Example sentences of "are [v-ing] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All 3 political groups are pitching for increased spending , Labour is likely to propose a budget around £320 million , the Liberal Democrats around £314 million and the Tory group up to £310 millions , all of them well above Government guidelines of £306 million . |
| 2 | In nature , many animals are competing for limited resources . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | For example on our larger ships we are catering for 1900 passengers and 600 crew which means that about 7500 meals a day are consumed , excluding snacks and buffets . |
| 5 | It 's their genes that are struggling for reproductive success . |
| 6 | But they know they are struggling for both Wimbledon stars and now Ferguson has become their top target . |
| 7 | The business plan 's third big hole is its failure to deal with the lawsuits that names are bringing for alleged negligence by agents . |
| 8 | Bill Mumford says you need climbing skills and it 's a challenge that takes them into a new realm … he says they are praying for dry weather … but it gets very cold … drops to minus twenty at night |
| 9 | Please note that a higher standard is required if you are applying for Large Goods and/or Passenger Carrying Vehicle entitlement . |
| 10 | The waste-to-energy companies are pressing for financial support to allow them to take advantage of new waste management regulations due to come into force next year . |
| 11 | The union has managed to keep the strike going even though Siberian miners are pressing for political changes only , while miners in the Ukraine , where living conditions are particularly wretched , also want large wage rises . |
| 12 | The judge 's ruling comes at a time when many legal experts are pressing for young children to be allowed to give evidence in court . |
| 13 | I congratulate my right hon. Friend on ensuring that Britain is at the forefront of those countries in Europe that are pressing for improved animal welfare . |
| 14 | West Mercia police are checking for possible links between the Telford incident and another close by a few weeks ago when a horse was slashed . |
| 15 | Tonight the police said they are checking for any similarities with previous attacks . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Matters are made worse if different selectivity processes are operating for each subgroup . |
| 18 | They are overcharging for fitting childrens ' safety seats . |
| 19 | Detectives are hunting for two men following a spate of robberies at the homes of old-age pensioners . |
| 20 | The few tenants who are searching for short-term leases are now able to negotiate break clauses in leases for new buildings . |
| 21 | THE Quakers are searching for new recruits to join their childrens ' football schools . |
| 22 | NOTTINGHAMSHIRE are searching for financial backers for an extension to the new £500,000 William Clarke stand , at Trent Bridge . |
| 23 | Examples are searching for all occurrences of a given pattern or even comparing two students ' work where copying is suspected . |
| 24 | POLICE are searching for two youths who escaped from Castle Huntly young offenders institution in Perthshire last night . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | It estimates 90% of its users are looking for 8 CPUs and 1Gb memory anyway . |
| 27 | Yorkshire managing director Clive Leach , who will head the new group , was more blunt , saying : ‘ We are looking for substantial cost reductions and we will be ruthless in taking out any area that does not contribute . ’ |
| 28 | Yorkshire managing director Clive Leach , who will be chief executive of the group , said : ‘ We are looking for substantial reductions and we will be ruthless in taking out any area that does not contribute . ’ |
| 29 | You are looking for familiar words or phrases . |
| 30 | We are looking for state-backed policies to provide funds for those areas of production where potential exists for a swift expansion of exports . |