Example sentences of "is [v-ing] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The consensus among observers has been that IBM Corp will find it needs to cut many more than the 25,000 positions it is targeting for this year , so there was little surprise when both the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal last week came out with independent stories saying the cuts would go much higher . |
| 2 | The views of his Ministerial colleagues , not least the Prime Minister , will be of particular relevance whenever a subject overruns departmental boundaries and the Home Office is competing for Parliamentary time . |
| 3 | In terms of property management the Trust is catering for increasing numbers of well-educated visitors who want to be involved . |
| 4 | ‘ It is catering for well-heeled youth , ’ he maintains , ‘ and is well run without too much interference . ’ |
| 5 | But while much of Africa is clamouring for multi-party elections in the hope of replacing indifferent or corrupt governments , the prospect of political freedom is met with apprehension in Uganda . |
| 6 | We are delighted that Anke Rohlfs , guest teacher at our 1982 Summer Course , is returning for this year 's International Summer course , and once again we are able to use the facilities at Green Park Centre , Aston Clinton , Bucks . |
| 7 | Mr , you you 've er commented upon Mr 's objection that he made himself , but of course there are he is appearing for many others , |
| 8 | He is applying for judicial review of a decision by the council 's professional conduct committee to prefer the less serious charge of breach of proper professional standards , which leads to an admonition . |
| 9 | A YOUNG north Belfast girl is bidding for instant fame , and a place in one of the nation 's most exclusive portrait galleries , after entering the United Kingdom 's longest running ‘ soap opera ’ . |
| 10 | What I find a bit puzzling is that , as far as I can see , automatic inspection of passports will eliminate the keen-eyed , guilt-inducing gaze from the man behind the desk who presumably , is looking for doctored documents , suspicious photographs and forged visas and stamps . |
| 11 | Here , the therapist is looking for maladaptive coping strategies which can be altered at a later date in homework assignments . |
| 12 | PVG is looking for like-minded parties . |
| 13 | Behaviour which is hard to explain , if one is looking for moral consistency , makes underlying sense , if one thinks in terms of power . |
| 14 | The journalist is interested in the unusual and the dramatic , while the sociologist is looking for general patterns and regularities within institutions . |
| 15 | The company , which is challenging the dominance of Uniplex in the Unix office package market , is looking for European VARs and is expanding its staff . |
| 16 | HOST is looking for friendly people who would like to invite a lonely overseas student studying in Britain to spend Christmas , Easter or a weekend in their homes and experience British home life . |
| 17 | Omron sold 6,000 Lunas in FY91 and is looking for other OEMs . |
| 18 | IBM meanwhile is looking for other vendor customers and is working with the Open Software Foundation to see how CICS fits in with DCE . |
| 19 | A POPULAR Darlington bookshop is looking for new premises . |
| 20 | For the Newtownbreda Old Tyme Dance Community Group is looking for new members to join the dancers who meet every Thursday night . |
| 21 | Middlestone Moor Youth Centre is looking for new members and people to serve on the committee . |
| 22 | Now that the Open Software Foundation is looking for new development avenues for ANDF , its architecture neutral distribution format ( UX No 384 ) , it says a number of interested parties including both commercial houses and research institutes have come forward : Apparently talks with an unidentified US government agency , a research arm , have advanced to contract negotiations . |
| 23 | AMNESTY 'S Teachers and Academics Network is looking for new recruits . |
| 24 | The village show committee is looking for new recruits . |
| 25 | Braintree Concerts Music Club has been in existence for 22 years , but is looking for new ways to promote itself following the decision by the district council to withdraw its grant . |
| 26 | As there is no confidence in the supply of milk , the dairy processing industry is looking for new ways of selling dairy products . |
| 27 | However , BWD Rensburg , the broker , is looking for pre-tax profits of about £1.2m in the year ending 31 March against £1.04m reported for last year . |
| 28 | She is looking for critical views against which to pitch her own ; it seems that she may have chosen the wrong sort of topic , since on a holiday in Italy she had been stunned by the newly renovated Michelangelo ceiling in the Sistine Chapel in Rome , and although there were plenty of books about it , many of them went into extravagant detail . |
| 29 | Following the completion of the acquisition of Framlington 's private client fund management business in January and the recruitment of five new investment managers in Liverpool , he is looking for increased investment revenues in this year . |
| 30 | Remember that RUNNING is looking for all kinds of safety tips . |