Example sentences of "[conj] [noun pl] be [v-ing] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The treatment of dyslexia is a controversial issue in County Durham , where parents are campaigning for changes in the local education authority 's attitude to the disability . |
| 2 | The 30-foot long skeletons are being offered for sale to museums and wildlife centres , including some in the UK , where conservationists are calling for an embargo . |
| 3 | Medau MArdle ( Norfolkese for ‘ gossip ’ ) is the title of a Medau newsheet launched last year for Norfolk members , edited by Janet Burns — so successful that readers were calling for a second edition a bare three weeks later . |
| 4 | DEC already has the incomplete version 1 of the OSF operating system out on its MIPS line , and it 's this that customers are using for their own early development work . |
| 5 | Of course , in er mammals wha you could say what was happening in mammals is that males are competing for access to uteruses . |
| 6 | This was a very useful corrective to the hyperbole of the trade papers but on occasions even they expressed surprise at the popularity of their industry and were happy to concede that movies were succeeding for very basic reasons . |
| 7 | The business plan 's third big hole is its failure to deal with the lawsuits that names are bringing for alleged negligence by agents . |
| 8 | The M40 currently carries about 45,000 , but that 's due to increase by 30% in the next 10 years , so councillors are pressing for the M40 to be included . |
| 9 | Small wonder that doctors are calling for the return of the parasol and pith helmet . |
| 10 | Small wonder that scientists are searching for every lower temperatures , nearer still to absolute zero , where even more mysterious effects may be waiting . |
| 11 | This frequently turns out to be a manifestation of the fact that Satanists are praying for the breakdown of Christian marriage . |
| 12 | When men are asked what they think that women are looking for , the picture becomes very intriguing — particularly when they are also asked to rate themselves on these attributes ( see table , right ) . |
| 13 | The believe that what women are looking for is sensitivity , though they also say that women are looking for funloving men . |
| 14 | Many said they definitely dressed up for each other , for their friends and themselves , and exploded the myth that women are dressing for men . |
| 15 | No market research informed Laura that women were thirsting for long dresses which they could not find . |
| 16 | Birds and animals were settling for the night ; a nightjar churred , a mallard made a last leisurely circle near the riverbank and then disappeared , a moorhen called ‘ cock-cock-cock ’ to no one in particular . |
| 17 | He only has specific proposals for 10% of the total entitlement spending cap , yet the across the board tax rate cuts would lose $25bn a year in revenue for each percentage point reduced , and conservatives are calling for a three point cut . |
| 18 | Secondly , in times of recession , publishers and booksellers are looking for every marketing opportunity to find new business and the LIBF is the trade 's largest gathering . ’ |
| 19 | But he certainly was n't the man to have in the driving seat on the union side when both management and workers were striving for the sheer survival of the company , and needed to work together if they were to pull through . |
| 20 | Last year 's show enjoyed perfect weather and organisers are hoping for a repeat to attract even bigger crowds . |
| 21 | That is what the City and investors are watching for . |
| 22 | And while the fashionable ammonites and graptolites were competing for their place in the spotlight , the minor characters in the stratigraphical play were doing exactly the same thing . |
| 23 | The larger , bolder birds such as magpies , crows and jackdaws were searching for food on the fairways — on one occasion a golf ball landed near to a crow who nonchalantly moved to one side to avoid the missile . |
| 24 | Oh look the boys and girls are coming for play time . |
| 25 | What this means is that far fewer people are putting pressure on their travel agents or package-tour operators than Elkington and Hailes were hoping for . |
| 26 | From the letter Brian had received from the newspaper last November , we knew that his sisters and friends were working for him and we had also heard that Jill , Nick Toksvig and other friends were active on my behalf . |
| 27 | Green shoots or otherwise , the effects of recession continue to bite and booksellers and publishers are looking for innovative and more profitable ways of doing business . |
| 28 | The beauty spot is a regular haunt for young couples and detectives are appealing for witnesses to the attack to come forward . |
| 29 | Cameramen and reporters were waiting for a statement . |
| 30 | And police are appealing for witnesses who may have seen anyone acting suspiciously . |