Example sentences of "and is [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rover has launched a Metro special offer this month and is hoping for an improvement . |
| 2 | After an amazing cross country round yesterday with her agile horse Knockdrin Vina finished in first position with 49 points after the dressage , and is hoping for a clear round today to win the £1,500 national championship and title . |
| 3 | But Ian Shiels , who works in the warehouse and has been responsible for football activity in the past , is aware of this and is hoping for better things to come . |
| 4 | He has already complained to the local government ombudsman and is hoping for an investigation into alleged maladministration over the closure of Hustledown . |
| 5 | He has already complained to the local government ombudsman and is hoping for an investigation into alleged maladministration over the closure of Hustledown . |
| 6 | Novella no longer needs to feel gratitude that in her case she has a father who has allowed her to teach in his place ; she has parted the curtain and is speaking for herself — in as many tongues as she pleases . |
| 7 | His note on the beast of Chapter Seventeen of Revelation , the beast which does n't exist and still has to appear and is destined for perdition , is ‘ generalhuman ’ — the word he coined for Notes from Underground and incidentally never used again in his fiction . |
| 8 | Poor Pat already thinks he 's been raised from the dead and is destined for some great thing , to help Marcus to save the world ! ’ |
| 9 | While there will be a real residual value , after five years of high utilisation this will not be great and is ignored for the purpose of this comparison as being common to both instances . |
| 10 | This naturally cured beef comes from only the finest fillets and is matured for up to five months . |
| 11 | The wooden machinery is driven by an undershot waterwheel , and is operated for visitors on some afternoons in summer , producing wholewheat flour by the traditional method between two pairs of millstones . |
| 12 | ‘ The Tasmanian Devil ’ has claimed over 350 victims in all quarters of the United States in the last year , and is noted for the savage ingenuity of his frenzied attacks . |
| 13 | Now he 's sueing the Ford motor company in America and is calling for improved safety in all vehicles . |
| 14 | He 's a former patient of the Wolfeson , and is cared for by his wife , a nurse who he met at the centre . |
| 15 | During their lives faithful Roman Catholics are taught that by certain sacraments a person becomes a Christian , obtains ongoing pardon for sins and is prepared for the life hereafter . |
| 16 | Preston this dank October morn has encountered greater hazards and is prepared for more . |
| 17 | The 3270/X software will provide 3270 client capability , with integrated access to other network resources such as Unix , X-Windows applications and standard character terminal applications , and is planned for first quarter 1993 . |
| 18 | The nursery is situated at 79 and 81 Dalkeith Road and is registered for 18 children aged from 6 weeks to 2 years and for 30 children aged from 2 to 5 years old . |
| 19 | And I think there is this dividing line that there is the pure craft where the object is functional and is made for a specific purpose , but is beautifully made , but there is also the craftsman who crosses the barrier between art and craft , who makes beautiful objects that are perhaps non functional , and then of course you 're in the controversial field . |
| 20 | All in all , the company believes it is in good shape and is positioned for growth . |
| 21 | When a healthy black person seeks employment and is tested for the sickle-cell anaemia gene , then is refused employment because there may be an extra risk under certain conditions , this is unfair . |
| 22 | In both , ICI employs world-scale state-of-the-art technology , offers a competitive range of products and is recognized for the application development work it undertakes in co-operation with customers . |
| 23 | Louis Gerstner was by no means the first , and IBM Corp has been actively hiring executives from outside the company since the beginning of the year , Associated Press reports : it says that IBM has hired about 30 outside executives in the past two years and is searching for 50 more ; incomers include Robert Howe , 48 , general manager , IBM Consulting Group , former head of worldwide financial services practice at consulting firm Booz-Allen & Hamilton ; Michael Cannon , 40 , vice-president , personal systems storage devices , Adstar , former senior vice-president , worldwide operations at Syquest Technology Inc ; John Osborne , 39 , sales director , Personal Software Products , former vice-president of sales and marketing at Zenith Data Systems Inc ; Jon Cornell , 53 , assistant general manager , original equipment manufacturers sales and marketing , IBM Technology Products , former president , Harris Corp ; John Singleton , 56 , general manager , business development , Integrated Systems Solution Corp , former chief executive , Security Pacific Automation Co ; and Clare Thain , 43 , advertising and promotion director , IBM US , who was formerly the managing partner at Ronald James Direct . |
| 24 | The ‘ amateur ’ athlete who has travel expenses to meetings paid by sponsors and is compensated for loss of earnings , has market value to promoters and is an integral part of a market economy . |
| 25 | The company , which has just concluded preliminary talks with 13 potential predators and is poised for big cuts in staffing costs , pledged to try to recover all the money lost through the ISC affair . |
| 26 | Littlewoods , meanwhile has been gathering its forces and is poised for a comeback . |
| 27 | Rowland Compliance Testing [ which was formerly known as Power Certification Limited ] has established a substantial portfolio of quality blue-chip customers throughout the country , and is poised for substantial growth . |
| 28 | But Coun Tony Richmond , leader of the council Conservatives , has now been in touch with the South African embassy in London to set up a trade visit to the town , and is to ask for all-party support at next week 's council meeting . |
| 29 | A council covers an area with a population ranging from 200 to 600 people and is elected for a six-month or one-year period of office . |
| 30 | For example , a 6-month CD could have a 30-day rollover ; this means that the interest rate on the CD is related to 6-month LIBID and is fixed for 30 days , and will change every 30 days if LIBID has changed . |