Example sentences of "now [v-ing] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is very much the same as sample 3 , but the tucking needles are now tucking for two rows before knitting two rows . |
| 2 | Once again , the same format as the previous two samples , but needles are now tucking for four rows before knitting for four rows . |
| 3 | A restaurant in Swansea is now catering for all tastes , by serving canine customers , as well as human ones . |
| 4 | The CCG team started work on the Channel Tunnel site in September 1987 and have built up until they are now catering for some 6,000 workers at two locations — Upper and Lower Shakespeare Cliff . |
| 5 | And we are now catering for 160 staff at Glasgow Development Agency in their new top quality restaurant where there is emphasis on healthy eating . |
| 6 | The District 's Annual Report for 1959–60 said that , although the WEA 's national officers were still trying to achieve this increased grant , the Eastern had exceptionally-strong claims and accordingly ‘ we are now pressing for special consideration ’ : in other words , Jacques was arguing with the Ministry that , even if it could not afford 90% grant to the WEA as a whole , could this not be allowed to the Eastern District individually ? |
| 7 | Increasingly concerned about the risk of a major nuclear accident in the region , France , Germany , Britain and several other EC countries are now pressing for stronger action . |
| 8 | As in the rest of Europe , breeders are now looking for young stock with high genetic potential and are no longer settling for the fancy animal with a borderline production pedigree . |
| 9 | Yasmin said she 'd had enough and was now looking for full-time modelling work . |
| 10 | Last night the company said it was now looking for four full-time and one part-time person . |
| 11 | The NRA Southern Region is now looking for Technical Assistants and Trainee Scientists to be based at the new analytical laboratory at Waterlooville in Hampshire which will be the main centre for chemical , biological and microbiological analysis of effluent and surface water samples collected throughout the Region . |
| 12 | The Knotty 's 4F society are now looking for another ex-Barry hulk to fuel the restoration fires with . |
| 13 | Mr Kingsland is now looking for another companion . |
| 14 | At PIL , currently dealing with Blundstone , Terra , Royer and Hard Yakka and now looking for more names , co-director Peter Caplow is adamant that things are still in their infancy . |
| 15 | Due to an increasing demand for the morale boosting treatment , the Red Cross is now looking for more Hand Care and Beauty Care volunteers to spend half a day each week with patients in local hospitals . |
| 16 | But she has been able to provide brief descriptions and detectives are now looking for three youths . |
| 17 | Meteoriticists are now searching for further specimens in the Canadian Arctic and there are plans for expeditions to northern Greenland . |
| 18 | The bigger TV companies are now lobbying for further relaxations in the rules which would pave the way for a Great North TV station stretching from coast to coast and , inevitably , providing a diluted regional service . |
| 19 | Codelco , the Chilean state copper corporation which devised the experiments is now testing for commercial production at a larger site in the valley . |
| 20 | The 21-year-old full-back from Lillestrom has agreed personal terms with Rovers and is now waiting for formal clearance to play in the Premier League . |
| 21 | Kiam has also become embroiled in the ‘ Great Locker Room Scandal ’ — an incident involving a woman sports reporter ( who is now suing for sexual harassment ) and several naked and semi-naked Patriots players . |
| 22 | It is just possible that the tide is now turning for social works with the opportunity for specialisation and new roles in the Community Care service . |
| 23 | It is not new laws that are required but enforcement of existing ones , she says.The International League is now calling for effective individual accountability for serious violations of the law and the creation of a war crimes tribunal . |
| 24 | The AA is now calling for immediate improvments . |
| 25 | That the Community is now striving for political and monetary union reflects the successful hijacking of the SEA by the federalists . |
| 26 | Jane 's is now negotiating for new hangar space to house its eight engineers , a number which is shortly expected to increase in line with the company 's expansion . |
| 27 | After teaching himself to juggle , the 27-year-old is now advertising for fellow Big Top devotees to join him in starting up a little troupe . |
| 28 | Brough Park , which last night hosted the final of the 2,000 Guineas , is now preparing for next month 's Northumberland Puppy Cup , which offers prize money of £2,000 for the winner . |
| 29 | After the worst year on record for cruelty to sheep and cattle — the RSPCA is now campaigning for that loophole to be closed . |
| 30 | I want to take the initiative a step further , which is why I am now appealing for other British companies to join us in providing this help for our troops . |