Example sentences of "[am/are] [adv] [v-ing] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is an expanding market of course and potential sponsors are constantly searching for an appropriate product on which they can lavish their money . |
| 2 | Calera are obviously aiming for the mass market . |
| 3 | that and so on , erm , erm , I , it would be nice in fact if the er Ipswich evening tabloid which gave us prominence to this rule er would give just a little space to er this latest development , erm but I would like to , not being excessively caracole I mean reading this document I do feel a slight er switch on your comments on er Pipers Vale , er which you note , there are no er nationally er or er common species which sounds as though you have designs on it , erm I , I wonder if this would be the place to ask you , you know , to make some sort of statement about Pipers Vale , you know that we are basically looking for a route which does not touch on Pipers Vale |
| 4 | The new knowledge is acquired through changes in the prices of resources and of products , brought about by the bids and offers of the entrepreneur-producers who are eagerly competing for the profits to be won by discovering where resource owners and consumers have ( in effect ) underestimated each other 's eagerness to buy or to sell . |
| 5 | I am merely asking for an extension of the logic which is already so well known to Marsham street . |
| 6 | I do find that most people who come out here on short contracts are only looking for a paid holiday . |
| 7 | You are only catering for the mindless buffoons who find Simon Fanshawe a greater stimulus than Shakespeare . |
| 8 | Bearing in mind that if we do have the whole house then people are only coming for a few days or or even one night could no they had somewhere to stay . |
| 9 | He adds that while the bestv rowers are away practising for the Olympics this year there will still be a lot of competition and younger rowers will get the chance to be at Henley . |
| 10 | ‘ I am not looking for a ghost . |
| 11 | I am not suggesting for a moment that this kind of problem can be resolved merely by putting more resources in , but at the same time there is need to spend more money , perhaps . |
| 12 | As stressed earlier , I am not arguing for a revived regional geography per se , but rather for ‘ a regional perspective that informs all geographical activity ’ Johnston , 1990b , p. 135 ) . |
| 13 | The club say they are already looking for a replacement . |
| 14 | Takings are already booming for the makers of the country 's top-selling bra . |
| 15 | Although winter is still firmly in control in the far northern regions of the Arctic , birds are already preparing for the coming season by moulting into fresh breeding plumage . |
| 16 | You are not training for the next Olympics , just getting a little fitter and making your heart work more efficiently and become stronger . |
| 17 | ‘ We are not looking for a leader , ’ Douglas Wilson from Burton said . |
| 18 | You are not looking for a fast drop in weight . |
| 19 | They are not looking for a tough fight but for a victim — someone who will cower or quake with fear like a doomed rabbit . |
| 20 | Like gangs , bullies are not looking for a stand-up fight , but for a victim ; the best way to beat them is to give more trouble than they can handle . |
| 21 | But the athletes are making an unprecedented demand for a slice of the lucrative financial action and Tom Jennings , the agent spearheading their case , countered : ‘ We are not looking for a militant takeover , just a share of the wealth . |
| 22 | Digital Equipment Corp says that its Alpha second source agreement with Mitsubishi Electric Corp is not an exclusive pact and that it is talking with other firms that may become second sources of the chip ; ‘ We are not looking for a large number of semiconductor partners , however we are having discussions with other semiconductor companies ; those relationships could happen at various levels , ’ — DEC may still seek other firms to design versions without the marketing that Mitsubishi is providing . |
| 23 | The assessors explain that they are not looking for the best ; ‘ that 'd be hopeless . |
| 24 | On the other hand , we certainly are not looking for the bland , but rather for the anodyne which is also intriguing and interesting and has a sense of positive enthusiasm . ’ |
| 25 | On the other hand they are telling us we are not playing for the money but the love of the sport . |
| 26 | The newspaper reporters , the commercial writers and the popularizers may have great social insight and great interviewing skills , but their work is very likely to be strongly value-laden and biased and they are not working for the development of sociological theory . |
| 27 | The big English processors and distributors are not waiting for a conclusion to position themselves to compete more effectively in the new free market , expected to be in place by 1994 . |
| 28 | The difference , of course , is that the specials are not preparing for a conflict that we hope will never happen . |
| 29 | Of course , we sophisticated Westerners may think they are not asking for the right things . |
| 30 | About eight or 10 chief constables are not asking for an increase in police forces for next year — — and I shall be glad to send the right hon. Gentleman a list . |