Example sentences of "[am/are] [verb] [adv] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Does the television studio , in which a group of academics are gathered together for a discussion on an ‘ academic ’ issue , count as an academic setting ? |
| 2 | Banks are competing fiercely for a share of the slower-growing market . |
| 3 | Cheddars may be hard or semi-hard ; they are pressed lightly for a matter of hours and then more firmly for a short period of days . |
| 4 | ‘ We are pressing hard for a meeting between BAe 's finance director and our lead investor as we are aware that time is slipping by , ’ said Mr Hooke . |
| 5 | ‘ At the most , they are confined only for a century or two . |
| 6 | This is partly to get higher wages , but it is really so because jobs are run-of-the-mill and they are looking simply for a change of venue , a new setting , and new faces . |
| 7 | They want a baby they 're not concerned whether it 's going to have spina-bifida or have som , they are looking forward for a perfect baby . |
| 8 | Often the local press are looking more for a photo opportunity than a story . |
| 9 | We 'll tell her we 're going away for a breather . ’ |
| 10 | They may be absolutely fine , and if you 're going there for a number of years , you 've probably got no er problem with them , but of course the smaller the organization the simpler is , it is for other erm factors to creep in . |
| 11 | Why do n't the B B C , both radio and television , take advertising , and then we not only would not need to pay an extra twenty quid , we probably would n't need to pay the eighty odd pounds that we 're paying already for a colour television licence . |
| 12 | Well , I think perhaps what we 'll do cos you 've missed quite a few of these out so I think what we 'll do erm is to leave that what you 're doing there for a moment we 'll go through this mark this and the one 's you have n't done we 'll do so that you 've got this one straight . |
| 13 | Oh he might be away for thre , cos I know he had golf at the Belfry this week , and then when he comes back he 's being picked up by a car to take him to the Belfry again , cos we 're entertaining there for a weekend 's golf . |
| 14 | In 1992 , a 2½ million lead after recession and poll tax means unless we have a centre-left reconstruction , we are heading inexorably for a Tory fifth term . |
| 15 | Following on from this there should be no difficulty in categorising transactions where gift tokens or coupons are exchanged wholly for a product as transactions under the SGSA 1982 ( compare Davies v Customs and Excise Commissioners [ 1975 ] 1 WLR 204 ) . |
| 16 | The energy of the falling grains may not be absorbed in rebounding or in starting saltation by impact , but may be used in disturbing a number of grains , which are driven forward for a short distance on the surface . |
| 17 | I 'm looking now for a nice you know . |
| 18 | I 'm going away for a while , give you time to pack your things . |
| 19 | ‘ I 'm going outside for a minute , ’ Oates said . |
| 20 | ‘ I 'm going outside for a fag , ’ said the purple girl , She got up and left the hall . |
| 21 | I 'm going abroad for a short time … ’ |
| 22 | " I 'm going home for a fortnight . |
| 23 | ‘ Because I 'm working here for a short time . |
| 24 | At Highlander , workshops of this sort of cultural exchange play a critical role in reaching across the natural human barriers which we can expect to find when a number of different people from widely different communities , cultural backgrounds , and economic and social circumstances are thrown together for a weekend to discuss their common problems in an attempt to find solutions . |
| 25 | I understand that all the counterfoils and voting slips cast are kept securely for a period after an election until they are eventually destroyed . |
| 26 | However , if gains are kept offshore for a sufficiently long period of time , the return on investment may exceed the increased capital gains tax liability . |
| 27 | He had never flown in anything other than a Tiger Moth so her requested that his name be put forward for a short Washington sortie . |
| 28 | Consequently , data which are collected for one particular analysis or processing application are unsuitable where they are required elsewhere for a different purpose . |
| 29 | This is not to say that there are not many people of good will who are working conscientiously for a more humane society , but such efforts inevitably succumb to the demonic . |
| 30 | We are working together for a reformed and revised Near East , and our two movements complement each other . ’ |