Example sentences of "in [v-ing] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( If you 're in this category , turn to our recipes for sponge pudding and porridge in Cooking for comfort on page 168 ) . |
| 2 | A third group consists of unemployed people who take casual jobs in catering for want of any alternative . |
| 3 | Marie Timoney has joined the council which recommends improvements to the health board in catering for health and social care . |
| 4 | It has to be accepted that , in the short run , it is difficult to raise the skills , and therefore the value of the output of marginal workers ( marginal in the sense of their position in competing for work ) . |
| 5 | We follow Booth ( 1984a ) in allowing for individuals to be differentiated by their degree of commitment to the union movement , and we also follow Naylor ( 1989 , 1990 ) and Naylor and Cripps ( 1989 ) in allowing for individual 's utility gain from following the social custom to be moderated according to their degree of commitment to the union movement . |
| 6 | Practices sought independence in applying for fundholding status and found the preparatory year challenging and time consuming . |
| 7 | For this reason , the Faculty advises all those interested in applying for admission to the M.Phil . |
| 8 | There 's no point in applying for membership and , although there 's a waiting list , all the places are taken . |
| 9 | Finally , the Report suggested that the Minister might establish ‘ a small committee to advise her from time to time on the subjects and types of adult education courses which should receive priority in qualifying for grant ’ ( Recommendation 18 ) . |
| 10 | The theory of politics argues , on the supply side , that political parties , in bidding for support , end up by promising more than they can deliver and that , on the demand side , this leads to inflated expectations since the electorate have incentives to vote for increased services because they do not pay for them directly and because there may be little correlation between tax payments and government benefits . |
| 11 | But in terms of the preparation for that , in bidding for grant aid , and it was very much tied into a successful bid for grant aid , that was forthcoming but only on the grounds that the scheme was committed by the end of December . |
| 12 | The French ports have been particularly vociferous in pressing for compensation and in January 1986 the French government made a package of aid available to Calais , Boulogne , Dunkirk and Dieppe to upgrade their deep water and other maritime facilities and to diversify their local economies . |
| 13 | If we are interested in matching for age and educational level in the TV example of Section 15.2.9 , two approaches are possible : |
| 14 | SCO has argued that adoption of SVR4 is not a price issue for it , but is dependent on USL meeting certain technology requirements , in multiprocessing for example , where SCO already has its successful MPX Unix-add on . |
| 15 | This is the difficulty in dowsing for earth energies . |
| 16 | Yet villagers continued to flock in searching for work , lured by often misplaced hopes , discontented with their inability to secure a decent standard of living in the rural areas , or driven out by the impossibility of securing any living at all . |
| 17 | In searching for question 7 for example , the examiner must open the book fully at each page until he spots the small number 7 almost tucked into the binding . |
| 18 | There are theoretical advantages in searching for DNA mutations rather than occult blood in stool . |
| 19 | Geophysical methods are widely used in searching for oil and minerals , in studying the nature of earthquakes and in engineering problems . |
| 20 | Because so much of the activity is in searching for information and processing it leading to a decision , the observed output is obviously a poor indicator of total activity and his verbal commentary is a much better guide to his task performance . |
| 21 | Pupils will be expected to use keywords in searching for information , in locating resources and in using resources . |
| 22 | Consequently , Reagan , in looking for support from conservative Republicans , ran up against the reality that many of those same people felt bound by obligations to Nixon , who duly won the nomination on the first ballot at the Convention . |
| 23 | In Looking for relevance : can we let them decide ? |
| 24 | In looking for significance some critics took a sociological line but perhaps psychology was a better guide . |
| 25 | In looking for background themes the following have been found to correlate positively with strong motivation-arousal goals for forming lasting relationships with friends and an organization : |
| 26 | However , there is no point in looking for trouble . |
| 27 | In pushing for profit the PROFITBOSS pushes for his colleagues . |
| 28 | France and Britain meanwhile joined the United States in pushing for enforcement of a no-fly zone . |
| 29 | An employee might believe that his promotion prospects hung on the extent of his activity in pushing for trade union recognition or safety provision . |
| 30 | It made the achievement of the Left in pushing for reform and establishing responsibility and commitment , particularly in local government , all the more remarkable . |