Example sentences of "is [v-ing] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | YOUNG mum Angie Wilson is praying for a speedy end to her homeless heartache for she is expecting a third baby in just nine weeks time . |
| 2 | He wants to know what the job of a Euro MP is , well he is applying for a Euro seat , I do wish him the best of luck and when he 's been there |
| 3 | Others will invite parents to attend for interview when their son or daughter is applying for a Compact job . |
| 4 | Gary Eichorn , general manager of Hewlett-Packard Co 's workstation systems group said he did n't think COSE in its initial guise would be enough to meet the demands of user collections like the Galileo group , which is pressing for a generic common front end . |
| 5 | To counter this , Mr Ozal is pressing for a modest change that would allow Turkey 's Kurds the right to speak their own language . |
| 6 | Mr Crowther is pressing for a judicial review of the whole Department of Transport that would look into the government 's road policy . |
| 7 | ARCHY KIRKWOOD , the Liberal Democrat MP , is pressing for a National Audit Office inquiry after discovering that the Inland Revenue wrote off almost £900 million in unpaid taxes in a single year . |
| 8 | Companies from the UK , Canada , USA , Finland , Germany and France are tendering for schemes in Hungary , while the British company GEC-Alshom is bidding for a dry store contract for Czechoslovakia 's Dukovany plant . |
| 9 | " I love foliage and I think you have to rely a lot on that in small gardens because you do n't have room to leave dormant areas where nothing is happening for a long period , " she says . |
| 10 | Oooh … heres a thought … maybe Strachs injury looks quite bad , and Wilko is looking for a right back , so he can have Kelly as a choice for right midfield aswell as right back ( and striker ) . |
| 11 | The company is looking for a comprehensive data management system for its database and expects to develop a third party relationship to meet its requirements . |
| 12 | Australia 's Collaborative Information Technology Research Institute is looking for a joint venture partner in North America for Atlas , its C-based database management system . |
| 13 | Sir — If anyone is looking for a good cause to support — perhaps as a competitor in the ADT London Marathon , or in some other activity — please remember the NSPCC . |
| 14 | The group is looking for a major balance sheet boost with the sale of its spectacle lens business Sola , which made a £10m profit in the first half . |
| 15 | A household name in the world of aviation spares is looking for a new owner to carry on its traditions . |
| 16 | It is looking for a new European manufacturing site somewhere cheaper than Germany , but , in the interim , all manufacturing will be done at its Sunnyvale plant . |
| 17 | Now the RSPCA is looking for a new site locally so it can build a much larger shelter : |
| 18 | Meta Group analyst , Kate Fessenden , claims OSF is looking for a graceful exit and that once OSF/1.1 comes out , and Unix SVR4 applications are able to run on it , it will simply be allowed to wither away . |
| 19 | Chester 's Gateway Theatre is looking for a mild-mannered all round good-egg who bears a striking resemblance to the former Everton striker . |
| 20 | Air France also has an operating alliance with Malev , the Hungarian carrier which is looking for a strategic foreign partner . |
| 21 | Siemens AG has now acknowledged that it is looking for a strategic partner for its troubled Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG , which is facing growing woes over the next couple of years now that the German economy is plunging into what threatens to be deep recession . |
| 22 | The interviewer is looking for a relapsed sport or hobby which can be restarted and used as behavioural tasks in homework assignments . |
| 23 | Some have experience , others are beginners but already Eddie is looking for a local golf course that will accept their membership as a club to provide a base . |
| 24 | The mainframe may be moribund , but if so , the South Korean government has not heard about it : it is looking for a foreign partner to build mainframes locally from 1997 , Reuter reports from Seoul . |
| 25 | And that 's what 's threatening to people , because it is looking for a direct response ; it 's looking to form a dialogue . |
| 26 | The interviewer is looking for a positive and enthusiastic approach to his or her company . |
| 27 | But the fact is that the government is looking for a huge expansion in student numbers nationally and we at Birmingham are keen to play our part , not least because we know that there are many more people who can benefit from a university education ( as you have done ) than are able to at present . |
| 28 | Since the interviewer is looking for a reliable , self-confident , honest individual who knows how to be friendly without being irritatingly overfamiliar it is sensible to know some of the basic body language that will work against you as well as what will cause a favourable reaction . |
| 29 | It is aimed primarily at the generalist reader concerned with information resources and their use , who is looking for a non-technical assessment of what multimedia is , what it does and how it may be used in a range of applications . |
| 30 | When MAS is acting for a prospective purchaser , we should advise our client to obtain a confidentiality undertaking from the vendors . |