Example sentences of "[be] [verb] for an [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Police violence against members of racial minorities became a national issue following the widespread broadcast on television of an amateur video showing white Los Angeles policemen brutally beating a black man who had been stopped for an alleged driving offence on March 3 . |
| 2 | Eminent scientists are clamouring for an outright ban on all chlorine substances . |
| 3 | Permission has been given for an 18-hole golf course at the Redworth Hall Hotel , near Heighington . |
| 4 | But not all radio campaigns are in support of TV , and all TV ads are designed for an additional sense : sight . |
| 5 | A cruel generalisation , but probably justified , would be to suggest that the large majority of curricula in Africa are designed for an ideal situation — namely a uniform six-year-old entry , relatively homogeneous in age and culture , equal in sex and of average size ( say 30–45 in a class ) who attend regularly , repeat seldom and complete their primary course . |
| 6 | the election for which you are applying for an absent vote ; |
| 7 | Opposition parties had also been pressing for an early poll , especially in view of the poor performance by ANAP in local elections since 1989 [ see p. 36528 ] . |
| 8 | Because of its concerns about the consultants ' figures , convention officials have been pressing for an urgent meeting of a joint Scottish Office-COSLA working party on finance since early February but that has not taken place . |
| 9 | The actors have been booked for an extended run at Bradford Royal Infirmary by the local hospital trust . |
| 10 | For years before that , however , football enthusiasts in Glasgow had long been agitating for an international match against the deaf footballers of England , without success . |
| 11 | This is what has been claimed for an alternative associative account put forward by McLaren , Kaye , and Mackintosh ( 1989 ) . |
| 12 | His mind had been prepared for an impossible radiance and it had taken time to absorb a new set of signals . |
| 13 | If we 'd been looking for an easy acquaintance with nature , we would have chosen a different landscape : something lusher and more intricate , not this bleak and famished hillside on the Atlantic 's edge . |
| 14 | Well I think a lot of women are looking for an equal partnership really erm where the rules are laid down and they know where they stand , you know . |
| 15 | If they are looking for an easy , magical cure — either hypnosis or a special pill — they will be disappointed . |
| 16 | Many people underestimate these travellers ; they think they are looking for an easy life . |
| 17 | ‘ We are looking for an easy-to-use poop scoop and Jonathan 's idea may well be the answer . ’ |
| 18 | At the moment we are looking for an alternative night shelter , which is going to prove expensive ’ . |
| 19 | If you are looking for an appealing gift that does n't cost the earth , Belinda Thomas could provide a solution . |
| 20 | Cleveland Police are looking for an unusual recruit a horse following the retirement of ten-year-old mare Gellerdale . |
| 21 | ‘ We are looking for an evil man . ’ |
| 22 | But if you are looking for an energetic , pacy saga about medical scientists on the hunt for the cause of a mysterious and horrendously lethal infection , forget about Foreman , Peters and the hordes of novelists who continue to exploit that particular lode . |
| 23 | If you are looking for an attractive houseplant , choose this favourite |
| 24 | The trainers are aware of the need to shorten the training course whilst still preserving our standards and are looking for an optional mode of training which is more flexible . |
| 25 | The trainers are aware of the need to shorten the training course whilst still preserving our standards and are looking for an optional mode of training which is more flexible . |
| 26 | ‘ For those boffins who are looking for an old AC30 , remember that Vox produced three versions with different frequency biases . |
| 27 | Unless , therefore the guarantee was void as having been made for an illegal consideration or voidable on the ground of economic duress , the extrinsic evidence establishes that it was supported by valid consideration . |
| 28 | A CALL has been made for an empty building near a town centre to be turned into a nursery . |
| 29 | For years , American X-ray astronomers have been pushing for an Advanced X-ray Astrophysics facility ( AXAF ) which would have better sensitivity and resolution of detail , than all other X-ray telescopes presently planned . |
| 30 | Once patients had been seen for an initial consultation , half were treated within five weeks and 80 per cent within six months , she added . |