Example sentences of "[adj] [v-ing] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | that dredging for this voice has drowned no other |
| 2 | Oh were they not made what 's that flashing for ? that 's when I like them when they 're juicy made |
| 3 | This regulation was exploited by over 1,000 pro-Indian individuals and organizations each applying for the opportunity to participate in the hearings and thereby assist Harper in delaying a vote . |
| 4 | Although the now frequently-used concept of ‘ the right to resistance ’ was referred to in the older religion-based natural law theories , it is mainly the more recent , secularised version of natural law with its emphasis on human rights that seems to provide a theoretical underpinning for some of the assertions about the illegality of nuclear war and the justifiability of nuclear protest . |
| 5 | Nevertheless , supply-side doctrine provided a theoretical underpinning for the main thrust of his economic strategy . |
| 6 | In its more philosophical aspects such intellectual work was addressed to providing a theoretical underpinning for a collectivist social outlook which would be immune equally from the mechanical vulgarities of statism and the revolutionary demands of socialism . |
| 7 | Unfortunately the third sentence sends us reeling back to square one in terms of methodological confusion : we are now told that just because Keynes had tried to provide a theoretical underpinning for the concept of involuntary unemployment does not , ipso facto , oblige subsequent theorists to ‘ 'explain ’ the theoretical constructs of our predecessors ' . |
| 8 | The theoretical underpinning for this is given by the theory of portfolio balance . |
| 9 | THREE GUYS 17-18 YEARS OLD looking for three girls in the Eastbourne area who are into heavy metal and skateboarding- Photos please- Check this out ! ! |
| 10 | I admire Mac because he has remained at the top of British sprinting for a decade through a lot of hard work . |
| 11 | 2 Going for the interview |
| 12 | Mowat is n't half going for him . |
| 13 | This yearning for former glories was already manifest in a particular kind of sentimentality and nostalgia . |
| 14 | This liking for old gear means that they both spend a lot of time hunting it down , as Bryan explains … |
| 15 | Alexander 's teacher Aristotle did not share this liking for priests , but his scientific curiosity which was truly universal extended to the wisdom of the East . |
| 16 | ‘ The Scotch lassies came down to do the herring for the barrel processing , the same as the Dutch , the pickle processing , and some splitting for kippers in the fish-houses . |
| 17 | The decision was followed by an accord between the government and allied forces on May 22 providing for the withdrawal of all Iraqi military personnel from Dahuk and the restoration of essential services by non-combat allied troops . |
| 18 | She 'd never retire ; but she could fix up the house , put in some extra loos and bathrooms , have the kitchen completely refitted — get her business on a sound footing for the first time in her life . |
| 19 | More simply , this striving for the clear assertion of ‘ fundamentals ’ is an age-old and pandemic aspect of humanity : the striving for certainty and predictability . |
| 20 | All this begging for money was time-consuming and degrading so I decided to concentrate on finding work . |
| 21 | I refer to your fax of 24 May 1993 asking for comments/answers on various questions to enable you to reply on behalf of the Convener to correspondence he has received from Council Tax payers . |
| 22 | He said : ‘ I wrote to the Serjeant at Arms on March 2 asking for a full investigation . |
| 23 | The eagles debated this coming for years , for in other places men harmed them and drove them away , and they wondered if they should attack the men , even at the sacred site itself . |
| 24 | Woolly monkeys and howlers , spider monkeys and capuchins , tamarins and marmosets scramble around one another reaching for the fruit . |
| 25 | This jockeying for the truth may be fine for doctors engaged in expensive research , but where exactly does it leave the rest of us , constantly struggling to keep up with the latest medical thinking and changing our diets accordingly . |
| 26 | So strong was this hankering for the Gothic and everything that went with it that many of them refused even to look at nature first-hand , but looked at it through a special lens called a Claude-glass , Claude being a French painter of the Gothic who designed his glass especially for looking at ancient ruins and alpine chasms . |
| 27 | Was there anybody in here who plays a recorder and has some knowledge already of music and would be interested trying for the violin ? |
| 28 | ‘ When we were young it was deep mourning for a year and half mourning for six months , ’ Pat said . |
| 29 | Despite the rapid growth of ill feeling between Minton and Vaughan , their home at Hamilton Terrace attracted many visitors , who turned up as and when they wished , some hoping for roast beef at breakfast as Minton frequently began cooking a large joint at eleven o'clock at night . |
| 30 | Mirror Comment — Page 2 Gunning for Carl — Back Page |