Example sentences of "is [v-ing] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In LBC 's case , for example , the LBC Crown FM is going for the upmarket listener , while the medium wave service , London Talkback Radio , is pitching for the tabloid market and the dedicated followers of phone-ins . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 |
| 4 | Others will invite parents to attend for interview when their son or daughter is applying for a Compact job . |
| 5 | Among those who helped create the public library system in England were the benefactor Andrew Carnegie , whose libraries can be found from Ayr to Brentford , W.H. Smith , whose eponymous book chain still is bookselling for the average English man and woman , and Mr Gladstone . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | To counter this , Mr Ozal is pressing for a modest change that would allow Turkey 's Kurds the right to speak their own language . |
| 8 | Mr Crowther is pressing for a judicial review of the whole Department of Transport that would look into the government 's road policy . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | The Government is pressing for the entire ERM system to be suspended until after France 's referendum on the Maastricht Treaty on Sunday . |
| 11 | He is pressing for an early meeting with Home Office Minister Peter Lloyd , who has been sent a copy of the survey . |
| 12 | In the meantime , a leading US food manufacturer is pressing for an exclusive deal with Staley to help it challenge rivals which already product diet cakes and desserts based on Simpless and other formulations . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | " 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 . |
| 15 | Johan Cruyff is challenging for the European Cup with Barcelona after he had the operation last year . |
| 16 | He has kicked the booze , lost weight , and he is itching for the Italian League to get under way . |
| 17 | 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 ) . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | A household name in the world of aviation spares is looking for a new owner to carry on its traditions . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Now the RSPCA is looking for a new site locally so it can build a much larger shelter : |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Chester 's Gateway Theatre is looking for a mild-mannered all round good-egg who bears a striking resemblance to the former Everton striker . |
| 27 | Air France also has an operating alliance with Malev , the Hungarian carrier which is looking for a strategic foreign partner . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | The interviewer is looking for a relapsed sport or hobby which can be restarted and used as behavioural tasks in homework assignments . |
| 30 | 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 . |