Example sentences of "[v-ing] for [art] [noun sg] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After qualifying for the East semi-finals in impressive style , Essex beat Hertfordshire 3–1 and trounced Cambridgeshire 5–1 in the final , after taking a 2–0 lead at half-time . |
| 2 | When my hon. Friend the Minister made it clear that such a student would be invisible , that a student returning for the summer holidays would not affect that household , I was not sure whether the hon. Lady was pleased or angry . |
| 3 | The procedure for applying for the prerogative remedies of certiorari , prohibition and mandamus is contained in Order 53 of the Rules of the Supreme Court ( RSC ) , some provisions of which have been re-enacted in statutory form in section 31 of the Supreme Court Act 1981 . |
| 4 | It is not difficult to tell from casual chat at court who does what and after dealing with a few claims you soon get to know who is on the other side acting for the insurance companies . |
| 5 | The various lawyers acting for the pressure groups that advocate the law breaking are saying that the Shops Act 1950 is not extant and that the referral to the European Court of Justice implies that the 1950 |
| 6 | But all this could soon change : a committee of vetinary experts within the EEC is pushing for the quarantine laws to be scrapped : vets in France and Germany in particular say that vaccination is a more effective way of preventing rabies . |
| 7 | BUNGLING police looking for a Mafia drugs ring swooped on four ‘ suspects ’ … a British holiday couple and their two children . |
| 8 | She fumbled , looking for the windscreen wipers in the unfamiliar car . |
| 9 | I was recently down at my local stationers looking for the projector pens when I spotted a pack of ‘ Berol Washable Juniors ’ . |
| 10 | The Championships were very important this year , a selection meeting for the Commonwealth Games and the European Championships . |
| 11 | We have completed a great deal and the team knows exactly how a thing must be done , so it is simply a question of completing the sequence , designing our record packaging , and also seeing how the market is developing for the video players and monitors . |
| 12 | An example word supercilious , compiled from simulated data ( 244,140,625 complete candidate strings ) was tested using the old method of complete string look-up ( 7 hours and 48 minutes processing time ) , and the new letter by letter look-up ( 13 seconds processing time ) — these figures include the time taken to build the tree structure as well as searching for the candidate strings . |
| 13 | They were searching for the gym shoes . |
| 14 | The concourse was packed and he struggled to control his temper as he was jostled and shoved by passengers rushing for the boarding gates the moment their trains were announced over the Tannoy . |
| 15 | Charlton 's seven-year love affair with the Irish shows no signs of heading for the divorce courts . |
| 16 | Heading for the Teyrn Bluffs , just across the pipeline from Winthrop Young 's Climb , the resonances were perfectly pitched . |
| 17 | BURLY John Evans is heading for the record books again today — by balancing a car on his nut . |
| 18 | So you 're going for the hour slots are n't you really ? |
| 19 | He had to report to the headmaster at four o'clock , and was taken there by force by Foggerty who caught him racing for the school gates when the bell went . |
| 20 | SIX MONTHS ago , we were all waiting for The Stone Roses to crossover into the US charts — that was the talk . |
| 21 | SIX MONTHS ago , we were all waiting for The Stone Roses to crossover into the US charts — that was the talk . |
| 22 | When at 7.30 am on Saturday 8 May I saw Marion Reid sitting in brilliant sunshine on the pavement , beside the doll 's house she had made for the Sale , waiting for the Church doors to be opened , I knew that all would be well . |
| 23 | Stories were told of whole communities sitting down and wailing the old tune whilst waiting for the slave masters to arrive and incarcerate their bodies and souls . |
| 24 | Group 3 , 105 men of Troops 5 and 6 under 3 Commando 's second-in-command Major Jack Churchill , were waiting for the Maaloy batteries to open up as the craft ran towards the beach . |
| 25 | Before dawn this morning the protestors were again out in force , ready and waiting for the demolition men . |
| 26 | Security officials concede the enormity of their task as there are around 4,000 militants in the Valley trained in the use of arms and explosives by Pakistan while another 3,000 are waiting for the winter snows to melt so they can cross over into India from Pakistan . |
| 27 | I also suspect that all the major players will shortly move to 400dpi as their base resolution , it 's probably only a question of waiting for the engine manufacturers to get production rolling for the new CCITT Group IV facsimile standard and then taking the excess . |
| 28 | If ever there was a place waiting for the missionary preachings of the energy efficiency industry it must be there . |
| 29 | Workers could not clear the tunnels of smoke while waiting for the rescue teams to arrive . |
| 30 | It blended in beautifully with the rubbish bags and empty bottles waiting for the refuse men , but with my luck they 'd probably arrive before I could collect it . |