Example sentences of "are [v-ing] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You react like one when you burn the toast , so why should n't you react like one when you are pitching for a new account ? |
| 2 | Eminent scientists are clamouring for an outright ban on all chlorine substances . |
| 3 | Tint the undercoat with whatever you are using for the final colour and you will get a good , even finish . |
| 4 | For any given program there is an optimum or efficient memory usage for an environment in which many programs are competing for the limited available real memory . |
| 5 | Sheffield Steelers are sweeping the opposition aside in their bid to gain league entry , while Trafford Metros , Medway Bears and Streatham Redskins are competing for the other vacancy . |
| 6 | ( The more lenders there are competing for the same customers , the hard for each has to work to attract a given number of customers — and an obvious way of attracting customers is by cutting rates . ) |
| 7 | This suggests that certain groups and individuals will be ‘ stronger ’ and better placed to obtain the housing they want , although this is something of an oversimplification since it implies that all are competing for the same types of house . |
| 8 | Erm elsewhere in my statement I have indicated an appropriate provision of employment land which is related to the population size which we are suggesting for the new settlement . |
| 9 | MAGAZINES are bidding for the first photos of five-day-old Louis , son of Princess Stephanie of Monaco , right . |
| 10 | Apart from these texts there are a few which are revealing for the opposite reason : they deny the existence of a trust where it might have been expected . |
| 11 | the election for which you are applying for an absent vote ; |
| 12 | ALMOST four years after the 1985 crash of an airliner in Gander , Newfoundland , in which 248 US servicemen were killed , a group of congressmen are pressing for a new inquiry into the disaster . |
| 13 | Priests inside Malawi are pressing for a new statement from the bishops . |
| 14 | It is significant that it is the Africans who are pressing for a partial lifting of the ban and the maligned fur trade has made no move in that direction . |
| 15 | And remember that you are walking for the psychological benefits as well as the fitness and slimness benefits . |
| 16 | This means ministers are wrangling for a bigger share of the cake . |
| 17 | For people who are training for a particular sport such as karate , specific exercises can be inserted in the routine , for example alternate mae-geri or squat/standup/mae-geri . |
| 18 | Establishing rapport is the process of getting on the right wavelength with someone — usually , but not inevitably , with someone you are meeting for the first time . |
| 19 | and Q acted upon by unc and unc are essentially the same , we are meeting for the first time a concept of prime importance in algebra , namely that of isomorphism . |
| 20 | Police are searching for a blunt instrument . |
| 21 | Small wonder that scientists are searching for every lower temperatures , nearer still to absolute zero , where even more mysterious effects may be waiting . |
| 22 | Whilst they are searching for the relevant information , their inventories of unsold goods will start to build up . |
| 23 | Programme makers are searching for the best children 's museum in Britain . |
| 24 | Now they are searching for the fourth sister Pamela , who walked out at the age of 15 after a row with her father . |
| 25 | One try resulted in a pregnancy which ended in a miscarriage , but the couple are saving for a second try . |
| 26 | Er two points , one comes onto environment for Mr who says that they are seeking for the environmental benefits to the A sixty one and relates something to the percentages . |
| 27 | Says Phil Keer : ‘ I think me and most of my friends are looking for a long term relationship . |
| 28 | ‘ Do n't say that you are looking for a gilded mare too ! ’ |
| 29 | If you are looking for a specific topic ( e.g. The Paris Peace Conference ) and it is not listed , you might investigate chapters which appear related ( e.g. " The Resettlement of Europe " or , even more broadly , " The First World War " ) . |
| 30 | Finally , Fellowship Afloat are looking for a new chief sailing instructor . |