Example sentences of "[be] [v-ing] for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some 16 town criers from all over the country , including the world 's loudest , will be competing for the trophy . |
| 2 | However , morally speaking , the nature of these states can not be seen to be catering for the betterment of the broad masses but the consolidation of a ruling groups power . |
| 3 | He has among his own ranks the formidable figure of Michael Hesletine , understood to be lobbing for the head of a super ministry of Environment and Industry , in a slimmed down Cabinet . |
| 4 | Darlington Labour MP Alan Milburn said he would be pressing for the review to set up a unitary authority for the town based on existing boundaries . |
| 5 | He said he would be pressing for the expulsion of several members of the local association who had privately aired derogatory views about a black candidate while publicly supporting him . |
| 6 | Previous attempts to sell the Bowl have failed but now an Anglo American consortium is believed to be bidding for the lease . |
| 7 | Ayrton Senna and Michael Andretti will be bidding for the Formula One World Motor Racing championship with the help of design and manufacturing software from Computervision Corp : the Bedford , Massachusetts company has a two-year technology-sharing partnership with McLaren International to improve the design of the Marlboro McLaren Ford car ; McLaren has used Computervision 's CADDS technology since 1987 , and the newest release , CADDS 5 , will be used in the design and manufacture of next year 's car ; it will enable the Woking , Surrey team to re-design , test and manufacture parts of the car at racing speed . |
| 8 | The professionals will be driving for the world championship … a jackpot of a £100,000 … the amateurs the so called privateers are on the road for pride and pennies … |
| 9 | ‘ I do not suppose , however , that you will be applying for the position so I shall wait for Alain to send a few people here for me to see . |
| 10 | And I think Oxford city will be praying for the chance to replay the match on a full sized pitch . |
| 11 | Why … well pit talk has it that the reigning world champion Ayrton Senna might just be signing for the team next season … if he comes will Nigel go … what 's his future … this is what he told Central South … |
| 12 | ‘ I take it these anonymous friends of yours will be stayin' for the rest of the party ? ’ |
| 13 | Darlington have chosen largely unknown Queensland pace bowler Scott Muller as their professional partly because of his qualifications as a coach but if former Lancashire player , Jack Simmons ' opinion proves correct they could be challenging for the title yet again . |
| 14 | ‘ At last we are getting the reward for our hard work and we will be challenging for the world title ourselves in a couple of years , ’ he said . |
| 15 | Apparently , she did not mind him being a mop head when occupying other Government positions , but felt it would not be fitting for the role of Chancellor . |
| 16 | For millennia it was accepted that the Earth was at the centre of the Universe , despite all the contrary evidence , on the grounds that no other site would be fitting for the world on which the ‘ chosen ’ ( whatever their religion ) dwelt . |
| 17 | Initially , we were a little uncertain as to the type of adverts to seek and in both your absences I checked with Gerry Senior who was very helpful in advising that we would be looking for the kind of events that might be held in the Centre and not adverts relating to , for example , recruitment . |
| 18 | What they do have in common is that in all cases industry will be looking for the location where it can make the best profit . |
| 19 | ‘ Also , I 'll be looking for the slag personally , so I reckon between us we should find him . |
| 20 | The taxi , when it came back to the street , would be crawling because the driver would be looking for the number . |
| 21 | You are likely to be looking for the relation between the variable part of the text ( called the INDEPENDENT VARIABLE because you are manipulating it by making changes ) and the variation in the response of the reader ( called the DEPENDENT VARIABLE , because it depends on the variation , or changes , made to the text ) . |
| 22 | Although the UK market has only been contributing some £15,000 a month or so to the company 's coffers , Christoforou expects to appoint half a dozen sales staff by April and says he will be looking for the outfit to turn over £2m plus in its first year . |
| 23 | Linford Christie also runs his first major individual race of the summer in tonight 's Golden Gala and will be looking for the sort of confidence-booster he gained at the same meeting last year . |
| 24 | He said : ‘ The whole country will be looking for the result and most of them will be hoping the underdogs do well . |
| 25 | We will be looking for the team that shows most strength in depth , across a range of ages , and both sexes . |
| 26 | At a time when many middle-class voters would be looking for the party that would best defend them from Labour , this Conservative strength would be of vital importance . |
| 27 | For their part the Brazilians want to play British oppositon to remind themselves of what it feels like to be searching for the ball in the air for much of the game . |
| 28 | And then they 'd throw you to whatever man happened to be passing for the money you 'd earn for them . ’ |
| 29 | It enables both countries to augment their own dominant positions within the Community while pretending to be acting for the sake of ‘ Europe ’ . |
| 30 | Here , anything that threatens the superego tends to be destructive ; and we can readily see that the externalization of conflict , although defensive for the ego , may be damaging for the culture because the effect of the externalization is to make the culture the locus of the conflict . |