Example sentences of "is [v-ing] [adv] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lawrence was fuming after Barnsley beat Boro 1–0 on Monday , and a season that promised so much is shaping up for a disastrous finale . |
| 2 | He could have destroyed Tottenham except for their world class goalie who is shaping up for a good World Cup eh Halvard ? |
| 3 | In a sense Lecercle ( whose own name doubtless encouraged him to consider the surplus meanings language provides ) is sticking up for parole , the language as she is spoke ( or written ) . |
| 4 | BELFAST is limbering up for the big international fitness challenge . |
| 5 | It is gearing up for its second consecutive presidential election in November , with candidates ranging from far right to soft left , and front-runners representing the centre . |
| 6 | BARCLAYS , the biggest plastic card issuer , is gearing up for a blitz on card fraud in the run-up to Christmas . |
| 7 | Comedienne Marti Caine , star presenter of BBC1 's Joker in the Pack is gearing up for a hair-raising performance as the evil panto Queen in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs . |
| 8 | The sportscar firm is gearing up for a multi-million pound windfall by having replicas of the dream machine on sale in the next few weeks for at least £5,000 apiece . |
| 9 | RUUD Gullit is gearing up for next week 's European Cup final with Marseille with many Milan fans believing it will one of his last games for the Italian giants . |
| 10 | Olympic decathlete Daley Thompson has left the world of track and field and is gearing up for a new career in motor racing . |
| 11 | Buckinghamshire speedway ace Simon Wigg is gearing up for the new season with a new club … he 's signed up for Coventr |
| 12 | THE NORTH-EAST is gearing up for a bumper celebration of European arts and entertainment . |
| 13 | THE Royal Mail is gearing up for the General Election . |
| 14 | Julian whose home is at Seamer , near Scarborough is currently the assistant cruise director in the Caribbean and is returning home for the presentation ceremony next month . |
| 15 | He now firmly refutes suggestions that he is unhappy with the Yorkshire set-up and is looking around for a move to another county . |
| 16 | Now that circumstances have conspired to make an immediate share issue an unattractive option , Dell Computer Corp is looking around for the best alternative to raise cash to finance its soaraway growth . |
| 17 | Mr Vecchiotti is looking not for masses of assembly-line workers , but for a few skilled and adaptable engineers . |
| 18 | It is looking desperately for overseas orders to bolster a declining workload in the UK . |
| 19 | The conservative teacher who is looking only for a reasonable salary and a peaceful life . |
| 20 | Finally , he is looking out for support material for Christian detached youth workers . |
| 21 | THE BRITISH government is looking eagerly for signs of economic recovery but is may not have noticed that the quickest way of discerning increased industrial activity is not to look at it , but to listen . |
| 22 | Also , the system makes clear that the designer is acting strictly for the client . |
| 23 | His son Stephen , who made his campaign debut at Labour 's London reception yesterday , is boning up for his finals next month . |
| 24 | RON SPRINGALL is searching worldwide for someone , somewhere who knows the wartime role of his 1943-built Piper L–4H during the period March 1944 to December 1945 . |
| 25 | Long journey : Nigel Lupton , 32 , of Raby Road in Hartlepool , is training hard for a 900-mile cycle ride from Land 's End to John O'Groat 's next month . |
| 26 | The fact that Freeman is writing primarily for the social work profession is apparent , for instance , in the extent to which the legal regulation of substitute care is dealt with in depth . |
| 27 | A spokesperson for the gallery told The Art Newspaper that Assistant curator Marla Prather is filling in for Ms Rosenthal , but the former positions of Messrs Cowart and Moffett remain unfilled . |
| 28 | Wesley is turning out for a ‘ beat the keeper ’ sideshow at a garden fete organised by Holy Trinity church on Belfast 's Ballysillan Road ( 10.30am ) . |
| 29 | THE on-going ferry price war is paying off for P&O who today claimed a massive 96pc rise in tourist vehicle trade on its Larne-Cairnryan route . |
| 30 | WORK in the community is paying off for dedicated staff at Corporation Road Baptist Church in Darlington . |