Example sentences of "[verb] [v-ing] for [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A more satisfactory theory of what determines a country 's ability to carry foreign debt should be developed allowing for interactions between economic growth , political stability and debt-servicing capacity , and distinguishing between permanent and transitory states of the relevant variables . |
| 2 | But , today , rapid changes in life expectancy , provision of international aid and the availability of birth control make forecasting for periods greater than five years difficult . |
| 3 | For example , a work placement involves trawling for candidates , testing and form-filling and preliminary sifts before the interview followed by induction and training after the interview . |
| 4 | Recruitment videos are sometimes shown , and advisory sessions may include applying for jobs , interview techniques , and general issues related to job hunting . |
| 5 | The training at Achnacarry did not include living for weeks on end in a hole in the ground subjected to constant mortaring and sniper fire . |
| 6 | This would not apply , for instance , to reference use of the library , where public use qualifies us for a discount on book purchases , but would apply for , say , postal loans of slides , commercial enquiries , online searches , photocopies and so on , where such services would use staff time and involve paying for resources which we would not otherwise have to buy in . |
| 7 | There is enough rain in this region to provide grazing for cattle and good land to grow crops . |
| 8 | FASB drops accounting for investments project |
| 9 | We ate heartily every night , we could afford croissants at breakfast , and we stopped scrounging for cigarettes . |
| 10 | Two practices used different provider units in phase 2 for individual specialties : in both cases this involved arranging for consultants from the new provider units ( in orthopaedics and urology ) to see patients on the practice premises . |
| 11 | That section also covers planning for negotiations , negotiating tactics , and what is negotiable . |
| 12 | The work involves searching for companies to acquire , approaching them , forming a view on price , then negotiating on behalf of clients and carrying out due diligence work . |
| 13 | Rufus told himself now was no time to go hunting for libraries , he would go home first . |
| 14 | Brian Atkinson goes hunting for goals at Peterborough today in a bid to cash in on his new role at Sunderland . |
| 15 | I was too anxious to go looking for birds or small animals which , I fancied , might be caught half-frozen in the undergrowth . |
| 16 | It 's not in her blood , as dyke or Jew , to go looking for converts . |
| 17 | Worthington stressed : ‘ They are not world football powers by any means but they are among the most difficult places to go looking for results . |
| 18 | You can SCAN , which involves just looking quickly at each page , to pick out anything which you recognise as being relevant to you , and which you can then read in detail ( scanning involves looking for keywords ) . |
| 19 | The method outlined in this section for detecting interactions involves looking for differences in the magnitude of the ds . |
| 20 | When the Government closed two settlement camps near Cirencester in the early sixties , it was here they came looking for jobs . |
| 21 | We had only really talked to Mr Postman on the regular occasions — Dusshera , Diwali , Christmas , New Year — that he came looking for tips , but were flattered by the invitation and out of curiosity decided to take it up . |
| 22 | A recent analysis from Jones Lang Wootton shows that demand for business space is still growing faster in the south east than in other regions with about half of the firms surveyed looking for premises outside London . |
| 23 | On May 15 a bill was adopted calling for talks between Hungary and neighbouring countries on the fate and protection of Magyar minorities . |
| 24 | But vast tracts of tropical forest are destroyed to create grazing for cattle which will be turned into hamburgers and other fast food . |
| 25 | Callers of any sort were scarce at Four Winds , mostly people who came asking for directions or even a glass of water when the weather was hot . |
| 26 | Although he relished playing for Rangers , the team he had fervently supported as a youth , Fleck fell foul of the club 's increasingly strict discipline . |
| 27 | Your best bet is to seek out specialist footwear which will prove safe and comfortable in use , although not overspecified for the walking you have in mind — in other words , do n't buy a pair of heavy duty mountain boots if you only intend going for walks on country lanes ! |
| 28 | Golden and silver Orfes enjoy leaping for flies in the cool of the evening or else swimming vigorously against the flow of water from a waterfall . |
| 29 | Nottinghamshire SSD had tried to avoid applying for powers under a care order to remove three children from their home by going instead for a prohibited steps order to exclude their abusing father . |
| 30 | After the meeting he insisted that both governments would keep searching for ways to convene a conference and declared that the " process is not stuck " . |