Example sentences of "[noun sg] is [verb] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE Northern Ireland School 's Football Association is looking for talented young players for the coming international season . |
| 2 | But they should have used ethylene glycol and not water since the bumpouses were a very very new phenomenon and the little bumpouses melted and formed an impenetrable crust in that area which , from that time forth , served to remind the silly , pea-brained man species that new thinking is needed for new times . |
| 3 | And despite a large membership , the club is appealing for new bowlers to join . |
| 4 | The programme is designed for recent graduates and those in mid-career . |
| 5 | The repository is intended for intermediate level waste , including that from the defence sector , and will house about 5,000 cubic metres a year . |
| 6 | Search is launched for missing tourist |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | This stitch is used for super Brownie 's face . |
| 9 | A difficulty with conducting this type of research is controlling for outside factors , for example , international recession , or war , or a disastrous crop failure . |
| 10 | Flemings believes that the cider industry is poised for excellent growth at the ( higher margin ) premium end of the market . |
| 11 | As there is no confidence in the supply of milk , the dairy processing industry is looking for new ways of selling dairy products . |
| 12 | Recent studies suggest that ozone depletion is to blame for widespread blindness among sheep in southern Chile , on the edge of the Antarctic ozone hole . |
| 13 | A good supply of oxygenated blood is required for healing to occur , as is protein , vitamin C and rest . |
| 14 | A Crown Estate Permit is required for initial superficial geological reconnaissance . |
| 15 | The EC is telling farmers to grow less , while the green lobby is campaigning for radical changes in the way farmers run their businesses . |
| 16 | Sir , — Mr Marshall surely misses the point when he suggests ( ACCOUNTANCY , January , p 6 ) that general practitioners will see a major drop in their incomes if auditing is abolished for small companies . |
| 17 | As for being concerned that we shall lose fees if auditing is abolished for small or , as I prefer to think of them , proprietary companies , the opposite is the case . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Marine archaeology is heading for new depths with the second and perhaps most spectacular underwater shipwreck foray by a new unmanned submarine . |
| 20 | In addition , help is required for motor neurone disease patients with swallowing disorders . |
| 21 | Insufficient funding and poor management is blamed for low staff morale , encouraging many of those employed in the park service to co-operate with the poachers . |
| 22 | The village show committee is looking for new recruits . |
| 23 | Three sources of attitude change have been identified by researchers : compliance ( new attitude is adopted for ulterior motives ) , identification ( peer group membership requires a change ) and internalization ( the new attitude is accepted as one of a group of attitudes with which the individual can live ) . |
| 24 | The main emphasis of the plan is to look for small and inexpensive solutions , and it places the onus on governments in the East to take steps that make economic sense . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | It seems indeed that the social categories Emily Faithfull had in mind as " compositoresses " were the educated daughters of respectable tradesmen : the only ones whose origin is known for sure , and who were ideal for the experiment , were the daughters of master printers ( rather different from the daughters of journeymen ) . |
| 27 | Generalising , a thick grip is meant for big hands and a thinner grip for small hands . |
| 28 | The purpose of every Home is to care for elderly people during the last years of their lives . |
| 29 | 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 ’ . |
| 30 | Morality is attacked for political reasons , she argues , and the political beliefs at the core of the attack are fundamentally anti-Christian . |