , we must guard mainly against Leftist deviations . ’ |
| 16 | Nor was the pope immune from criticism and the new pope , Innocent , is described by one writer as caring only for worldly goods . |
| 17 | Ideally tanks should be as large as is possible when setting up for large fish ( not only cichlids ) . |