Example sentences of "[be] [v-ing] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tim Curtis is not afraid to leave out seamers — but it still looks as if Illingworth and Stemp will mostly be competing for one place . |
| 2 | Bureaucrats , members of the royal family , intellectuals of various persuasions , city dwellers and the peasantry all seemed to be pressing for radical changes in the structure of the Russian polity . |
| 3 | London East TEC is obviously not getting everything that it would like , and the hon. Member for Newham , North-East and I will be pressing for more spending to cure the ills of unemployment in our area . |
| 4 | There are a lot of people after them , so I doubt if Zarina or her friend will be returning for some time . ’ |
| 5 | ANY OF THESE MIGHT BE HAPPENING FOR OTHER REASONS . |
| 6 | His walk began at Passo Della Cisa , north of La Spezia , and he expects to be walking for six weeks or more . |
| 7 | If the tenant accepts that the property may be redeveloped he will probably wish to be looking for alternative accommodation sooner rather than later , and he will wish to move in and terminate his liability under his existing lease as soon as he finds it . |
| 8 | Obviously the maid was disguised in view of the fact that we were known to be looking for two women travelling together . |
| 9 | We 're not saying , as you well know from my representations , we 're not saying that these sites should be allocated for development now either in total or or in part , unless the Inspector feels that there is a shortage of housing land , that he needs to be looking for additional sites . |
| 10 | These hoops can be jumped through quickly if all parties cooperate , but the point is that some potential candidates for the 1990 Edinburgh course will already be looking for possible courses early in 1989 . |
| 11 | A SMALL village business , which is to shortly celebrate its first birthday , has been so successful it could soon be looking for bigger premises . |
| 12 | Dogs must be seven years old or over and we 'll be looking for good health and condition as well as stunning good looks . |
| 13 | We expect candidates to communicate effectively — but will not be looking for perfect Business English . |
| 14 | We have a sneaking suspicion IBM Corp will be looking for outside investors for many of its new business units , maybe the new Power Parallel and Power RISC Systems ventures . |
| 15 | Male callers however are far more likely to be looking for easy solutions to a debt problem , usually a further loan or re-mortgage which in the long term will often make the problem worse . |
| 16 | As we come out of the recession , retailers will be looking for new merchandise to attract people into their stores , ’ says Gledhill . |
| 17 | Let us not always be looking for great change . |
| 18 | Francis will desperately want to win tomorrow , and now most of the severe injuries are cleared up , he will be looking for better results . |
| 19 | The upshot is that holiday/tour organisers who book hotels in this country are imposing stringent contract conditions on the hotels and may in some cases be looking for some performance guarantees or such-like so that they have some redress if your shortcomings result in them having to pay up to their customers . |
| 20 | From now on he would be looking for some sort of pattern . |
| 21 | ‘ But probably the chances are that I will be looking for some sort of change , ’ he added . |
| 22 | Assuming you are going to want to use the material as a normal part of a normal lesson , when you look at a drama you will be looking for short segments which can stand on their own sufficiently to make sense as an independent sequence . |
| 23 | However , after 3 months we should be looking for positive indications from the policyholder 's medical attendant with regard to a date for returning to work i.e. issue a PAC 8 . |
| 24 | Bethpage , New York-based Grumman Corp may be looking for computer-related acquisitions , but in the meantime , it is to use up some of its cash pile by spending up to $100m buying in its own shares . |
| 25 | It polled comfortably more than 50% in a number of areas where it will be looking for parliamentary gains at the next general election . |
| 26 | Sharp , clean minimal arts in such a rough space will make an interesting contrast and it launches an exhibition programme by the imaginative Jopling , who will be looking for unusual spaces for showing art as a solution to the uncertainties , expenses and predictability of opening his own gallery . |
| 27 | Clearly different employers will be looking for different things in group interviews . |
| 28 | They 'll be looking for old folk on their own . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Celtic fans are celebrating the 25th anniversary of the club 's European Cup triumphs and will be looking for more success . |
| 30 | Andrew Miller is the only HUYTON player to have topped 50 so far this season , so captain Archie Moore will be looking for more support from other batsmen against CHESTER BOUGHTON HALL . |