Example sentences of "he is [verb] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A man who advertised for a woman to live on a desert island with him is looking for another female travelling companion to repeat the trip . |
| 2 | He is selected for that reason , because he will not be suspected by the police . ’ |
| 3 | He is looking for that quality which you must allow me to call ‘ modernity ’ ; for I know of no better word to express the idea I have in mind . |
| 4 | Following the completion of the acquisition of Framlington 's private client fund management business in January and the recruitment of five new investment managers in Liverpool , he is looking for increased investment revenues in this year . |
| 5 | Their daughter , Shelagh , has moved to Belfast where she has a job in an office but her younger brother , Sean helps here and there on the farm while he is looking for some other work , sadly without too much hope , since there is already much unemployment in the towns . |
| 6 | He is looking for any ambiguous opportunity to take his gun and do the worst . |
| 7 | He is calling for good conditions for traders at the new pitches in Tarleton Street , Williamson Square and Paradise Street . |
| 8 | He is calling for more funds to reduce waiting lists . |
| 9 | ‘ He is searching for another refugee . |
| 10 | He is to ask for all-party support of the event at next week 's council meeting . |
| 11 | He is to ask for all-party support at next week 's council meeting . |
| 12 | He is troubled for two reasons . |
| 13 | NICKY MASON , ranked No.5 , showed during England 's outstanding 5-1 victory over the Soviet Union at Worthing on Thursday night that he is pushing for regular inclusion in the England team . |
| 14 | He is pushing for initial funding of $A5 million rising to $A15 million in three years . |
| 15 | The announcement only fuelled speculation that he is earmarked for greater things in the Shandwick organisation , of which PRCS is now a part , or even that he was preparing the way for something completely different when his five-year golden handcuffs are released next year . |
| 16 | He is aiming for full employment by Keynesian means , redistribution of wealth through jobs , not taxes . |
| 17 | He is heading for 350 League appearances with Liverpool ( 183 goals ) and 50 FA Cup games . |
| 18 | The athlete statues of Polykleitos , later in the century , might well stem from this tradition , and he is claimed for both cities . |
| 19 | Mr , you you 've er commented upon Mr 's objection that he made himself , but of course there are he is appearing for many others , |
| 20 | She senses he is waiting for some sign from her . |
| 21 | Lenders to the bidder who require the target and its subsidiaries to provide authorised financial assistance under CA 1985 , s155 ( see para 22.1.7 below ) , without the prospect of minority opposition , may prefer a Court Scheme for this reason , as may the bidder if he is paying for costly bridging finance in the interim . |
| 22 | He is applying for judicial review of a decision by the council 's professional conduct committee to prefer the less serious charge of breach of proper professional standards , which leads to an admonition . |
| 23 | Jon Stratton has suggested that he is needed for ideological reasons too ( 1983 ) : in Stratton 's view , the ‘ romantic ’ image of the creative artist is no false veneer nor confined to ‘ mass culture ’ , but part of a larger tradition , within which the dialectic of ‘ romanticism ’ and commodification is basic to capitalist culture as such ; thus it implicates the ‘ individualism ’ of , say , Beethoven as well as that of pop stars and composers . |
| 24 | In fact he is asking for two kinds of help : aid to stop ongoing injury and aid to recover from the damage . |