Example sentences of "is [v-ing] for [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The consensus among observers has been that IBM Corp will find it needs to cut many more than the 25,000 positions it is targeting for this year , so there was little surprise when both the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal last week came out with independent stories saying the cuts would go much higher . |
| 2 | The views of his Ministerial colleagues , not least the Prime Minister , will be of particular relevance whenever a subject overruns departmental boundaries and the Home Office is competing for Parliamentary time . |
| 3 | ‘ It is catering for well-heeled youth , ’ he maintains , ‘ and is well run without too much interference . ’ |
| 4 | We are delighted that Anke Rohlfs , guest teacher at our 1982 Summer Course , is returning for this year 's International Summer course , and once again we are able to use the facilities at Green Park Centre , Aston Clinton , Bucks . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | A YOUNG north Belfast girl is bidding for instant fame , and a place in one of the nation 's most exclusive portrait galleries , after entering the United Kingdom 's longest running ‘ soap opera ’ . |
| 7 | Here , the therapist is looking for maladaptive coping strategies which can be altered at a later date in homework assignments . |
| 8 | Behaviour which is hard to explain , if one is looking for moral consistency , makes underlying sense , if one thinks in terms of power . |
| 9 | IBM meanwhile is looking for other vendor customers and is working with the Open Software Foundation to see how CICS fits in with DCE . |
| 10 | Now that the Open Software Foundation is looking for new development avenues for ANDF , its architecture neutral distribution format ( UX No 384 ) , it says a number of interested parties including both commercial houses and research institutes have come forward : Apparently talks with an unidentified US government agency , a research arm , have advanced to contract negotiations . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | This scheme is estimated to cost about £250,000 and the W & L is looking for financial assistance from grant giving bodies , from members and other sympathetic supporters . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | XSoft is looking for high-volume distribution and has cut deals with Qualix Inc and Sun Microsystems Inc to provide the software free of charge for an initial 30-day trial basis . |
| 15 | Best , who will attend a Lions meeting in Edinburgh on Sunday — the 30-strong squad wo n't be chosen until after the last internationals on 21 March — is looking for more back play tomorrow , but if the weather gets any worse he fears that aerial bombardments may be the order of the day . |
| 16 | Solbourne 's UK representatives include sales and marketing manager Hamish Cassels and the company is looking for more country managers including two each for Germany and France , one for Scandinavia and one for Spain . |
| 17 | The Government is to press ahead with its £23 billion roads programme , but is looking for more help from the public sector . |
| 18 | Answer guide : This question is looking for some discussion around the realization and prudence principles . |
| 19 | The firm is looking for further growth , especially overseas , chiefly by acquisition and joint venture ; now with several clients in Australia and elsewhere in the Far East , the London office is feeling the lack of branches in that area , despite its comparative strength in the USA . |
| 20 | But with the messenger business increasingly beset by price wars , market saturation , soaring development costs and flagging margins , Mr Gates is looking for fresh profit in producing and selling the message itself . |
| 21 | Hoare is acting for British Aerospace , which yesterday admitted it had a 1.7 per cent stake . |
| 22 | Promoted at the end of last season to Division 1 of the West Middlesex Midweek Cricket League , the team is searching for new blood to add to the pool of players to make sure they stay there . |
| 23 | By his side a little bird on a stand is singing , and a tiny mouse is searching for fallen bird-food . ) |
| 24 | ‘ He is searching for another refugee . |
| 25 | There are many signs that Ian Smith himself is seeking for this guidance . |
| 26 | At European level the Regional Council , in cooperation with Kent County Council , is lobbying for massive infrastructure aid using the concept of Community interest as the basis of its arguments . |
| 27 | Maurice Rhodes is training for another marathon . |
| 28 | Special needs is one of nineteen national priority areas that will receive 70 per cent funding from the DES , as is training for further education ( FE ) staff with special needs responsibilities . |
| 29 | And the RUC is urging for public help to clamp down on the level of incidents throughout the province . |
| 30 | Demand is booming for modern refrigeration equipment for the food industry , and recent scares concerning food poisioning and legionnaires ' disease have provided an additional boost . |