Example sentences of "but [is] [v-ing] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hare will need a three-under in his final round to make it , but is aiming for a six-under 66 . |
| 2 | Hare will need a three-under in his final round to make it , but is aiming for a six-under 66 . |
| 3 | Technology chairman Derek Lewis expects sales in the hundreds rather than thousands in the first year , but is aiming for between 5% and 10% of the UK Unix market thereafter . |
| 4 | The Government is to press ahead with its £23 billion roads programme , but is looking for more help from the public sector . |
| 5 | Braintree Concerts Music Club has been in existence for 22 years , but is looking for new ways to promote itself following the decision by the district council to withdraw its grant . |
| 6 | Hankin was happy with the commitment shown against Chester but is looking for improvement in the survival fight . |
| 7 | He underwent a cheekbone operation on Sunday but is hoping for a quick return . |
| 8 | The British commander who has to bring his team through the desert in Ice Cold in Alex ( 1958 ) seems hysterical and incompetent by comparison with the Dutch South African who accompanies them but is working for the Germans ; and the message of Ealing 's Dunkirk ( 1958 ) is summarized in one character 's closing statement , ‘ Somebody 's made a muck of it but I do n't think it 's the army . ’ |
| 9 | The company also intends eventually to produce Asynchronous Transfer Mode products , but is waiting for the specifications to be finalised before it makes its move . |