Example sentences of "be [v-ing] for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the seller knows the number of companies who are competing for the order , their likely stances , the criteria used by the buying organisation when deciding between them , the degree of pressure on key members of the decision making unit , and any formula they might use for assessing price acceptability , an accurate assessment of the power balance should be possible . |
| 2 | At least six types of microfloppy , as the discs are called , of varying size and format are competing for the market . |
| 3 | Six countries — Thailand , India Pakistan , Cuba Italy and Belgium — are competing for the site of the $50 million research programme . |
| 4 | I am allowing for the fact that , in a substantial number of cases , investigations could not be concluded , and many complaints were withdrawn . |
| 5 | Bello Bouba said that he was returning to join his " fellow countrymen who are struggling for the institution of a real democracy " . |
| 6 | Dozens of street musicians have been competing for the title of Britain 's best busker . |
| 7 | Brewers have been competing for the title of Best British Beer at the industry 's own version of the Oscars . |
| 8 | Farmworkers have been competing for the title of Britain 's best ploughman , and a place in the world finals in New Zealand . |
| 9 | I am applying for the post of … |
| 10 | Eighteen companies are bidding for the contract to remove the red star from the dome of Hungary 's Parliament , writes Michael Simmons . |
| 11 | Eighteen companies are bidding for the contract to remove the red star from the dome of Hungary 's Parliament , writes Michael Simmons . |
| 12 | Sighing , Tim 's father said the family knew the country had been praying for the 12-year-old . |
| 13 | This frequently turns out to be a manifestation of the fact that Satanists are praying for the breakdown of Christian marriage . |
| 14 | If , while we are praying for the Lord to do a new thing , we are failing to take action in areas where his intentions are perfectly clear and his resources for their implementation guaranteed , then he is unlikely to respond to our appeals to do more . |
| 15 | Partly I am mesmerised by its spinach-green tanks and cowling , its red pulleys , dogs and levers , its greasy leather belts , its twitching , glittering blades , stink of hot oil , petrol , exhaust … and partly I am praying for the chance that something — I 've no idea what , but just something — may go wrong … so that I , Jimbo , the firstborn , may step into the breach and save the day . |
| 16 | She told The Universe , the Catholic weekly : ‘ I am praying for the family and I feel very sorry for them . |
| 17 | Tropical timber producers have been pressing for the ITTA , which expires next year , to be replaced by a comprehensive agreement that also covers wood from temperate forests . |
| 18 | He had been pressing for the opportunity to abandon himself , free of dogma , and here it was . |
| 19 | The main stumbling block had been the appointment of its chair [ see pp. 37712 ; 37777 ; 37858 ] , a problem temporarily resolved on Dec. 11 when Prince Norodom Sihanouk , who had hitherto been pressing for the chairmanship , called on the SNC to " stop talking about the chairmanship and vice-chairmanship … and have the 12 SNC members , on an equal footing , work for peace " . |
| 20 | Realistically , I 've been applying for the sort of job that will pay me enough money to keep me going when I retire . |
| 21 | A charter of Charles the Bald in 875 exempted the peasants of St-Philibert , Tournus , in Burgundy from market dues " whether they are trading for the abbey or for themselves " . |
| 22 | I am ordering for the week . ’ |
| 23 | He had been looking for the Face of Death . |
| 24 | But we have always been looking for the cause of the extra 40 per cent . |
| 25 | He had been looking for the omen Heather might have nerved herself to disregard . |
| 26 | Police have been looking for the killer of seventy year old Jim Eggleton since his battered body was found five weeks ago . |
| 27 | Belfast Women 's Aid , and other pressure groups , have been lobbying for the clarification of the law since a judgement in 1991 , by Mr Justice Petrie , recorded that a breach of an order was a civil matter . |
| 28 | Three hundred police are hunting for the person who has now killed seven back-packers , including two Britons , in Australia . |
| 29 | He and his crew are searching for the Land Where the Sun Goes at Night . |
| 30 | Police in Thailand are searching for the driver of a bus which crashed , killing a student from Oxfordshire . |