Example sentences of "[noun] [noun] [v-ing] for [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The patients with adenomatous polyps were assigned to one of four study groups using the random sampling quota technique allowing for 10 subjects in each study group . |
| 2 | WHO are more preposterous : the developers marching round southern England drawing up plans to turn some of the world 's most pleasing countryside into toytown suburbs ; or the nouveau-rural Volvo commuters looking for trendy ways to stop them ? |
| 3 | Hester Thomas describes a work ethic aiming for zero defects . |
| 4 | And we 've got this hundred watt thing running for twenty seconds , so oh say for oh fifty be sixty , for a minute , sixty seconds . |
| 5 | There is thus the initial data for work load planning for all functions involved comprising activity description , its approximate timing , a list of the other functions involved and the identity of the co-ordinator . |
| 6 | And Liverpool Broadgreen MP Jane Kennedy launched a Commons campaign calling for regular checks on gas appliances . |
| 7 | And Liverpool Broadgreen MP Jane Kennedy launched a Commons campaign calling for regular checks on gas appliances . |
| 8 | An experienced accident investigator working for many years in many countries soon gets to know which States are prepared to make considerable efforts to find the true cause of an accident and thereby acquires substantial knowledge of the problems and pitfalls that can be encountered . |
| 9 | In the first stage of the transitional period legislation allowing for political parties was to be prepared , and a commission would be set up to draft a new constitution . |
| 10 | The clothes shop , named ‘ Crazy Face ’ , was owned by a business man hoping for greater things named Joe Moss . |
| 11 | I was told to look out for a redstart at the next bend , its black face and chestnut tail showing for brief moments as it darted into the open , out and back , fly catching . |
| 12 | I had a record company screaming for final mixes , not even sure that they wanted this album because ‘ Space Oddity ’ did n't do too well and as far as they were concerned this was going to be the last they had to do with David Bowie , and I was n't delivering the goods . |
| 13 | Almost broke , she had worked as a telephonist at an escort agency whispering secret promises to paying clients , and as a hostess in a Soho club catering for Japanese businessmen . |
| 14 | Lot forty two Lot forty two is the er large selection of auction catalogues and we 've got a sample showing , there we are works of art for you twenty pounds for them at twenty pounds anyone want them for twenty pounds sample showing for twenty pounds , anyone want them for twenty , thank you sir , twenty pounds I 've got in the centre and I shall sell at twenty if there 's no further bid at twenty pounds , any more ? |
| 15 | Domestic passenger air traffic was considerably disrupted on March 4 , 1989 , when pilots and flight attendants working for Eastern Airlines went on strike . |
| 16 | Yes , this is me with the Geiger counter looking for radioactive traces on the moor , nothing much actually , so in the end it was a bit of a waste of time ’ ) . |
| 17 | The most useful samples are probably the leaves and shoots of trees which have root systems extending for several metres into the underlying bedrock . |
| 18 | In this sense the scene is clearly one of hazard problems looking for improved GIS rather than for GIS looking for good problems , as is all too often the case . |
| 19 | The growth in such services will often stem from government legislation providing for higher standards as the following examples make clear . |
| 20 | ‘ The vital information — that a woman had contacted the Oxford police looking for two dogs which fitted the description of Robbie and Sophie — was , for some reason , inadmissible in court . |
| 21 | Lot number thirteen thirteen is the bronze model there 's the bronze model showing for eighty pounds at eighty pounds at eighty pounds any more at eighty pounds , all done ? |
| 22 | Meanwhile , UniForum — the US Unix user group — has scheduled an executive session for Friday March 19 with Roel Pieper of Unix System Labs , David Tory of the Open Software Foundation and Paul Maritz of Microsoft Corp speaking for 10 minutes apiece then opening the floor to an hour 's worth of questions and answers . |
| 23 | He would often prowl darkened housing estates searching for potential victims , said the colleague . |
| 24 | Great Bromley parish council has written to Essex County Council asking for mature trees with stakes to be planted on a verge in Mary Lane North . |
| 25 | The debate was fast and furious , with the city workers fighting for better conditions in the factories being strongly supported by the philanthropists , who themselves were trying to preserve the landscape . |
| 26 | These figures provide political ammunition to chief police officers arguing for more resources , although this is clearly a double-edged sword since the figures could be interpreted as showing the police being unable to do much about crime levels . |
| 27 | HOSPITAL nurses caring for elderly patients are fighting plans to ban uniforms on the wards . |
| 28 | Their no-nonsense style makes them a better Super Bowl bet than the Buffalo Bills , who routed the Atlanta Falcons 41–14 with reserve running back Kenneth Davis rushing for 181 yards and two touchdowns . |
| 29 | Questionnaires issued by Cheshire County Council 's social services department asking for financial details of those suffering with physical disabilities , mental illness and learning difficulties will also take away a person 's privacy , it is claimed . |
| 30 | The S.P. Lee will spend a month on the Ross Sea shelf looking for oil-bearing rocks . |