Example sentences of "[noun sg] be [v-ing] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Last season they won the Fourth Division title and Corden believed the club were heading for second division football . |
| 2 | THE Northern Ireland School 's Football Association is looking for talented young players for the coming international season . |
| 3 | And despite a large membership , the club is appealing for new bowlers to join . |
| 4 | While your subconscious mind is searching for some final point to include in the margins , go on to the final stage . |
| 5 | Dreadco is appealing for middle-aged identical twins , one to live in the low-pressure laboratory and one outside , while microscopic examination compares the rate at which grey hairs appear on their scalps . |
| 6 | R.5(6) provides that a shareholder shall not exercise any voting rights in respect of any share held in breach of any part of R.5 — a breach could come about either because a shareholder is not permitted to be a shareholder or because a shareholder is holding for another person who is not permitted to be a beneficial owner . |
| 7 | A difficulty with conducting this type of research is controlling for outside factors , for example , international recession , or war , or a disastrous crop failure . |
| 8 | As there is no confidence in the supply of milk , the dairy processing industry is looking for new ways of selling dairy products . |
| 9 | INDUSTRY is preparing for another assault on advance corporation tax . |
| 10 | The recession-hit industry was hoping for 400,000 . |
| 11 | Mr Hely Hutchinson said that Headline was looking for UK-based acquisitions that offered quality and enhanced shareholder value . |
| 12 | The EC is telling farmers to grow less , while the green lobby is campaigning for radical changes in the way farmers run their businesses . |
| 13 | XSoft is looking for high-volume distribution and has cut deals with Qualix Inc and Sun Microsystems Inc to provide the software free of charge for an initial 30-day trial basis . |
| 14 | Marine archaeology is heading for new depths with the second and perhaps most spectacular underwater shipwreck foray by a new unmanned submarine . |
| 15 | The village show committee is looking for new recruits . |
| 16 | BRITAIN 'S State pensions are among the lowest in Europe , but now a new , Devon-based , pressure group called Linkage is campaigning for old folk . |
| 17 | As part of its plan to make the city centre cleaner and quieter , Oxfordshire County Council is paying for four electric buses to run for one year . |
| 18 | A YOUNG north Belfast girl is bidding for instant fame , and a place in one of the nation 's most exclusive portrait galleries , after entering the United Kingdom 's longest running ‘ soap opera ’ . |
| 19 | Answer guide : This question is looking for some discussion around the realization and prudence principles . |
| 20 | In typical Piggott fashion the pace was steadily increased , until three furlongs out Commanche Run was going for all he was worth , closely pursued by Shernazar and Baynoun , with Alphabatim and Crazy close enough if good enough . |
| 21 | We think there is very strong ground for saying that it does , and that by recognising both potential criminal origins in section 211 and then by channelling all judicial review applications together by section 21K under Order 53 , the legislature was providing for all . |
| 22 | Some of the group are aiming for further education in business administration , or in other areas such as leisure and tourism . |
| 23 | TALENT-SPOTTERS from the Derry Youth Theatre group are looking for budding young actors and actresses for a summer production . |
| 24 | The group are staying for another 24 hours , during which they 're hoping whatever did go bump in the night will make a return appearance . |
| 25 | The song reminded me of my ex-wife , only the group were trying for wistful melancholy and my associations were screaming nightmare . |
| 26 | A POPULAR Darlington bookshop is looking for new premises . |
| 27 | The team is appealing for second-hand office furniture for their HQ , but patient facilities at the hospice will be bought using money raised by well-wishers . |
| 28 | Promoted at the end of last season to Division 1 of the West Middlesex Midweek Cricket League , the team is searching for new blood to add to the pool of players to make sure they stay there . |
| 29 | The team is caring for growing numbers ill on the South Coast , including Brighton . |
| 30 | Now watch this , as we go through the tack the sail is driving for most of the time just flapping briefly as the sail turns through the wind . |