Example sentences of "[vb pp] to be [v-ing] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | C-FDFC , C-FTBA and C-FYQS are expected to be flying for some considerable time , as the Freighter 's life is measured in landings , and each of the trio have about 6,000 landings remaining , ensuring their continued employment . |
| 2 | It 's for all these reasons that Madonna has been accused of setting back the women 's movement 30 years , but she 's never claimed to be speaking for the cause . |
| 3 | He had always claimed to be acting for the best ; not selfishly , but for all men , as the great sage Confucius had said a ruler should act . |
| 4 | Sheffield United looked to be heading for their third successive home win when substitute Simon Milton found space on the right . |
| 5 | looked to be heading for defeat against after a typically workmanlike innings by Steve Greensword ( 49 ) had held Wearmouth together . |
| 6 | Libya was also reported to be pressing for an increase in its quota . |
| 7 | The army was reported to be pressing for a role in the new body , despite public sensitivity over any apparent resurrection of the National Intelligence Directorate ( DINA ) of the post-1973 regime . |
| 8 | Another figure of the Duvalier regime , Claude Raymond , a former general , generally held to be behind the disruption of the November 1987 elections [ see pp. 35697-98 ] , was also reported to be campaigning for the presidency , despite a constitutional ban on " notorious Duvalierists " . |
| 9 | In mid-November , however , Kurdish leaders were reported to be preparing for a fresh economic blockade and an imminent government attack on Kurdish strongholds . |
| 10 | A person is entitled to act for the protection of livestock if either the livestock or the land on which it is belongs to him or to any person under whose express or implied authority he is acting ; and he is deemed to be acting for their protection if and only if , either : |
| 11 | Fiat is said to be looking for a partner for its car business . |
| 12 | Farrah , 45 , is said to be shopping for a challenging film role . |
| 13 | Turkey and Iran were widely seen to be vying for influence in the area . |
| 14 | However , morally speaking , the nature of these states can not be seen to be catering for the betterment of the broad masses but the consolidation of a ruling groups power . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | The education system , as viewed from the perspective of deaf people , is therefore seen to be disabling for a number of reasons : |
| 17 | He wanted the contras to be seen to be dying for their cause , emphasizing both how desperate it was , and how just . |
| 18 | Certainly Luke , who is thought to be writing for Gentiles , omits the story , probably out of respect for his Gentile readers . |
| 19 | Both Virgin and Thorn EMI are thought to be vying for the lucrative Jobete in Detroit , which controls the publishing rights to a catalogue of 15,000 Motown titles . |
| 20 | But now their contacts at her refugee camp say Azra and her mother have disappeared and are thought to be heading for Germany . |
| 21 | The dominating sadist might be thought to be compensating for a feeling of sexual or personal inadequacy . |
| 22 | In early 1945 I went with U Kyaw Min to Ceylon to talk to British forces which were then thought to be waiting for a seaborne invasion of Burma . |
| 23 | What is this ‘ shoe in ’ that the unions are alleged to be arranging for John Smith ? |
| 24 | This is the kind of thing you 've got to be looking for and thirty three percent off |
| 25 | So , when an Ikhwan ( widely understood to be fronting for the Amiri secretary ) proposed to make a grant to a Tibbu , ‘ all Zuwaya ’ , including at least some Awlad Amira , protested . |
| 26 | Only DEC has adopted it and was rumoured to be lobbying for its continued development within the framework of the consortium . |
| 27 | Rumoured to be posing for Playboy for £100,000 — will she survive a second series of The Word ? |
| 28 | DEC is rumoured to be pressing for a Unix SVR4 personality on top of OSF/1 : remember it already has SVR4 for its telecomms stuff . |
| 29 | ‘ None of us could be sure if we would have a job tomorrow ; the uncertainty was preventing us winning new business ; and we had looked at the various companies who were rumoured to be bidding for us and did n't like what we saw . ’ |
| 30 | Obviously the maid was disguised in view of the fact that we were known to be looking for two women travelling together . |