Example sentences of "[v-ing] for the [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What it will not do of course , is reconcile needs competing for the same resources . |
| 2 | It wo n't be competing for the same resources . |
| 3 | ( The more lenders there are competing for the same customers , the hard for each has to work to attract a given number of customers — and an obvious way of attracting customers is by cutting rates . ) |
| 4 | This suggests that certain groups and individuals will be ‘ stronger ’ and better placed to obtain the housing they want , although this is something of an oversimplification since it implies that all are competing for the same types of house . |
| 5 | Scarlet had thrown away all her old aluminium pans since she had learned that they might cause Alzheimer 's disease , and she never used tap water for cooking for the same reason . |
| 6 | It is challenging for the same leadership in applications software . |
| 7 | It was the young Scots ' first win in four outings and gave them an outside chance of qualifying for the latter stages of the championship . |
| 8 | Newley and I have been bidding for the same things for years . ’ |
| 9 | This is particularly important if there are others bidding for the same house . |
| 10 | Slater , of Redcar Road , Middlesbrough , admitted reckless driving , assault and criminal damage in April and was jailed for four months and banned from driving for the same period . |
| 11 | The method is for , say , a West Indian to pretend to apply for an advertised job and then to be followed a little later by a white person applying for the same job . |
| 12 | Thornton had been pushing for the same sort of readership , and the two men had another thing in common — they wanted action . |
| 13 | In education no single customer is always right , people are n't all looking for the same things . |
| 14 | The formal publication stage is much the same when it comes to record content — peer and institution review will still be looking for the same things . |
| 15 | I said vs West Ham that Whelan and Deane we too similar , both looking for the same ball — or not feeding off each other . |
| 16 | There is now the danger that the same media circus will be dispatched to Sardinia next summer looking for the same headlines which will produce a similar outcome . |
| 17 | Vivien is not alone in thinking that the European professionals are making a mistake in looking for the same privileges and superstar treatment that is nowadays meted out to their American sisters . |
| 18 | those seeking work were looking for the same kinds of jobs as those that had found it ; |
| 19 | These are moments of some tension , but if he has a team looking for the same thing , they are at least not lonely moments . |
| 20 | We had discussed this business of how people 's appearance literally alters in the eyes of their lovers , and suddenly I blushed , for it seemed to me he must be remembering this too , and that we must be looking for the same thing , as one might take down an old book in a moment of hungry nostalgia and start to re-read , hoping it may provide the same remembered enchantment as before . |
| 21 | After all , we are looking for the same thing . ’ |
| 22 | I was looking for the same thing yesterday ! |
| 23 | WHelan did nt look out of place , but in this match I feel that he and Deane were both looking for the same balls and not really working as a pair . |
| 24 | In following the same clues as her , he might well be heading for the same destination . |
| 25 | Heading for the same ship again , he was once more ignored by the guards and was fed by the crew before being told to return the next day . |
| 26 | Funny that they 'd both been heading for the same place , though . |
| 27 | ‘ Heading for the same place as yours when you see who he 's with . |
| 28 | Now what you were doing was , you got the top figure of available beds and you this time , I 'm only going for the this paper that is shown to me a an an an and produced some place in in your apartments and it says here , partly vacancies weekend in the first of August . |
| 29 | It is quite obvious that if all of you are going for the same niche in the marketplace , as is happening increasingly at present , then it will be a highly competitive situation where you will have to rely even more than usual on the superiority of your own skills or technology to bring you through . |
| 30 | The first is that the donations that would be made would go to charitable social service agencies providing for the same groups as statutory agencies . |