Example sentences of "[noun sg] be [v-ing] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now Oxford West and Abingdon Conservative Association are calling for a new privacy law aimed at curbing the telefoto lens . |
| 2 | Now the club are looking for a player of your capabilities . |
| 3 | The estate agent is selling for a third party and it would be totally wrong that his client should suffer because of the false window-dressing of his agent . |
| 4 | A number of further points should be noted : ( 1 ) If the financial adviser is acting for a newly-formed bidder ( eg an " off-the-shelf " company ) , the standard of care required of it has a special dimension . |
| 5 | The mayor is preparing for a charity penalty shoot-out competition at the Leicester City-Middlesbrough game next Wednesday . |
| 6 | We stop on the verge beyond the clearing , the car is murmuring for a decision . |
| 7 | Russian industry is going for a song . |
| 8 | Cobalt was heading for a renewal of the morning 's hangover , Oliver would expect to head for Antibes with her later . |
| 9 | Knowing what I do now [ he says ] , I think the DIA was looking for a way to get me back to Beirut to salvage what it could from the Asmar wreck . |
| 10 | The Reuters poll shows only 5 p.c. of dealers expect an outright Tory victory , while a similar proportion are looking for a clear Labour majority . |
| 11 | I got another breakthrough , my typing teacher told me that the London County Council were advertising for a Medical superintendent 's Clerk at the Western Fever Hospital in Fulham SW6 . |
| 12 | His interest in the British empire was stimulated by a schoolmaster 's setting for a Latin essay prize a subject involving imperial federation . |
| 13 | The big boy 's asking for a bike for Christmas and Joanna wants dolls . |
| 14 | The lady is looking for a husband and she has been about the world sufficiently to know that I am not one of those . |
| 15 | Australia 's Collaborative Information Technology Research Institute is looking for a joint venture partner in North America for Atlas , its C-based database management system . |
| 16 | Isobel nodded , her lips compressed , and then said : ‘ Yes , that ghastly , fat Humpty Dumpty is heading for a great fall , poor thing . |
| 17 | Berkshire County Council is looking for a writer to spend two months in Vienne , France , and represent the county in the ‘ European Writers in Vienne Festival ’ in the autumn . |
| 18 | Heath was calling for a decisive mandate to put the unions in their place , but the most striking feature of the results is that they offered no party any decisive mandate whatever . |
| 19 | If my understanding is correct , the boy was looking for a missing goat on the edge of the thicket when he was charged by a cow elephant and killed . |
| 20 | She said the campaign was calling for a halt to the trend towards privatisation , and more funding to prevent cuts in services . |
| 21 | If , however , the Chancellor was hoping for a variety of opinions to give him maximum freedom of manoeuvre in next month 's Budget , he will be only too happy with the report . |
| 22 | While these arrangements were being formulated , the developer was looking for a suitable building . |
| 23 | The Hospitality Inn was looking for a worthy home for unwanted furniture and bedding after refurbishment . |
| 24 | He heard the train whistle , the engine was slowing for a signal then he heard it pick up speed again . |
| 25 | Football news now … and after losing their last four matches , Swindon Town are opting for a more defensive policy in tonight 's home game against Tranmere Rovers . |
| 26 | Celtic fans arriving at Park Head Stadium this evening are hoping for a European victory over their Portuguese guests in the manner of past glories . |
| 27 | While Nottingham Forest are aiming for a record fifth League Cup success , it remains the one domestic trophy United have never won . |
| 28 | 39 RESTORATION GROUP are looking for a volunteer , local to the North Weald airfield area , to help them to organise their newsletters and membership details . |
| 29 | Mrs Beckett , 49 , and her 66-year-old husband were preparing for a dinner party when the gang knocked at their white pebble-dashed detached cottage in the Derbyshire village of Littleover on Sunday . |
| 30 | For this reason , the database community is looking for a standard means that 'll allow users to access and exchange data across different database schemas . |