Example sentences of "they [am/are] [v-ing] [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | These are the children who sometimes crack at university level because they are facing challenge for the first time in their lives . ’ |
| 2 | By concentrating upon the physical consequences , the surgeons are deluding themselves and their patients into believing that they are helping the problem and that they are providing encouragement for the future . |
| 3 | The difficulty with this is that unless there are well-established efficiency measures for the services of the department neither it nor its users will know whether they are getting value for money . |
| 4 | But customers at present have difficulty in knowing whether they are getting value for money . |
| 5 | They are discussing terms for the proposed constitutional conference , on which many hopes hang . |
| 6 | ‘ There is a firm basis to say they are training camps for insurgents , ’ the report said , ‘ and the number of dead among the civil population and the military grows every day . ’ |
| 7 | The buyers of services are becoming more selective , unconcerned about cosy established relationships and anxious to be convinced that they are receiving value for money : competitiveness and excellence are the watchwords for the future . |
| 8 | According to , there are ways to get clients to feel they are receiving value for money in terms of how the service is delivered : ‘ People are impressed by well-produced documentation and plain English in presentation . |
| 9 | Thus it is almost impossible to define the typical primary school , for although every school staff would maintain that ‘ they are preparing children for their tomorrow , , the approaches adopted to achieve this end are as varied and idiosyncratic as the teachers themselves . |
| 10 | The specially-adapted unmarked cars will be compared on a day-to-day basis with a marked police car to see if they are giving value for money . |
| 11 | This is just what we should expect if they are playing Tit for Tat . |
| 12 | Even though independent schools are just as neglectful in the courses which are offered to the non-convergent child as are their state counterparts , at least their parents draw comfort from a feeling that , through their cheque books , they are signalling respect for quality and individualism . |
| 13 | Everyone wants an original T-shirt , and they are walking advertisements for your band . |
| 14 | Care managers can use financial resources efficiently , especially when they are planning services for a group of people with widely differing needs and have a flexible budget to use at their discretion . |
| 15 | They are standing ln for the WRAC Staff Band Who are away on an important engagement in Eastbourne and Who have only recently returned from a tour in BAOR . |
| 16 | But if if we find anybody 's a persistent discounter they 're causing trouble for the person who comes to resell . |
| 17 | She said they 're getting money for nothing ! |
| 18 | The Box Office is not only selling tickets for now , they 're getting custom for future events like visiting ballet companies and comedians . |
| 19 | ‘ Unfortunately they 're demanding payment for their services . ’ |
| 20 | The family 's legal advisers have told them , if they 're seeking damages for the death of Tony Allis , they must start proceedings before next July , the third anniversary of his death . |
| 21 | The family 's legal advisers have told them , if they 're seeking damages for the death of Tony Allis , they must start proceedings before next July , the third anniversary of his death . |
| 22 | And then , fee I ca n't see how he can , well , do you wrong when er erm fancy , and they 're trying charge for a an hire of a crane ? |
| 23 | The Malvern Hills have been looked after by the Conservators for around one hundred and ten years.Now they 're asking Parliament for more powers.And it 's that request which has led to controversy . |
| 24 | They 're raising funds for an orphanage in Namibia , a country still suffering the effects of civil war . |
| 25 | Combine this imbalance with a tendency to introduce the loved one 's name into every topic of conversation ( They 're selling cabbages for £1.25 at Austins ' — ‘ Oh , really ? |
| 26 | Did you know they 're making dentures for sheep these days ? |
| 27 | I know they 're excepting patients for checks there , because they sometimes say they 're still busy |