Example sentences of "is [adv] [v-ing] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | With Hartie mortally wounded by the vengeful NZRU council , Kirwan has now made himself available and the newly appointed backs coach Earle Kirton has been heard suggesting that ‘ King John ’ might be assigned a new role at centre , a position he is successfully filling for his second division Italian club Thiene who are coaches by another Kiwi , John Boe . |
| 2 | AMERICAN born Lisa Price , now living in Llanidloes , has been appointed sales manager for Radio Maldwyn , and is successfully canvassing for advertisers in time for the independent local radio station 's launch on July 1 on 756kHz medium wave . |
| 3 | As in any business , the successful direct marketing service provider is constantly looking for ways to improve the systems employed , and thus improve the volume of high quality response which the marketer can achieve from his/her campaigns . |
| 4 | AMARC 's current research group is constantly looking for specific applications within the world of medicine which would benefit from automation . |
| 5 | His analysis of French literature ( e.g. Goldmann 1964 ) , both the studies of classic writers ( such as Racine and Pascal ) and of more recent literature , is constantly searching for the world-views of the epoch in which the literature emerged : |
| 6 | The ‘ ego ’ ( itself linked and responsive to the id and the superego ) is constantly searching for what Freud and later Freudians call ‘ defence mechanisms ’ to protect and enhance individual personality . |
| 7 | Who is constantly arguing for proper scientific evaluation of all the interventions which have become a matter of habit with many midwives and obstetricians , like artificial membrane rupture ? |
| 8 | Agnes is only waiting for the guest to start speaking his reason for coming . |
| 9 | Every girl in New York who is not a singer is only waiting for the right break to come along so she can get to be one . |
| 10 | The point is summed up in one of Aesop 's fables : ‘ The rabbit runs faster than the fox , because the rabbit is running for his life while the fox is only running for his dinner . ’ |
| 11 | One reason for this is summarized in the Aesopian moral : The rabbit runs faster than the fox , because the rabbit is running for his life , while the fox is only running for his dinner . |
| 12 | Will my hon. Friend give greater and more sympathetic consideration to the question that has just been asked , because those of us who understand cask-conditioned ale — real beer — know that it is extremely damaging for it to be dispensed under pressure ? |
| 13 | The roaring is extremely exhausting for the animals and the one that can keep it up for longest is also likely to be the strongest . |
| 14 | If the gritty Hugh is away opening for his country , then no doubt there is a stronger case for testing out the leadership qualities of Maynard , who has himself been the subject of some speculation concerning the furniture vans . |
| 15 | Okay , now putting both bits aside , if we 're making sure , right okay , if we 're making sure that the product is being sold for the right reasons , i.e. the client is separately saving for deposit , for house moving fees , legal fees , all the other fees , and they could still afford to do this , then I believe it 's a good thing that you can suggest to your clients . |
| 16 | An analysis of interpellation and legitimation which would underpin the central claim that subjects are constituted by ideology is thus striking for its absence . |
| 17 | The Hermitage is not hoping for financing from UNESCO . |
| 18 | A large woman who is not apologising for her size is certainly not a figure to invite the dominant meanings which our culture attaches to femininity . |
| 19 | Peter Scudamore still has first call on Twiston-Davies ' string when he is not riding for Martin Pipe . |
| 20 | But if it is not calling for immediate independence , or for unity with Romania , the Popular Front is certainly demanding sovereign autonomy for Moldavia and a renewal of national culture and identity . |
| 21 | Despite this , Federated Farmers , the farmers ' lobbying group , is not calling for a return to subsidies . |
| 22 | In Rangoon Nu announced : ‘ AFPFL is not calling for a general strike among workers at the present time . |
| 23 | This is not catering for the indigenous population of Ayrshire and Arran . |
| 24 | The Conservative Party is not looking for experts , but it is looking for men and women who have a good working knowledge of contemporary politics and a proven track record of experience in the party , and who above all know their own minds . |
| 25 | God is not looking for ability , but availability . |
| 26 | He is not looking for people who can make decisions for him , but people through whom he can implement his decisions . |
| 27 | The examiner is not looking for technical perfection and certainly would not find it in many candidates ' answers to this question . |
| 28 | But the co-ordinator of the elderly peoples ' service development programme Paul Cousins says he is not looking for uniformity . |
| 29 | If the Labour party is abdicating the right to retain foreign and defence policy in this country , it is not speaking for the country , and the Government will exploit that against it in the next general election . |
| 30 | Nozick 's case rests on the view that so long as one is not acting for the reason that one 's action will favour one of the parties or hinder the other , but for a valid independent reason , then one 's neutrality is intact . |