Example sentences of "[v-ing] [noun pl] for [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Advice on choosing and using products for your home |
| 2 | THE two winners of round-the-world holidays in our exclusive Courtauld News competition are finalising plans for their dream trips in February . |
| 3 | The creation of a good personal library is a habit to be encouraged ; now is an excellent time to begin , when you are purchasing books for your degree studies . |
| 4 | Such machines were superseded in the late 1950's by so-called ‘ second generation ’ computers , utilising transistors for their operation . |
| 5 | Everyone wants an original T-shirt , and they are walking advertisements for your band . |
| 6 | Spiders use it for all kinds of purposes — making egg-sacs , lining nests , weaving tents for their babies and as safety lines when they jump . |
| 7 | They compete with neighbours gleaning left-overs for their rabbits , sheep and pigs . |
| 8 | We will also require a slide scanning attachment to the camera capturing images for our image databases . |
| 9 | Mr. S. Walker left a note for the Board of Guardians expressing thanks for their kind and courteous hearing when his group had been interviewed on the subject of the unemployed marchers , and for the treatment they had received at the institution . |
| 10 | Cosworth is seeking customers for its 226bhp V6 |
| 11 | ‘ They have tanks and we have Kalashnikovs , ’ groaned one Bosnian soldier picking bullets for his Kalashnikov assault rifle from a sack before heading to the front . |
| 12 | Still , in this poem she is examining a condition into which she would enter by seeking patrons for her verse . |
| 13 | Some kid wanting roses for his girl ; some Indian looking for jug-money . ’ |
| 14 | Gainers may specify shorter maximum waiting times for their patients and be prepared to pay for new and expensive developments , which patients from loser districts in the same hospital could be denied . |
| 15 | This involves brokers generating income by constantly and needlessly buying and selling investments for their clients in order to collect the heavy commissions which accrue . |
| 16 | India and Pakistan continue to develop their non-civilian nuclear capabilities , ignoring calls for their signatures to the NPT . |
| 17 | Those customers still paying peanuts for their waste disposal may one day wish prices had been raised moderately against them now rather than slammed up later . |
| 18 | THE Department of Health has warned hospitals to be more vigilant after evidence that millions of pounds a year are being lost because of foreigners leaving the country without paying bills for their NHS treatment . |
| 19 | In 1963 , many producers were having as much difficulty securing screenings for their films as their predecessors had in the early 1920s . |
| 20 | He is a folk hero in microcomputing circles for his development of LOGO ( a high-level computer language popular with teachers ) and his book Mindstorm . |
| 21 | With airlines such as Hispania , British Island Airways and Paramount going belly-up , and others such as Dan-Air and Monarch reducing capacity , Airtours was concerned that it might have difficulty securing flights for its holidaymakers . |
| 22 | Early versions were comparatively flimsy mouldings which tended to suffer from brittleness and yellowing as they aged , and which relied on complicated channellings and fixing clips for their installation . |
| 23 | The monks are always to offer prayers to almighty God , and daily to beseech God by singing psalms and celebrating masses for his sins , so that after his death through God 's mercy and their holy intercession he will come to the heavenly kingdom . |
| 24 | Opportunistically , Roy , Utah-based Iomega Corp has signed a letter of intent to become exclusive worldwide distributor for Nomai SA 's cartridge disks that are compatible with SyQuest Technology Inc drives and over which SyQuest has sued Nomai , trying to prevent the French company from manufacturing and selling cartridges for its drives . |
| 25 | And a couple of weeks ago I was at a chemical engineering company where the managing director told me that they were now using accountants for their safety experiments instead of rats . |
| 26 | It is also a fine place for walking along the cliff-tops , inventing stories for your children ( or yourself ) , and watching the changing moods of an ocean . |
| 27 | In 1585 , Lambarde wrote a long letter to Lord Burghley stating reasons for her Majesty to proceed with speed in the defense of the Low Countries . |
| 28 | In all previous stratification systems they have been able to divert blame from themselves for their lowly status by providing reasons for their failure . |
| 29 | The newly introduced Environmental Protection Act obliges collection authorities to submit recycling plans for their localities . |
| 30 | On top of her contribution to household expenses she had unobtrusively helped her mother by buying necessities for her brothers , who seemed to grow out of clothes and shoes by the week . |