Example sentences of "[am/are] [v-ing] for [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It makes it easier , in principle , to ‘ see ’ how many hypotheses are competing for some portion of an utterance , for example , and to decide which are the most promising given the evidence . |
| 2 | But they know they are struggling for both Wimbledon stars and now Ferguson has become their top target . |
| 3 | Tonight the police said they are checking for any similarities with previous attacks . |
| 4 | We find it 's also useful back information , because they will be able to act on one client and has applications for proposal we are writing for another client later on so we can use as references refer to this information . |
| 5 | Matters are made worse if different selectivity processes are operating for each subgroup . |
| 6 | Examples are searching for all occurrences of a given pattern or even comparing two students ' work where copying is suspected . |
| 7 | Their meaning is not easily grasped by those who have spent some time studying the Christian faith , and yet the church still presents these complicated extracts from the Bible and the ASB to people who may never have heard the name of God spoken reverently before , and who are searching for some germ of belief to help them understand the vacuum created by the death of the person they love . |
| 8 | When you are looking for such opportunities , however , beware of allowing visual images to blind you to potential problems . |
| 9 | Like me , you know the Abbe Gerard was murdered , and you are looking for that book , a gift from our royal master which , by rights , should now be returned to its proper owner . ’ |
| 10 | My hon. Friend will be aware that the commuters in Kent are looking for some advantages from the channel tunnel rail link . |
| 11 | First you are looking for some mystery man called Svend , then it is your sister , but all the time you are taking an inventory of my apartment . ’ |
| 12 | Police are looking for any links with today 's fire . |
| 13 | But the big ITV stations are lobbying for all restrictions to be lifted , which would pave the way for a Great North TV spanning the country . |
| 14 | A first time garden is usually small and certainly the typical one I am imagining for this series is no more than 40ft x 20ft and surrounded on all sides by other houses . |
| 15 | The women are pushing for more sponsorship and better coverage of their sport . |
| 16 | And while they 're looking for that direction , they are vulnerable . |
| 17 | Well , I would suppose that the person they 're looking for is similar in character , but if they 're going to er if they 're looking for that person I think they 've just got to act normally , and it 's not a one-off thing , I think it 's built up over the years . |
| 18 | We 're looking for all types of dog — well-known and exotic breeds of dog , crossbreeds , mixtures , dogs that can do tricks … you name it . |
| 19 | Now we 're looking for each other . |
| 20 | Now Right now as , as we 've seen that you , you 're looking for this money for your daughter 's future |
| 21 | The additional money that we 're looking for this year er a substantial amount of this will go to funding of the rent for the new premises for the c the Citizens ' Advice Bureau and I do n't propose to stand here and defend the Citizens ' Advice Bureau because it does n't need it , I hope . |
| 22 | If you 're looking for this cross , I hope you find it . |
| 23 | We 're looking for any trace of clothing , it 's a big area with a long wall and the mounted police can cover it much more quickly than officers on foot |
| 24 | We 're looking for more features of this type and in return we 'll offer free ‘ expert ’ advice . |
| 25 | Unix System Labs Inc reportedly had a meeting with SunSelect last week : thinking is they 're looking for some help speeding up their PC emulation . |
| 26 | They 're looking for some purpose for it all and they ca n't find it . ’ |
| 27 | So they 're looking for some money to finance a research fellow at the Hospital . |
| 28 | ‘ If you 're looking for some kind of … counselling , ’ says Riva , ‘ I 'll ask my father if he knows of anyone who … ’ |
| 29 | Basically we 're looking for a we 're looking for another cleaner . |
| 30 | ‘ Best climb up here , fella , if you 're looking for another chapter . ’ |