Example sentences of "[v-ing] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Forecasting for periods of three to five years ahead is as much a part of the corporate planning activity . |
| 2 | But , today , rapid changes in life expectancy , provision of international aid and the availability of birth control make forecasting for periods greater than five years difficult . |
| 3 | For instance , the high rate of scientific and technological development in the field of semiconductors during the past two or three decades has meant that technological forecasting has become a crucial part of sales and market forecasting for companies manufacturing electronic and telecommunication products , computers etc . |
| 4 | Following his commission as flight lieutenant RAFVR he specialized in upper-air analysis and forecasting for bomber groups . |
| 5 | And just in case any men out there still need to be convinced that cleanliness is next to Robert Redfordness , how about the tale of a friend of mine who was desperate to impress a woman he had been pursuing for weeks . |
| 6 | Mike Radford 's paper , Auditing for Change , reviews the work and effectiveness of the Audit Commission , arguing that the Commission has had a profound effect on the debate about the future of local government . |
| 7 | 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 ) . |
| 8 | It decreases the possibility of , of getting out of that situation because you 've got so many other people against , against whom you 're competing for work . |
| 9 | The services offered are often generic and when it comes to competing for work from the SSD , ‘ being a Jack of all trades does n't fit easily into the contracting culture ’ . |
| 10 | They are competing for plum roles and staking their claim to be the No 1 box office attraction . |
| 11 | It was as if he were still competing for Martha : every return to harbour became a race between his ketch and Sam 's ; every catch had to be compared for weight and quality , and every new little luxury Harry purchased for himself or his wife had to be announced that evening in the Russell alehouse as further proof of his superiority . |
| 12 | Dogs competing for championship points are entered in one or more of the regular classes for their breed . |
| 13 | Since N-Oct 5 proteins contain only the POU DNA-binding domain and lack the homopolymeric glutamine and glycine stretches ( see Figure 1 and 2 ) , it seemed possible that N-Oct 5 would inhibit N-Oct 3 by competing for DNA-binding . |
| 14 | Because they 're in the business of competing with other hospitals , competing for treatment , competing with doctors . |
| 15 | More than a museum devoted to one artist 's work ( like the Museum Picasso , or the Fundació Joan Miró ) , it will be competing for income and audiences with an increasing number of new museums in Barcelona : the stylish Centre d'Art Santa Mònica which cuts a dash on the tourist drag of the Ramblas ; a museum of contemporary art being designed by Richard Meier , to be squeezed into the dense Barri Gotic , as well as the National Museum of Catalan Art up on Montjuic , remodelled by Gae Aulenti , and currently under construction . |
| 16 | Males can produce sperms at a faster rate than females can produce eggs , and are therefore selected to allocate more of their time to searching and competing for mates than are females . |
| 17 | Hundreds of chartered accountants have been made redundant and with the surfeit of candidates competing for vacancies , employers have been able to reduce salaries in some cases . |
| 18 | Other projects competing for company resources should be analysed in the same way and ranked according to the levels of pay-off for each . |
| 19 | Other projects competing for company resources should be analysed in the same way and ranked according to the levels of pay-off for each . |
| 20 | The inaugural Grand Finals of the Cellnet Singles Challenge — an enterprising national tennis tournament set up to boost competitive singles play in this country — were staged at Basingstoke 's sumptuous Centrecourt complex at the beginning of December , with some of the country 's leading club players competing for honours . |
| 21 | Disabled people from all over the country have been competing for honours in a carriage driving contest . |
| 22 | It would actually be competing for development that Selby wants for its own population . |
| 23 | These would best be resolved by a form of cost-benefit which pays close attention to the social ‘ externalities ’ involved in investment projects , which compares the time profiles of return on projects competing for resources at non-usurious rates of discount , and which does not operate with the technocratic pretension that all factors in an investment decision can be rigorously quantified ( i.e. which does not disguise as purely technical questions matters which should properly be open to political debate ) . |
| 24 | However , the male platypus also makes use of it when competing for territory along a river , although its effect on rival males is not known . |
| 25 | Within a year , in the summer of 1987 , Brannen was competing for Britain in the European Junior Championships . |
| 26 | Shankill player Cowan , the former Irish Junior number one , is no longer eligible for Junior events and welcomes the opportunity to share the team bench with the legendary Slevin , now competing for Lubeck in the German National League . |
| 27 | Those seeking a central role for the state will doubtless query the advantages of setting up friendly societies competing for members , when a universal service is provided by the state . |
| 28 | Ethologists have followed Darwin in their prime concern with the evolution of species and the various forms of physical and behavioural adaptation that they have developed in the process of competing for survival . |
| 29 | With different teams competing for routes it 's difficult to know what 's new , but conditions have certainly been good this year . |
| 30 | Formerly with Chelmsford , she is married , 28 , and now competing for Aldershot and Farnham AC , but as an Essex-qualified athlete , she hit a championship best mark of 54.7 with the discus . |