Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adj] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The date is drawing nearer for the raffle draw , first prize is a Vauxhall Nova car but there are many other exciting prizes . |
| 2 | The Americans countered by accepting this for the first ten years , but adding an extra M per cent interest , bringing the annual figure to £40 million for the remaining fifty-two years . |
| 3 | But rather than simply using this for the purpose of political comment in a static model of the communication process , the rationale behind its retention here is that there are real and important differences between these two groups and their relationships , and work , with the media . |
| 4 | It appeared that signer 2 very clearly used speech throughout , one presumes to make lip-reading easier for a deaf audience . |
| 5 | When the subject of his father cropped up , which was not very often , Phil found that she could speak of him with true affection , keeping alive for the little boy his early memories of a loving father . |
| 6 | I happen to drive a very small car er a Fiat one , two , six and you ca n't get much smaller than that and I am much more aggressive when I 'm driving that for the simple reason I think its this sort of principle although I 'm nearly six foot in that I 'm a small person and the small person mentality comes out because I get cut up continuously , they do n't do that when I 'm driving my husband 's car which is a Volvo , er they will cut in front of me , I do n't think they , if they knew what my brakes were like they would n't do it . |
| 7 | WELL , I see Man Utd and Arsenal put on a thrilling match ending 4–4 for the David O'Leary Testimonial earlier this week . |
| 8 | I 'll be keeping this for the next few days with me looking after it . |
| 9 | Compared with the £20 prices now becoming typical for the likes of popular Grandes Marques , such as Veuve Clicquot , these wines really do represent remarkable value . |
| 10 | The press reacted in familiar manner , with The Times observing that it was ‘ becoming unsafe for a man to traverse certain parts of London at night ’ . |
| 11 | He began to whistle now , accompanying it with a little shuffle of his feet which brought a wide grin from Joe ; then becoming serious for a moment , he said , ‘ You knew , I do appreciate Martin getting leave to come home for my twenty-first . |
| 12 | In this case the budget line would pivot around point A , becoming steeper for an increase in the rate of interest , as shown in Fig. 6 . |
| 13 | By the mid-1960s the need was becoming urgent for an overhaul of the traditional tribunals in which the more serious indictable crimes were tried before a High Court Judge , part-time Recorder or chairman of Quarter Sessions , and in 1966 the Government decided that there was substance for another Royal Commission . |
| 14 | Problems arising from interviews are discussed and the task of case checking allocated for the following week . |
| 15 | In pre-Big Bang times there existed a widespread belief that the then existing regulatory framework was not only propping up an inefficient system but that it was also outmoded and fast becoming inadequate for the protection of investors . |
| 16 | In the future , admission to nursing or residential care will be conditional on assessment , and with local authorities becoming responsible for the costs of residents requiring public support , such admissions will come under critical financial scrutiny . |
| 17 | On Nov. 6 , he took on the post of Prime Minister , thus becoming responsible for the Interior , Defence , and Russian KGB . |
| 18 | Most techniques so far used for increasing speed are now becoming inviable for the future , and new techniques must be developed . |
| 19 | To create an experiment which yielded the maximum information without becoming boring for the subjects the design is slightly altered from that used in Studies 2 and 3 . |
| 20 | Cut it to size , allowing extra for a hem all round . |
| 21 | Institute Council member Douglas Llambias said the fine ‘ was out of all proportion to a guilty verdict ’ , and added that if the fines were capped , ‘ we should have been publicising that for the last 12 months . |
| 22 | Article 25 ( 1 ) of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights , subscribed by the United Kingdom in December 1948 , runs as follows : ‘ Everyone has a right to a standard of living adequate for the health and wellbeing of himself and of his family , including medical care. , |
| 23 | By totting up numbers for one group of estates , adding a notional 22 per cent for unrecorded children under twelve , and a further 25 per cent for other omissions , and then multiplying these for the whole of France , Lot calculated a population for Charles the Bald 's kingdom of 26 million . |
| 24 | I know Liverpool are returning from the land of the lost and Aston Villa are looking good for a shot at the title . |
| 25 | He was running sixth and looking good for a point after a tense battle in the final laps when he span off the rain-soaked track on the last lap . |
| 26 | By dint of a couple of birdies and a fortunate eagle on the long fourteenth hole , Jack was looking good for a share of the prize money . |
| 27 | Convincing wins The game had been close throughout with Spectrum looking good for a win after Terry Parvin had hit a basket and a free throw to give them a last minute lead by 47 points to 45 until Lockey decided to steal the limelight to give Consett a 48–47 win . |
| 28 | He was running sixth and looking good for a point after a tense battle in the final laps when he slid off the track on the last lap . |
| 29 | Its looking good for the future though , as those two look like a good partership with their skills and different heights etc … |
| 30 | and its still looking good for the promotion play-offs … only Tranmere have a realistic chance of catching the top six teams … |