Example sentences of "are [v-ing] [pron] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Try looking at people , objects and places as if you are seeing them for the first time without being influenced by what you have known about them in the past . |
| 2 | For me one of the greatest gifts is the ability to look at things as if you are seeing them for the first time . |
| 3 | Let me now assume that you are being considered by a prospective principal and are seeing him for the first time . |
| 4 | Since we are using it for choices of ends , we can not treat the awareness it prescribes simply as a universal means to our ends whatever they may be , which is what the admonition suggests in ordinary discourse ( with the implication ‘ If you do n't you 'll suffer for it ’ ) . |
| 5 | ‘ I believe passionately in the future of this industry but what chance have we got when an avaricious few are using it for their own crazy purposes ? ’ |
| 6 | Obviously she will often clash with the adults who are grooming her for life . |
| 7 | OVER THERE , but thankfully not expected here in the near future : US TV audiences are bracing themselves for Roseanne : the cartoon , and an animated series featuring New Kids On The Block … |
| 8 | But the Conservatives are bracing themselves for a map of somewhat different complexion on Friday morning , if the opinion polls ’ verdicts prove true , with most of the changes wrought by the Liberal Democrats . |
| 9 | BRAZIL 's hospitals are bracing themselves for an epidemic of dengue , an acutely infectious disease caused by a virus . |
| 10 | CHANNEL ferry firms are bracing themselves for Britain 's biggest duty-free drink and cigarettes bonanza tomorrow . |
| 11 | BRITISH insurers are bracing themselves for claims totalling hundred of millions of pounds from the storm-battered U.S. |
| 12 | Tulip Computers NV is scheduled to announce 1992 figures tomorrow , and Amsterdam analysts are bracing themselves for a flood of red ink . |
| 13 | STAFF at the Wedgwood visitor centre are bracing themselves for a bumper summer season . |
| 14 | And Ireland 's top traditional dancers are bracing themselves for even more misery at the end of this month when the 18-year-old whizz-kid is due to return for the World Championships in Dublin . |
| 15 | Meanwhile the scholars are bracing themselves for more arguements . |
| 16 | COUNSELLORS are bracing themselves for a flood of inquiries when a TV drama is screened exposing a child migration scheme which shamed Britain . |
| 17 | Despite the news of investment in programmes worried staff at both stations are bracing themselves for cost cutting and job losses . |
| 18 | MINISTERS are bracing themselves for the release of unemployment figures on Thursday which are expected to go over the three million mark . |
| 19 | AS the curtain comes down on Courage League rugby for 1992 , the game 's elite are gearing themselves for the biggest dog-fight since the competition 's inception six years ago . |
| 20 | But is n't that what people are paying you for ? |
| 21 | Helen Carson discovers why the sisters are doin' it for themselves Women building on success |
| 22 | It is important that those who set out to establish bereavement services spend some time deciding who they are providing them for . |
| 23 | Make sure that the story you have for them is interesting and if it is merely constituency information , explain that you are providing it for background briefing and that you are not expecting them to publish it . |
| 24 | It er we are expecting him for the course on that date . |
| 25 | They are buying them for business . |
| 26 | I am not sure what that means but we are having it for tea . |
| 27 | ‘ You are asking me for money , ’ she said , shocked . |
| 28 | We are asking you for your protection , everything is well documented and clear . |
| 29 | Add these to two that we are giving you for free — T and U — and rearrange them into a familiar three-word phrase . |
| 30 | The doctors are doing everything for her . ’ |