Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , although Professor Plumb suggests the participation of " better-off " tradesmen he clearly sees the leisure industry as catering mostly for the expanding and increasingly prosperous middle class . |
| 2 | THERE was much early enthusiasm from both sides in this senior friendly at Hamilton Park with visitors Portadown just hanging on for a narrow victory . |
| 3 | This allowance is very limited — it is available only for married women whose child/children are over four years of age and who have been signing on for the previous six months . |
| 4 | He knew this was something that had been happening slowly for a long time , something that had to happen or he was lost , but it was such a brittle structure they were building , one word would topple it , shatter it , one word would be enough to jerk them back into that ordinary daylight where nothing could be changed or righted , nothing could unravel . |
| 5 | The profession is fast becoming only for the wealthy , a doctor warned . |
| 6 | One of the great benefits of being planted out by a mother church is to have that church often praying more for the new church than for itself . |
| 7 | Olympic decathlete Daley Thompson has left the world of track and field and is gearing up for a new career in motor racing . |
| 8 | The traditional multilateral institutions , IMF and World Bank , are gearing up for a major contribution . |
| 9 | Comedienne Marti Caine , star presenter of BBC1 's Joker in the Pack is gearing up for a hair-raising performance as the evil panto Queen in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs . |
| 10 | The sportscar firm is gearing up for a multi-million pound windfall by having replicas of the dream machine on sale in the next few weeks for at least £5,000 apiece . |
| 11 | THE Royal Mail is gearing up for the General Election . |
| 12 | ARE HOTELIERS GEARING UP FOR THE NEW EC FIRE SAFETY DIRECTIVE ? |
| 13 | Buckinghamshire speedway ace Simon Wigg is gearing up for the new season with a new club … he 's signed up for Coventr |
| 14 | Customers signing up for the Electronic Interchange With Standard Edifact , EIWSE , service will receive their electronic phone billing into either the electronic mailbox or , if they have X400 service , directly into their computers , Raes said . |
| 15 | United were wobbling ; Hoddle was winding up for a big finish . |
| 16 | We are led inexorably towards Kingsley and Redford squaring up for a mental duel between software equals , one barmily convinced that He Who Has The Database Rules The World and the other on the side of human compassion which ca n't be reduced to byte-size chunks . |
| 17 | The anguished force of the stroke drove the Corsican to his knees and , paralysed with shock , he remained in this posture , groping ineffectually for the bone-handled knife as his blood spurted onto the red dust around him . |
| 18 | He beat the 1987 stock market crash by selling out of his major holdings at the peak , returning briefly for an unsuccessful bid for the giant BAT . |
| 19 | I finished equal fifth and , although I got as far as the final qualifying round for the Open and won through two rounds of the Amateur Championship , that was to be my best result for the year . |
| 20 | With his experience and enthusiasm he was an instant hit and is now close to climbing aboard for the European Championship finals this summer . |
| 21 | Pausing only for a brief tongue-twister — she did that very well , Karen , where your tongues circle each other tantalizingly , barely touching — we gave chase along the footpath which runs through the meadows bordering the river . |
| 22 | Mozart , in contrast , is held up as a kind of plaster saint , a spiritual being who lived through his music , pausing only for the occasional game of billiards . |
| 23 | I have n't noticed Reg writing much for the past few minutes , though . |
| 24 | The conservative teacher who is looking only for a reasonable salary and a peaceful life . |
| 25 | She knew perfectly well that he was not very interested in paintings and that he was looking only for a secluded place where he could kiss her . |
| 26 | This posits that the company or any group of individuals acting together for a common purpose creates a living organism , or a real person , capable of willing and acting through the people who are its organs just as a natural person wills and acts through their brain , mouth and hands . |
| 27 | He was looking not for a new policy for Britain , but for a political protege for himself , someone who would be more gracious and romantic than Chamberlain . |
| 28 | The depth of our batting meant he had to wait longer than some , but he is a fiercely committed Lancastrian and he has been prepared to stay put and fight for a place instead of looking elsewhere for a regular spot . ’ |
| 29 | To most people the term Gatt means very little but the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade which 108 countries have been wrestling over for the past six years is vital to fair trading throughout the world . |
| 30 | He must no doubt be acting not for the mere purpose of putting money in his pocket , but for some legitimate purpose other than the mere acquisition of money … … . |