Example sentences of "is [v-ing] [noun] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Nicolo is bringing guests for dinner . |
| 2 | For example , one of the things I 've been doing today is submitting titles for Waterstones ’ summer reading promotion ; they are sponsoring a 32 page supplement in Elle , and are doing a run-on . |
| 3 | Nottingham Forest 's new manager Frank Clark is demanding £5m for Keane but says Blackburn have only offered £3.5m . |
| 4 | Woodway Park School , Coventry , is assembling kits for bio-reactors — special vessels in which bacteria can be put to work — and selling them at a profit to other schools across the country . |
| 5 | Now the country 's biggest manufacturing union — the AEEU — is pressing Honda for recognition . |
| 6 | John Shaw is serving life for manslaughter . |
| 7 | Sex symbol Bo — who once appeared in a Tarzan film — is seeking help for zoo animals left homeless after the destruction caused by Hurricane Andrew in Miami . |
| 8 | Meanwhile , in Eritrea , to the north , a de facto ceasefire is holding between the government and the Eritrean People 's Liberation Front ( EPLF ) , which is seeking independence for Eritrea . |
| 9 | But in considering the privilege against self-incrimination it is difficult to see any logical distinction between an order for discovery and disclosure where the defendant has stolen the plaintiff 's property and an order for discovery and disclosure where the plaintiff is seeking damages for fraud in dealings by the defendant with the property or moneys of the plaintiff . |
| 10 | Examples from the August bulletin include a growing North Staffordshire company involved in decorating and printing bone chinaware , earthenware , glassware and so on , which is seeking £30,000 for expansion , and a company based in the south west that has launched a range of power cables and requires £75,000 . |
| 11 | There are actually quite a few positive steps forward : for a start , and under intense pressure from environmentalists and scientists , the World Bank has begun to take into account conservation when it is approving projects for funding . |
| 12 | ‘ Say Markham is paying Wheeler or Wheeler is paying Markham for services rendered and say Paul was implicated either way , might not Rosamund know about it , if it involved money going into or out of any of Wheeler 's accounts ? ’ |
| 13 | Not surprising , when the corner-shop grocer is selling cabbage for 40% of the supermarket price . |
| 14 | ASDA is selling poinsettias for £2.99 , down £1 . |
| 15 | Thereafter , the scenery deteriorates as a bleak moorland is crossed to the end of the road at Red Point where there is parking space for cars and a cairn and view-indicator nearby . |
| 16 | Even if a person is buying desks for computers or word processors for an office , the appearance of the furniture is a major factor influencing the choice . |
| 17 | Edward Hirst , whose 11-year-old son is undergoing treatment for leukaemia , said : ‘ Our message to the Government is ‘ Come and have a look at the work that is done here ’ . |
| 18 | OSF Motif technical manager , Bruce Huie , says OSF ‘ does n't know how exactly its going to do it yet , ’ but to gauge interest , OSF is holding workshops for members and non-members over the summer , covering application interoperability and interface graphics . |
| 19 | Sonny ( Timothy Botoms , focus of the earlier film ) is afflicted with dementia and Duane 's banker is facing indictment for malpractice . |
| 20 | But once the money is disbursed , only anecdotal evidence offers much of a clue whether the city is getting value for money or not . |
| 21 | The board has lodged five complaints with the LEA and is questioning whether it is getting value for money . |
| 22 | ‘ They are not a total reflection of how a school is providing education for pupils . |
| 23 | But , after the fiasco of Super-SARA , the British are not alone in asking whether the cumbersome bureaucracy and politicking of European Community big-science , is providing value for money . |
| 24 | The company is providing insulation for trains , a contract worth more than £150,000 per year . |
| 25 | The Reagan Era , I think , is doing wonders for Tod 's morale . |
| 26 | It was forced to land on the Sedco 700 drilling rig , which is doing work for Shell in the East Shetland Basin . |
| 27 | The firm says it is doing work for IBM in other areas but declined to be more specific , although that suggests that IBM may have taken on board the message that it needs outsiders to run some of its key business units . |
| 28 | LEFT winger Alan Meale , Coundon lad and former Aycliffe councillor , is defending Mansfield for Labour . |
| 29 | WWF is giving money for conservation all the time in Northern Ireland , with much of the spending going into coastal projects , the theme of this year 's Walk for Wildlife campaign . |
| 30 | There is , however , the question of transport links to Europe which is giving cause for concern to well established exporters . |