Example sentences of "[v-ing] for [noun] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Following his commission as flight lieutenant RAFVR he specialized in upper-air analysis and forecasting for bomber groups . |
| 2 | They are competing for plum roles and staking their claim to be the No 1 box office attraction . |
| 3 | Dogs competing for championship points are entered in one or more of the regular classes for their breed . |
| 4 | Other projects competing for company resources should be analysed in the same way and ranked according to the levels of pay-off for each . |
| 5 | Other projects competing for company resources should be analysed in the same way and ranked according to the levels of pay-off for each . |
| 6 | Using daily data for the period from June 1987 to June 1988 ( 272 observations ) , after allowing for transactions costs of 0.5–1% , they found a substantial degree of underpricing for Nikkei Stock Average futures : 42% of the time there was an underpricing in excess of the estimated transaction costs . |
| 7 | After allowing for transactions costs of 0.5% , they concluded that until early in 1989 there was clear evidence that all three futures were overpriced . |
| 8 | They found that , after allowing for transactions costs of about 1% , the no-arbitrage condition for intracommodity spreads was met . |
| 9 | Kipnis and Tsang ( 1984b ) analysed the S&P500 index for the period from April 1982 to January 1983 and , after allowing for transaction costs , found a considerable number of departures from the no-arbitrage condition , with both over- and underpricing being present . |
| 10 | Allowing for 1% transactions costs led to a big reduction in the number of mispricings , with few overpricings . |
| 11 | ‘ The difference between the fixed rate and their standard variable rate is often quite small after allowing for exit penalties from their existing loan and the start up costs of the new . ’ |
| 12 | In the present case 400mW is too low but 1.3W is well within ratings , even allowing for Zener tolerances and a possible mains surge of 10 per cent . |
| 13 | Figure 4.3 shows the difference between actual and target funding for the hospital and community health services throughout the 1980s , taking these three demand pressures into account and allowing for efficiency gains ( using cost improvement savings as a proxy for efficiency ) . |
| 14 | This must equal the government deficit after allowing for interest payments ; i.e. , per worker ( where tax is paid on debt interest ) . |
| 15 | At the close the broadly-based FT-SE share index was down 10.2 points , an effective 7.4 points fall after allowing for dividend payments . |
| 16 | If it is assumed that the alternative to investing in equity is to invest in bonds , then , in the long run , it would be expected that the returns to these two investments would be equal after allowing for risk differentials . |
| 17 | The honey-tongue ( if not the fidelity ) of the Polish officers was a legend , but the approach of some among their other ranks ( even allowing for language difficulties ) was even cruder than that of the U.S. servicemen . |
| 18 | On Feb. 27 an " open skies " agreement , signed in May 1991 between Hungary and Romania and allowing for surveillance flights in each country 's airspace , came into force . |
| 19 | In June 1989 a co-operation agreement between EFTA and Hungary was signed allowing for customs concessions to Hungary . |
| 20 | The net deficit , after allowing for tax concessions and loan repayments , would be F$28,000,000 . |
| 21 | ‘ I ‘ ear there 's a lot of barrows up for sale nowadays and some still goin' for bargain prices . ’ |
| 22 | All outlined how fab System 10 was , and how it would help them , with PeopleSoft rooting for database cursors and the new Open Client because it wants to offer customers better performance , distributed data management , system administration tools and very large database support , and Bachman promising to support System 10 — well , because it just liked Sybase so much . |
| 23 | All outlined how fab System 10 was , and how it would help them , with PeopleSoft rooting for database cursors and the new Open Client because it wants to offer customers better performance , distributed data management , system administration tools and very large database support , and Bachman promising to support System 10 — well , because it just liked Sybase so much . |
| 24 | The Handbook produced by the Project for use in co-operating schools is still useful for its analysis of the contributing factors , available resources and major themes and concepts , as well as including for discussion purposes an examination of what one particular school had used as a basis for its own planning . |
| 25 | A variety of tasks looking at decimal place value was used , including for comparison purposes , both those in context where decimals represent measures and , those not in context . |
| 26 | some of the most successful of the small indies have achieved success largely by catering for specialist markets ( generally ignored by the majors ) and developing a good reputation for its product with the fans of particular styles , so much so that some indie labels enjoy instant sales of a new release on the strength of the quality of their past product . |
| 27 | One sometimes gets the impression that IBM Corp is more solicitous over the needs of its Stamford , Connecticut-based IBM Credit Corp subsidiary than it is over its own , and yesterday , in the wake of the parent 's big $285m loss , IBM Credit was able to announce that profits actually rose 0.3% at $58.3m ; the return on average equity was 20.2% , compared with 21.3% in the first quarter of 1992 and in the first three months of 1993 , IBM Credit originated financing for $1,700m of equipment , software and services for IBM 's customers and distribution channels , down 22% on the figure for the first quarter 1992 — financing for end users decreased by 45% to $600m while financing for distribution channels decreased by 1% to $1,100 , the company noted . |
| 28 | One sometimes gets the impression that IBM Corp is more solicitous over the needs of its Stamford , Connecticut-based IBM Credit Corp subsidiary than it is over its own , and yesterday , in the wake of the parent 's big $285m loss , IBM Credit was able to announce that profits actually rose 0.3% at $58.3m ; the return on average equity was 20.2% , compared with 21.3% in the first quarter of 1992 and in the first three months of 1993 , IBM Credit originated financing for $1,700m of equipment , software and services for IBM 's customers and distribution channels , down 22% on the figure for the first quarter 1992 — financing for end users decreased by 45% to $600m while financing for distribution channels decreased by 1% to $1,100 , the company noted . |
| 29 | After dutifully inspecting the destruction at the El Azziziya barracks , where the Libyan leader lived , at the port of Sidi Balal and at Tripoli airport , as well as the damage done to the French Embassy and to civilian homes adjoining the target areas , Coleman left the media pack clamouring for phone lines at the El Khebir hotel or doing ‘ stand-ups ’ on the roof and went off on his own . |
| 30 | It covered speculation ( described as reselling for profit goods purchased at fixed state retail prices ) , abuse of position by retail trade workers such as by unauthorized sale of goods from depots and warehouses , and private price fixing by groups or individuals with access to scarce goods . |