Example sentences of "be [v-ing] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It endorsed British industry 's achievements under the policies that we have been pursuing for the past 12 years , urged us to continue and build upon them in future and condemned utterly the sort of policies still advocated by the Labour party , which is stuck in a mind-set of the 1960s and 1970s . |
| 2 | I did not tell him that his imitation of the French was far more like what I had been seeing for the past year . |
| 3 | Tint the undercoat with whatever you are using for the final colour and you will get a good , even finish . |
| 4 | The gallery ‘ gelbe MUSIK ’ has been catering for the specialists and the curious for ten years and celebrates its anniversary this spring . |
| 5 | Mr Lindsey said that , from 5 January , S&P were offering a variable Tessa paying an initial 7.5% , against the fixed rate version at 5.875% , which is slightly higher than the average that S&P , as a group , has been forecasting for the financial year beginning in April 1993 . |
| 6 | MORE than 300 Whitbread Inns are competing for the Grants of St James ' Wine Awards . |
| 7 | Sheffield Steelers are sweeping the opposition aside in their bid to gain league entry , while Trafford Metros , Medway Bears and Streatham Redskins are competing for the other vacancy . |
| 8 | At least six types of microfloppy , as the discs are called , of varying size and format are competing for the market . |
| 9 | Six countries — Thailand , India Pakistan , Cuba Italy and Belgium — are competing for the site of the $50 million research programme . |
| 10 | ( The more lenders there are competing for the same customers , the hard for each has to work to attract a given number of customers — and an obvious way of attracting customers is by cutting rates . ) |
| 11 | For any given program there is an optimum or efficient memory usage for an environment in which many programs are competing for the limited available real memory . |
| 12 | This suggests that certain groups and individuals will be ‘ stronger ’ and better placed to obtain the housing they want , although this is something of an oversimplification since it implies that all are competing for the same types of house . |
| 13 | If the seller knows the number of companies who are competing for the order , their likely stances , the criteria used by the buying organisation when deciding between them , the degree of pressure on key members of the decision making unit , and any formula they might use for assessing price acceptability , an accurate assessment of the power balance should be possible . |
| 14 | They have n't noticed the so-called economic boom Chile 's been enjoying for the last twenty years . |
| 15 | I am allowing for the fact that , in a substantial number of cases , investigations could not be concluded , and many complaints were withdrawn . |
| 16 | Erm elsewhere in my statement I have indicated an appropriate provision of employment land which is related to the population size which we are suggesting for the new settlement . |
| 17 | Bello Bouba said that he was returning to join his " fellow countrymen who are struggling for the institution of a real democracy " . |
| 18 | Dictating condolences to the mother of a murdered husband whom you 've been cuckolding for the last three years would take more than his limited social vocabulary . |
| 19 | But it 's been hanging for the l particular local plan to receive more specific impetu done this exercise properly . |
| 20 | I 've been farming for the last 70 years and never seen anything like it . ’ |
| 21 | Dozens of street musicians have been competing for the title of Britain 's best busker . |
| 22 | Brewers have been competing for the title of Best British Beer at the industry 's own version of the Oscars . |
| 23 | Farmworkers have been competing for the title of Britain 's best ploughman , and a place in the world finals in New Zealand . |
| 24 | You 've all got friends and relations in er other jobs and they 've all been struggling for the last two or three years have n't they ? |
| 25 | I am applying for the post of … |
| 26 | Newley and I have been bidding for the same things for years . ’ |
| 27 | Eighteen companies are bidding for the contract to remove the red star from the dome of Hungary 's Parliament , writes Michael Simmons . |
| 28 | Eighteen companies are bidding for the contract to remove the red star from the dome of Hungary 's Parliament , writes Michael Simmons . |
| 29 | MAGAZINES are bidding for the first photos of five-day-old Louis , son of Princess Stephanie of Monaco , right . |
| 30 | Now the Australians are bidding for the Olympics in the year 2000 , the plan being to hoist the Olympic rings at the SCG . |