Example sentences of "and [noun pl] [v-ing] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our new argument for the political virtues of conventionalism uses these distinctions to show why the line this theory draws between cases decided by law and cases calling for judicial legislation strikes the right balance between predictability and flexibility . |
| 2 | Material for developing listening and speaking skills aimed at specialists and non-specialists studying for and working in international businesses where English language skills are required . |
| 3 | Casework with parents , therapeutic work with children in care , and skills training for residential workers and field workers were now of secondary importance . |
| 4 | He was like a man who has made one step forward into unknown territory and stands looking for a path . |
| 5 | The former Charlton Athletic manager has been linked with Spurs , with Peter Shreeves under pressure and fans calling for a new manager . |
| 6 | In York it was particularly hideous to have lorries and cars vying for space with bicycles and people in the narrow streets . |
| 7 | In the ILEA ( which published much more detailed statistics on special education than central government or other LEAs ) , boys were in the majority in schools and units catering for every type of special need . |
| 8 | He could just see boxes , litter blowing in the wind and rats scavenging for food . |
| 9 | There was nearly always coffee or a huge meal of steak or fish and chips going for any of our officers who were searching the large rigs and barges . |
| 10 | It has become a cliche that Mexico 's government has more academically competent economists and technocrats working for it than practically any country . |
| 11 | In the nineteenth century , Italians and Alsatians heading for the New World arrived and departed via the great Paris terminals . |
| 12 | Why do some spend years and years caring for parents they may not even like ? |
| 13 | They have yet to establish a track record of resale value , and buyers looking for sound investments may prefer to play safe and buy equivalent Persian or Anatolian rugs . |
| 14 | He job will be to give the Pavillion a higher profile among local companies and organisations looking for conferences and events . |
| 15 | Higher education is also expected to rely more heavily on private sources of finance with polytechnics and universities competing for commercial , foundation and research council contracts and building up relationships with industry through consultancy and science parks . |
| 16 | Ministers arriving at their desks next week will find detailed briefs waiting for them and officials asking for decisions to be taken quickly . |
| 17 | Ian Harper reports on how the latest fiasco in designing systems to facilitate the Stock Exchange has left fund managers and brokers looking for yet another solution to their needs . |
| 18 | The next rounds saw two more replays at Leeds Road , against Brighton and Blackburn Rovers , with more mills and businesses closing for the afternoon . |
| 19 | Diabetic shared care schemes and diabetic liaison nurses help facilitate the dispersal of information from the central hospital clinic to general practitioners and families caring for patients with diabetes . |
| 20 | The A-300 Airbus was carrying 167 passengers and crew — including many British climbers and trekkers heading for Nepal 's magnificent peaks . |
| 21 | For a time Ealing was as closely in touch with the hopes and frustrations of post-war audiences as were the directors and writers working for Rank 's Independent Producers . |
| 22 | Then he sent staff and customers scrambling for cover by hurling a smoke bomb into the chain 's restaurant in Kensington , London . |
| 23 | By February 1916 pressure was mounting again , and resolutions calling for compulsory national service were flowing in ; the Executive refused to debate them , but passed them on to Law nevertheless . |
| 24 | The third reason why we 're , we 're pleased to see you here is that erm as a trades council , we 've and this er and Dick mentioned this in his introduction , we 've initiated a major international programme , major in terms of our size obviously as er as a local body , involving links between union activists here primarily in France er , in northern France , but also links now developing in Spain with the new ferry going between Portsmouth and Bilbao , we 're starting to meet with the unions in Spain who are interested in speaking about the , the , the differences in wages in terms and conditions working for the same ferry company , doing the same jobs in the port , a comparative look at how the , the wages terms and conditions differ and we want to , we want to go and visit them in the autumn and , and work out , and work on more links on a sector basis , so that our colleagues down in Bilbao in northern Spain can link up with people in the , in the , in similar sectors here and we 've done this over the last three and a half years with the unions in France , we 've had exchanges of all sectors , the public sectors , transport , erm , health , social services , shop workers . |
| 25 | Some alliances between , say , a Fenwick of Tynedale and a Croser of Teviotdale might ensure a lull in raiding and cattle thieving for a while , though there was usually an excuse for it to be resumed at fairly short notice . |
| 26 | Amid boarded-up shops , closing-down sales and owners fighting for survival he said : ‘ This is like a ghost town . |
| 27 | Among the remaining trees , which would one day distinguish themselves in avenues and parks , and over the heads of the labouring workmen rose clouds of parakeets and honey-eaters searching for food . |
| 28 | For decades Bavaria-based MBB , with its odd mix of brilliant ‘ ideas men ’ and bureaucrats ferreting for state subsidies , was a notoriously hard company to run . |
| 29 | There it is also argued that it is from the legislation of emancipation onwards that the tensions and forces making for conflict grow significantly stronger than the cohesive factors sustaining antislavery culture . |
| 30 | Des Koogan would have his work cut out to keep at bay all the reporters and photographers heading for the college , Loretta thought with the ghost of a smile . |