Example sentences of "are [v-ing] for [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is rapidly becoming one of those elite research institutions some academics are looking for to improve the quality of research . |
| 2 | Dr Mawhinney told MPs in a Commons written reply : ‘ This impressive contribution from GPs and their practice teams is exactly the sort of response we are looking for to take forward our plans to improve the nation 's health . ’ |
| 3 | Consumer affairs minister Baroness Denton said : ‘ It is far too easy to mistake these products for sweets , and when parents are looking for stocking fillers these items may be very appealing . |
| 4 | According to this argument , the theory we are looking for has got to be the kind of theory that seems implausible to our limited , Earth-bound , decade-bound imaginations . |
| 5 | Such a system would benefit Sunderland not only financially there would be full-houses for each match but also the big crowds would surely help the Rokermen to get the safety points they are looking for to climb above the Second Division danger zone . |
| 6 | The believe that what women are looking for is sensitivity , though they also say that women are looking for funloving men . |
| 7 | We are looking for understanding by listening to something or someone . |
| 8 | These will all be presented to interested donors in a common summarised format that will provide them with the information they are looking for to make their decisions . |
| 9 | Instead they are looking for to recruit people between 45 and 65 , who they feel are more likely to remain cool in the crises which plague , that kind of holiday . |
| 10 | Instead they are looking for to recruit people between 45 and 65 , who they feel are more likely to remain cool in the crises which plague , that kind of holiday . |
| 11 | Allied Breweries ' Taylor Walker subsidiary may consider the chain is just what they are looking for to increase their estate . |
| 12 | I 'm concerned for the people who are waiting for housing , I 'm concerned about young people who are living in i i in ten er , on the tenth floor of high rise flats , these people have been waiting a very very long time and each time er , the er these they are , the properties are er , de-counted they are going further and further behind . |
| 13 | Parish councillors at Robin Hood 's Bay are calling for policing to be stepped up . |
| 14 | In any argument you develop , we have suggested that it is important to distinguish between views you are taking for granted , views you are directly asserting and views with which you disagree . |
| 15 | HOPES are fading for missing Middlesbrough pensioner Leslie Sims . |