Example sentences of "[noun pl] [am/are] [verb] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Institutional shareholders are calling for a change in the trust 's management and an eventual winding up . |
| 2 | The reason for the procedure is that the consideration shares issued by the bidder to accepting shareholders are issued for a non-cash consideration ( ie the shares in the target ) and accordingly are not required to be offered to the bidder 's shareholders under the pre-emption provisions of CA 1985 , s89 , because that section only applies to new issues for cash . |
| 3 | Painting , gluing , varnishing , soldering and similar activities are banned for a while , If magazines or books smell strongly ( usually the ‘ glossy ’ magazines and books with shiny paper ) , read something else . |
| 4 | Both houses are elected for a four-year term , the Second Chamber directly , by proportional representation , the First Chamber the directly elected members of the provincial councils . |
| 5 | Calls are growing for a tougher stand against direct labour costs , which amount to about $15 billion a year . |
| 6 | The researchers are looking for a transmissible agent and the search is urgent . |
| 7 | Associated with this internationalization of production , sales and purchases have become increasingly international as products are made for a world market rather than for ‘ local ’ national buyers . |
| 8 | Most products are made for a particular customer or to a particular order . |
| 9 | A COUPLE who suffered a catalogue of tragedies are set for a second honeymoon in the Austrian mountains . |
| 10 | Although ‘ mixed ’ marriages between people of different races or cultures are made for a variety of reasons , conscious and unconscious , some are necessitated by the need to have constant reassurance of difference : for example , a skin of another colour . |
| 11 | Human rights groups are calling for a postmortem to ascertain the cause of his death . |
| 12 | Human rights groups are calling for a postmortem to ascertain the cause of his death . |
| 13 | Both groups are calling for a halt to the planning application until a full hydrological survey has been carried out to check the pond would be safe . |
| 14 | These groups are trained for a more aggressive role in crowd control , and represent a significant move away from the traditional approach to public order policing which was based on containment and the use of minimum force . |
| 15 | BARBADIAN cricket fans are calling for a boycott of tomorrow 's historic Test match , not because of any anti-South African sentiment but as a protest over the omission of local fast bowler Anderson Cummins . |
| 16 | Door-to-door sales methods are used for a variety of products , from vacuum cleaners and household goods to cosmetics or double glazing . |
| 17 | This may sound a silly question , since this book assumes that its readers are looking for a place to live in the British Isles , but it is more sensible than it sounds . |
| 18 | In the ‘ money ’ markets , funds are borrowed for a short period , i.e. less than one year ; in the ‘ capital ’ markets funds are borrowed for long-term use , in some cases indeed with no promise of ever being repaid . |
| 19 | Fixed and variable outputs are fitted for a remote control handset is included . |
| 20 | Tetbury 's one and only bookstore is n't stocking it even though nearby shops are heading for a sellout . |
| 21 | Nineteenth century ephemera , including table games , playing cards , a hieroglyphic card ( one where small pictures are substituted for a number of letters or syllables ) and ( centre ) a ‘ zoetrope ’ or ‘ wheel of life ’ , an early motion-picture toy . |
| 22 | The wordsmiths who put wooden jokes into his speeches are writing for a man who lacks the essential sense of timing for making them . |
| 23 | A growing number of influential voices are calling for a more radical move away from pure PR . |
| 24 | Those who promote the idea of warning labels are looking for a ‘ quick-fix ’ solution to problems which require a thoughtful , long-term approach . |
| 25 | An full inquest will be held later this year , but prison reformers are calling for a full judicial inquiry . |
| 26 | Two or more stage alarm procedures may have to be considered where adjacent risks occur , so that the area primarily at risk is alarmed and evacuated while the adjacent areas are warned for a stand-by situation . |
| 27 | Other strong promoters are optimized for a tight RNA polymerase binding , the following steps leading to promoter clearance being less efficient ( 4–6 ) . |
| 28 | The company also introduced user-based licensing with OpenVMS — licences are offered for a specified number of users or an unlimited number . |
| 29 | Telephone , television and computer technology are converging and high tech companies are scrambling for a slice of the action . |
| 30 | He only has specific proposals for 10% of the total entitlement spending cap , yet the across the board tax rate cuts would lose $25bn a year in revenue for each percentage point reduced , and conservatives are calling for a three point cut . |