Example sentences of "[noun pl] [be] [v-ing] for [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One consequence of these extension schemes that may have a serious effect upon arts education is the way that some authorities are pushing for arts subjects to be taught as part of modular courses , which could lead to a reduction of the number of two-year examination courses in separate arts subjects . |
| 2 | Some local authorities are arranging for pick-ups , but it is still a very hit and miss affair . |
| 3 | Interviewers are looking for qualities like confidence and ambition . |
| 4 | So , many leading-edge manufacturers are searching for ways to enhance their workers ' capabilities and improve labour relations , even as they look to the new technology to cut labour costs as well . ’ |
| 5 | Cordless power-tools are doing for woodworkers what Fast Food did for the High Street over a decade ago . |
| 6 | Historically , over almost any run of three or four years or more , equities have outperformed bonds and , as pension funds are investing for members ' retirements , they can take the long view . |
| 7 | They can take lessons of their own choosing , and some lads are aiming for degrees . |
| 8 | opportunities are lacking for colleagues to develop their knowledge and experience of the languages taught in terms of linguistic , cultural or literary studies |
| 9 | Incidentally , lest any Scots are looking for replacements for their back row , Ian is as Afrikaans as the ‘ Bok of days gone by who , when asked about language difficulties in France , replied that two expressions were all that was necessary : ‘ Parlez-vous and Kamer toe ’ ( Afrikaans for ‘ to the room ? ’ ) ! |
| 10 | ELECTION fever is gripping Hummersknott School , Darlington , where six candidates are campaigning for votes from their playground peers . |
| 11 | Some of Britain 's 35,000 newsagents are asking for payments , called retail display allowances , to give magazines special treatment . |
| 12 | The treatment of dyslexia is a controversial issue in County Durham , where parents are campaigning for changes in the local education authority 's attitude to the disability . |
| 13 | The Vice Chancellors are looking for scholarships to meet these fees , and money for those scholarships may come from government , industry , benefactors or private individuals . |
| 14 | East European countries are thus competing for the best western companies just as western companies are competing for contracts . |
| 15 | The geological structures of the South China Sea ( and the Yellow Sea ) offer the potential of massive oil resources of anything between 2 and 20 billion tonnes and at least thirty companies are bidding for blocks . |
| 16 | We can not afford to let the Labour Party go on unopposed , cos I feel that the Conservatives are struggling for candidates , in fact I know they are . |
| 17 | To understand how engineers are preparing for earthquakes , one needs to know a little about how buildings behave when shaken . |
| 18 | American Football Team , Edinburgh Eagles is looking for girls to join its squad of cheerleaders . |
| 19 | It is understood Customs are checking for adverts placed in newspapers by the businessmen to promote their auctions . |
| 20 | Whitehall sources say Treasury officials are searching for ways to save money , with spending cuts a likely option . |
| 21 | I mean , mathematicians are looking for truths , are n't they , in a way ? |
| 22 | ‘ Perhaps , ’ he has written , ‘ some western writers are longing for subjects provided by violent historical change , but I can assure [ them$ that we , ie , natives of hazy Eastern regions , perceive history as a curse and prefer to restore to literature its autonomy , dignity and independence from social pressures . ’ |
| 23 | By this stage learners are looking for opportunities to extend their already considerable store of language , to test their ability to retrieve from this store , to improve their fluency and to refine their control . |
| 24 | This years fund managers are looking for gains in order to diversify into those cyclical sectors which benefit from an economic recovery . |
| 25 | Operating expenditure should not be financed by borrowing ; if it is then future taxpayers are paying for services they will not benefit from . |
| 26 | Only one man , it seems , was willing to take general relativity at face value , and while Einstein and other physicists were looking for ways of avoiding general relativity 's prediction of a nonstatic universe , the Russian physicist and mathematician Alexander Friedmann instead set about explaining it . |
| 27 | Besides , what if all my lodgers was asking for favours ? |
| 28 | The report examines published statistics showing that for the first time since 1911 , suicide rates are increasing for men , particularly those under 45 , while those for women have been dropping . |
| 29 | Villagers are going for gongs |
| 30 | Ferruzzi is hunting for partners for its troubled chemicals businesses , and is talking with Royal Dutch/Shell about a possible deal in plastics . |