Example sentences of "is [verb] [noun pl] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Millar is forecasting dividends for the year to next August of 3.35p net per share , a jump of 22 per cent . |
| 2 | ‘ Nicolo is bringing guests for dinner . |
| 3 | I think he is to be pitied because all he does is make enemies for himself . |
| 4 | For example , one of the things I 've been doing today is submitting titles for Waterstones ’ summer reading promotion ; they are sponsoring a 32 page supplement in Elle , and are doing a run-on . |
| 5 | The purpose of a neutral air waybill is to enable agents for more than one airline to use one air waybill format , especially when these agents use automated systems of issuance . |
| 6 | Hamlet is given soliloquies for reflection , self-criticism , and for resolves to act , some of which are carried out ; Iago has them for self-presentation and for announcements of his actions which — like Richard III in his self-confidence — are first described , then performed , and subsequently commented on . |
| 7 | Woodway Park School , Coventry , is assembling kits for bio-reactors — special vessels in which bacteria can be put to work — and selling them at a profit to other schools across the country . |
| 8 | Friends of Elizabeth Patterson have contributed handsomely to the Fund in her memory , one object of which is to provide books for the Library on the History of Science . |
| 9 | The main aim of this chapter is to provide guidelines for the introduction of a microcomputer into the school library or the extension of microcomputer work involving microcomputers in the school library and in the classroom . |
| 10 | It will be emphasised to employers that the purpose of the exercise is to provide opportunities for young people to learn about and through work and not to perform tasks which would otherwise be done by paid workers . |
| 11 | The objective is to provide facilities for the investigation and recording of archaeological remains prior to development . |
| 12 | The two legal reasons were that full adherence would require greater changes in English law than could be recommended , and that the Convention was concerned with service via official channels , whereas ‘ the great need is to obtain facilities for the use of less official channels ’ . |
| 13 | The rationale is to secure markets for Kuwait 's oil production and refined products . |
| 14 | The flood of money disappearing into China is causing problems for the Taiwanese economy . |
| 15 | The Hungarian government is seeking bids for a contract to supply an integrated medical attendance and financial administration system to the University Medical School of Debrecan . |
| 16 | Curbelo , who is seeking damages for ‘ physical and mental anguish ’ , claims McKagan and three GN'R bodyguards attacked him . |
| 17 | But in considering the privilege against self-incrimination it is difficult to see any logical distinction between an order for discovery and disclosure where the defendant has stolen the plaintiff 's property and an order for discovery and disclosure where the plaintiff is seeking damages for fraud in dealings by the defendant with the property or moneys of the plaintiff . |
| 18 | In the second case a woman of 27 is seeking damages for contracting lymphoma in 1988 , the treatment for which has left her permanently disabled and sterile ; her father worked as a fitter at Sellafield for more than 20 years . |
| 19 | Cosworth is seeking customers for its 226bhp V6 |
| 20 | Mr Wright , who lives at Hedgerows , Harleston Road , is seeking sponsors for his planned jump and has already received donations from his former employer , Thames Valley Eggs , and from the Norwich and Peterborough Building Society . |
| 21 | The IUCN is seeking funds for several vital programmes aimed at safeguarding these rare and fascinating creatures . |
| 22 | There are actually quite a few positive steps forward : for a start , and under intense pressure from environmentalists and scientists , the World Bank has begun to take into account conservation when it is approving projects for funding . |
| 23 | Pupils will be encouraged to use printed lists of keywords when the system is fully operational , One difficulty here is to create keys for subjects which begin with the same first three letters e.g. FARMING and FAROES but the school librarian sees this as a useful information problem for pupils to tackle . |
| 24 | Making it clear that it really does recognise that the only way to revitalise its languishing business units is to hire outsiders for some of the key positions , IBM Corp late Friday announced that as well as making its AdStar Inc storage unit a wholly-owned subsidiary , it had hired industry veteran Ed Zschau , System Industries Inc founder and one-term Republican representative , to be its chairman and chief executive — and an IBM vice-president , relegating the unit 's former general manager Ray AbuZayyad to the post of president and chief operating officer . |
| 25 | Although some attempt is made to design an instrument which serves the needs of primary school leavers as well as secondary school entrants , the main official purpose of the exercise , and practically the only purpose which interests teachers or children , is to select entrants for secondary school . |
| 26 | Our group is researching prototypes for an intelligent computerised information environment for use in general practice . |
| 27 | ASDA is selling poinsettias for £2.99 , down £1 . |
| 28 | The CRL 's main task is testing products for the Consumers ' Association , publisher of Which ? magazine . |
| 29 | Westcountry Television is shortlisting agencies for a national and regional campaign to launch the new ITV franchisee to the public and business communities before its January screen debut . |
| 30 | This form of damage is called damages for disappointment . |