Example sentences of "are [v-ing] for [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All 3 political groups are pitching for increased spending , Labour is likely to propose a budget around £320 million , the Liberal Democrats around £314 million and the Tory group up to £310 millions , all of them well above Government guidelines of £306 million . |
| 2 | It makes it easier , in principle , to ‘ see ’ how many hypotheses are competing for some portion of an utterance , for example , and to decide which are the most promising given the evidence . |
| 3 | It 's their genes that are struggling for reproductive success . |
| 4 | The business plan 's third big hole is its failure to deal with the lawsuits that names are bringing for alleged negligence by agents . |
| 5 | Bill Mumford says you need climbing skills and it 's a challenge that takes them into a new realm … he says they are praying for dry weather … but it gets very cold … drops to minus twenty at night |
| 6 | The waste-to-energy companies are pressing for financial support to allow them to take advantage of new waste management regulations due to come into force next year . |
| 7 | I congratulate my right hon. Friend on ensuring that Britain is at the forefront of those countries in Europe that are pressing for improved animal welfare . |
| 8 | We find it 's also useful back information , because they will be able to act on one client and has applications for proposal we are writing for another client later on so we can use as references refer to this information . |
| 9 | Matters are made worse if different selectivity processes are operating for each subgroup . |
| 10 | Their meaning is not easily grasped by those who have spent some time studying the Christian faith , and yet the church still presents these complicated extracts from the Bible and the ASB to people who may never have heard the name of God spoken reverently before , and who are searching for some germ of belief to help them understand the vacuum created by the death of the person they love . |
| 11 | Yorkshire managing director Clive Leach , who will head the new group , was more blunt , saying : ‘ We are looking for substantial cost reductions and we will be ruthless in taking out any area that does not contribute . ’ |
| 12 | Police in York are looking for two sex pests following indecent exposure incidents in Salisbury Terrace and Heslington Road . |
| 13 | The Wildcats are looking for early success in the play-off campaign when they play host to Bracknell tomorrow and travel to Basingstoke on Sunday . |
| 14 | LABOUR Party branch members in Crook let it be known that they are looking for new blood to inject a little life and optimism into their ranks . |
| 15 | Like me , you know the Abbe Gerard was murdered , and you are looking for that book , a gift from our royal master which , by rights , should now be returned to its proper owner . ’ |
| 16 | People are looking for tastier beef and that comes from the Hereford cattle . |
| 17 | So our customers are looking for multi-vendor transparency . |
| 18 | The Dales Centre aims to provide a full range of outdoor activities making use of the beautiful surroundings of the Yorkshire Dales — so those who are looking for great climbing and caving are especially well catered for . |
| 19 | Particularly acute problems appear to be found in the area of raising seed-corn capital ( pre start-up capital , less than £250,000 , the riskiest type of venture capital ) and that venture funds are looking for shorter term returns ( BEQB 1990 ) . |
| 20 | Farmers are looking for free drainage schemes and for ways of selling their land to us . |
| 21 | They are looking for bold leadership . |
| 22 | First you are looking for some mystery man called Svend , then it is your sister , but all the time you are taking an inventory of my apartment . ’ |
| 23 | We are looking for beautiful hair of any colour and style — it can be long , short , straight or curly . |
| 24 | And they are looking for local sponsorship . |
| 25 | ‘ While people are cautious about a lot of developments in Europe , rightly so , and while they are looking for British advantage , rightly so , they realise it can not be done from the back of the class . |
| 26 | Iraq 's EC ambassador Zaid Haidar said : ‘ They are looking for military action to boost the re-election of Bush . ’ |
| 27 | They are looking for basic information : a bit of news , some traffic , some weather . |
| 28 | ‘ We are looking for significant financing ; this is an expensive project , ’ she said . |
| 29 | As athletes prepare for the Olympics , sporting organisations are looking for big sponsorship deals to pay for the trip to Barcelona . |
| 30 | The women are pushing for more sponsorship and better coverage of their sport . |