Example sentences of "they [be] [verb] for [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Let me tell you about the Barking women most of them are dead , some of them are working for local authority . |
| 2 | The counsellors are not there to tell any young person what to do though if they are asked for practical advice they will give it . |
| 3 | Ideologies do not just appear in societies ; their function is to legitimate practices , and they are formulated for this purpose . |
| 4 | I think they are settling for next season hoping that Leeds do n't have a terrible season this year . |
| 5 | LABOUR Party branch members in Crook let it be known that they are looking for new blood to inject a little life and optimism into their ranks . |
| 6 | And they are looking for local sponsorship . |
| 7 | ‘ While people are cautious about a lot of developments in Europe , rightly so , and while they are looking for British advantage , rightly so , they realise it can not be done from the back of the class . |
| 8 | Iraq 's EC ambassador Zaid Haidar said : ‘ They are looking for military action to boost the re-election of Bush . ’ |
| 9 | They are looking for basic information : a bit of news , some traffic , some weather . |
| 10 | They are looking for bold leadership . |
| 11 | French Socialists prepare to feast on crumbs of comfort The Socialists have been told so often that they are heading for total rout in tomorrow 's election that they will be relieved if they manage the 20 per cent predicted by the polls , writes Diana Geddes in Paris |
| 12 | ‘ They are going for maximum output from this reduced acreage and that in turn means that they have to use all the most cost-effective technology — including chemicals as and when required . ’ |
| 13 | They are designed for single use , but because they are made of formed fabric , they give the appearance of linen . |
| 14 | Bill Mumford says you need climbing skills and it 's a challenge that takes them into a new realm … he says they are praying for dry weather … but it gets very cold … drops to minus twenty at night |
| 15 | To Esau the reunion means they must now journey on together , but when he suggests it Jacob replies : ‘ My lord knows that the children are frail , and that the flocks and herds giving suck are a care to me ; and if they are overdriven for one day , all the flocks will die . |
| 16 | If real wages are lower , then in the short run employment will rise to and output to i.e. output rises above its equilibrium level because people are ‘ fooled ’ into thinking they are working for real wage when they are actually working for real wage . |
| 17 | We learned for the second time that old London Underground trains never die : they are sold for another quarter-century 's work on the Isle of Wight . |
| 18 | I find it difficult to understand those who say they are planning for next year 's championships — what is the point , they could be run over by a bus before next year ? |
| 19 | They are used for rapid saving and restoring of the " process context " on entry to and exit from a subroutine , or in processor mode changes ( see 3.5 ) . |
| 20 | It is recognised that these are important aspects of the learning and teaching approaches for the modules and it is recommended that they are used for formative assessment . |
| 21 | They 're not getting I T A flights , they 're getting for full fare , are n't they ? |
| 22 | They 're made for each other . |
| 23 | I reckon they 're made for each other . |
| 24 | They 're appealing for urgent help from the public . |
| 25 | Well , I would suppose that the person they 're looking for is similar in character , but if they 're going to er if they 're looking for that person I think they 've just got to act normally , and it 's not a one-off thing , I think it 's built up over the years . |
| 26 | And while they 're looking for that direction , they are vulnerable . |
| 27 | They 're looking for one sort of nice house to sort of show them more or less . |
| 28 | Unix System Labs Inc reportedly had a meeting with SunSelect last week : thinking is they 're looking for some help speeding up their PC emulation . |
| 29 | So they 're looking for some money to finance a research fellow at the Hospital . |
| 30 | They 're looking for some purpose for it all and they ca n't find it . ’ |