Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even now , there are those churlish souls who mourn the fact that Lovesexy is not a There 's a Riot Goin' On for the eighties . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | In December 1989 the ‘ First National Conference on Knowledge Representation and Inference in Sanskritam ’ was organised by the Computer Society of India in Bangalore , bringing together for the first time linguists and computer scientists from all over India . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | The profession is fast becoming only for the wealthy , a doctor warned . |
| 6 | The route has now taken a bit of hammering with a Yugoslav bagging the third ascent and Sean Myles and Andy Pollitt steaming in for the fourth and fifth ascents soon afterwards . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | ‘ I am particularly excited about the opportunities that it will provide for opening up for the first time higher educational facilities in the area . |
| 9 | THE Royal Mail is gearing up for the General Election . |
| 10 | ARE HOTELIERS GEARING UP FOR THE NEW EC FIRE SAFETY DIRECTIVE ? |
| 11 | Buckinghamshire speedway ace Simon Wigg is gearing up for the new season with a new club … he 's signed up for Coventr |
| 12 | Current members seem satisfied that they are receiving good value for money , and are signing up for the second membership year which starts in May . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | ‘ It 's not snowing so heavily now , ’ he said , on climbing back for the sixth time . |
| 15 | Since having the frame fitted at Middlesbrough General Hospital , Claire , of Warwick Street , Middlesbrough , can look forward to walking independently for the first time . |
| 16 | Since having the frame fitted at Middlesbrough General Hospital , she can look forward to walking independently for the first time . |
| 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 | This was acquired in the early ‘ twenties by the Noyce family and they continued trading there for the next sixty years . |
| 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 | I 'm 32 and have been climbing seriously for the last 18 years , which helped me get accepted . |
| 22 | At present , local authorities are building not for the poorest , nor for the slum-dweller , but mainly for those better off . |
| 23 | Hell 's teeth , baby — we 've been living together for the last two years or more . ’ |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | There are not many precedents for the same Secretary of State and the same Permanent Secretary serving together for the best part of six years . |
| 26 | I have n't noticed Reg writing much for the past few minutes , though . |
| 27 | But he declined to say whether the inspectors — two teams acting together for the first time in Iraq — had found any of the Scud missiles the United Nations thinks Iraq is hiding . |
| 28 | Comparing the ‘ Charlie Parker Story ’ directly with Vogue 's 14-track ‘ Original Bird ’ release ( and in effect listening critically for the first time ) , I found the Denon ‘ sound recovery ’ system somewhat inconsistent in places . |
| 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 … … . |