Example sentences of "are [adv] [v-ing] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Calera are obviously aiming for the mass market . |
| 2 | The new knowledge is acquired through changes in the prices of resources and of products , brought about by the bids and offers of the entrepreneur-producers who are eagerly competing for the profits to be won by discovering where resource owners and consumers have ( in effect ) underestimated each other 's eagerness to buy or to sell . |
| 3 | You are only catering for the mindless buffoons who find Simon Fanshawe a greater stimulus than Shakespeare . |
| 4 | He adds that while the bestv rowers are away practising for the Olympics this year there will still be a lot of competition and younger rowers will get the chance to be at Henley . |
| 5 | Takings are already booming for the makers of the country 's top-selling bra . |
| 6 | Although winter is still firmly in control in the far northern regions of the Arctic , birds are already preparing for the coming season by moulting into fresh breeding plumage . |
| 7 | You are not training for the next Olympics , just getting a little fitter and making your heart work more efficiently and become stronger . |
| 8 | The assessors explain that they are not looking for the best ; ‘ that 'd be hopeless . |
| 9 | On the other hand , we certainly are not looking for the bland , but rather for the anodyne which is also intriguing and interesting and has a sense of positive enthusiasm . ’ |
| 10 | On the other hand they are telling us we are not playing for the money but the love of the sport . |
| 11 | The newspaper reporters , the commercial writers and the popularizers may have great social insight and great interviewing skills , but their work is very likely to be strongly value-laden and biased and they are not working for the development of sociological theory . |
| 12 | Of course , we sophisticated Westerners may think they are not asking for the right things . |
| 13 | Well you 'd think they could because you are not paying for the service are you ? |
| 14 | East European countries are thus competing for the best western companies just as western companies are competing for contracts . |
| 15 | We are always looking for the revolutions in music , people like Prince or Jimi Hendrix . |
| 16 | But the furore is certain to bump up Rogan 's sales among Smiths fan who — even after all these years — are still pining for the last great rock band . |
| 17 | ‘ We are still searching for the money , but most of it was blown away . |
| 18 | Detectives are still searching for the murder weapon , probably a wooden handled knife . |
| 19 | Hereford are still searching for the winning touch … goal man Chris Pike was out of luck on saturday … out of sorts too he went off still feeling the affects of flu … |
| 20 | ‘ Japanese players are still hunting for the ultimate barcode 18 months after the game first went on sale . |
| 21 | I think that perhaps some people are still looking for the Great White Hope , as they did in the days of John L. Sullivan , the first black World Heavyweight boxing champion . |
| 22 | Police are still looking for the other man . |
| 23 | Police are still looking for the third — a brown Ford Sierra which was stolen from Brockhampton last night . |
| 24 | ‘ And we are still looking for the child who should have been in the premises , but was n't . |
| 25 | Last night , a police spokesman said : ‘ We are still looking for the two boys , aged about 10-14 years … |
| 26 | Those flares you fired for the war you ended are still burning for the peace that you won . |
| 27 | In the pension scheme there are typically three groups of members , the existing pensioners er those people who are still working for the company , the employees and the third group of er members who work for the companies generally referred to as deferred members . |
| 28 | But , thank God , we now have the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation , and the World Health Organisation , but alas , are still waiting for the developed countries to engage in this world-wide task . |
| 29 | Some are still waiting for the war to end . |
| 30 | This is because we are still waiting for the connecting bus from Wolverhampton … ‘ ! |