Example sentences of "[prep] be [v-ing] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We need to be monitoring for more data . |
| 2 | ‘ He was told in writing that he was only going to be narrating for five minutes of the video , which is not what happened . |
| 3 | Male callers however are far more likely to be looking for easy solutions to a debt problem , usually a further loan or re-mortgage which in the long term will often make the problem worse . |
| 4 | Obviously the maid was disguised in view of the fact that we were known to be looking for two women travelling together . |
| 5 | If the tenant accepts that the property may be redeveloped he will probably wish to be looking for alternative accommodation sooner rather than later , and he will wish to move in and terminate his liability under his existing lease as soon as he finds it . |
| 6 | We 're not saying , as you well know from my representations , we 're not saying that these sites should be allocated for development now either in total or or in part , unless the Inspector feels that there is a shortage of housing land , that he needs to be looking for additional sites . |
| 7 | Releasing a collection of radio sessions with a few previously unavailable songs in perfect timing for Christmas does appear to be begging for critical crucifixion . |
| 8 | Secondly , the strategy has identified that access to outpatient and non-urgent casualty services run by public hospitals also seems to be declining for public patients . |
| 9 | Bureaucrats , members of the royal family , intellectuals of various persuasions , city dwellers and the peasantry all seemed to be pressing for radical changes in the structure of the Russian polity . |
| 10 | Both sides indeed seemed to be pleading for German support against the other . |
| 11 | Led by Trude Unruh , 64 , the chair of the Grey Panthers who had been elected to the Bundestag in 1987 on the Greens ' list , the party 's main concerns were to be campaigning for better pensions and for better conditions in nursing homes and countering " ageist " attitudes . |
| 12 | Sequent is believed to be shooting for well-tailored packaging , expandability and competitive pricing . |
| 13 | If on the basis of the best information the system is seen to be heading for some sort of catastrophe then people not unnaturally lose confidence in it . |
| 14 | The sisters did not look shocked or sad , but seemed to be waiting for more information . |
| 15 | Although several hotels undertook regrading programmes , no major work was undertaken in the construction of new resorts as investors appeared to be waiting for further indications of a permanent return to political stability . |
| 16 | In Britain there was a significant reduction in the number of employees eligible for employment protection , so that to be within the terms of the Employment Protection Act , they had to be working for two years instead of , as previously , six months . |
| 17 | His walk began at Passo Della Cisa , north of La Spezia , and he expects to be walking for six weeks or more . |
| 18 | The population of this district had not been previously deeply dissatisfied ; but it was natural that they should wish well to people of their own class , supposed to be fighting for higher wages ; and they presently heard with truth that several employers hereabouts had begun to promise higher payments under the dread of seeing the population armed against them . ’ |
| 19 | Just as generals always seem to be planning for better ways to fight the last war , so the study of international relations has often reflected the concerns of the previous generation . |
| 20 | You need to be playing for Inter- Kerrang . |
| 21 | Er , sorry , just to follow up on B Sky B again , are you gon na be accruing for any arrears in the interest er , in the second half , as well as the ongoing amount ? |