Example sentences of "playing [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | To change this , a level playing field for the taxation of business profits and gains should be established , which would make it easier for businesses to move between different corporate structures . |
| 2 | As these resources affect the ‘ purchasing power ’ of the commissioning authorities the use of the formula is seen as a way of creating a level playing field for purchasers . |
| 3 | One of our objectives at Maastricht will be to achieve stricter implementation of Community measures to ensure that there is genuinely a level playing field for British industry and commerce in Europe . |
| 4 | Does he further accept that the failure of the common agricultural policy , coupled with doubts about the realisation of the level playing field for goods and services by the end of next year , mean that this is a singularly inappropriate time to extend the competence of the European Community ? |
| 5 | Does the hon. Gentleman accept that , if he is as keen as I am to provide a level playing field for road and rail , he should recognise that , when motorways were built around Greater Manchester , of three footpaths that crossed the motorway , one was closed or diverted and bridges or underpasses were put in for the other two . |
| 6 | But the final cutting edge was missing , with eight of the star-studded United line-up perhaps jaded after playing midweek for their respective countries in World Cup qualifiers . |
| 7 | But if you 're playing guitar for your own personal pleasure , which many of us do , then you want the guitar to talk to you — not to some non-existent person sitting fifteen feet away . |
| 8 | He was in his prime , and had not long ago given up playing Rugger for Dudley . |
| 9 | Nick Collins was born at Chopwell in County Durham but came south to find coalmining work in the small Kent coalfield and began playing football for the attractively named Canterbury Waverley , and it was from there that the Palace signed him , in spite of opposition from Arsenal , in late August 1934 . |
| 10 | A WORKER who broke a leg playing football for his bank was sacked in a wave of redundancies that included absence through sickness as a factor for selection , a conference was told yesterday . |
| 11 | And yet , as er as Linda said women have been playing football for the last seventy , and before that , I mean op , throughout the century women have been playing football ! |
| 12 | Bo Jackson , the outstanding running-back who rushes for the Raiders when not playing baseball for the Kansas City Royals , returns to practice this week , but is unlikely to be ready for the Raiders game on Sunday … against the Kansas City Chiefs . |
| 13 | Joining the Army at 17-and-a-half , the young Whittingham was really only interested in playing sport for fun . |
| 14 | Eva decided their activities were " excessive " , and preferred swimming or playing tennis for the school to prayer meetings . |
| 15 | He lists as achievements playing rugby for Carrickfergus and Sligo 1st XV . |
| 16 | A keen sportsman , he 'd spent Saturday afternoon playing rugby for his college club . |
| 17 | He was attacked and stabbed in the chest in the town centre , after playing rugby for the college team . |
| 18 | This month we 're looking further into playing applications for double stops . |
| 19 | Yet , with Deacon Blue getting the high score covering Bacharach & David songs , and a lot of new bubblegum little more than MOR , ‘ Sundrive Road ’ could n't have arrived at a better time , when there must be a pay-out for mature bands making no bones about playing pop for its own sake . |
| 20 | Yet , with Deacon Blue getting the high score covering Bacharach & David songs , and a lot of new bubblegum little more than MOR , ‘ Sundrive Road ’ could n't have arrived at a better time , when there must be a pay-out for mature bands making no bones about playing pop for its own sake . |
| 21 | Since one-day cricket does not count as first-class stuff — quite rightly , in the view of growling conservatives — there are no longer enough playing days for a man to pile up those 3,000 runs or those 200 wickets . |
| 22 | His win/loss playing record for the year up to 23/3/92 was 20/3 , bettered only by one player , Perez Roldan , who had only played in one tournament , in Casablanca . |
| 23 | Keith Lamb , Middlesbrough 's chief executive , said yesterday that ‘ early July ’ was the expected time for confirmation of the club 's playing schedule for the new season , which starts on August 15 . |
| 24 | He might just have been another guitar player who ended up playing back-up for a lot of people , which was what he was doing in America . ’ |
| 25 | I am sure they had the pious hope that this foundation would actually serve to increase the nation 's general fitness by pumping money into sport , but if the money is to go on improving facilities at cricket clubs and down the country , then a large number of cricketers who rely on lousy playing conditions for their place in the side will be forced into retirement . |
| 26 | Playing bridge for some . |
| 27 | The women 's world squash champion , Martine Le Moignan , and Jack Simmons , who has just retired from playing cricket for Lancashire at the age of 48 , receive the MBE . |
| 28 | He was an all-round sportsman , playing cricket for Middlesex and excelling at golf , table tennis and snooker . |
| 29 | He enjoyed a round of golf and playing cricket for the village and that was about it . |
| 30 | And when they banned me from playing cricket for a month , they actually did me a favour . |