Example sentences of "[prep] [pos pn] search for " in BNC.
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| 1 | His Experiments and Observations was avidly read by the Montgolfier brothers during their search for light permanent gases as lifting agents in 1782–83 . |
| 2 | ‘ He 'll probably report me , and that will be the end of my search for a perfect summer . ’ |
| 3 | What was Jesus doing when his parents found him in the Temple at the end of their search for him ? |
| 4 | Bill Beeby , of Boeing Aircraft Co in the United States , in his description of their search for an integrated manufacturing system , claims that they were nearest that goal when the firm was first set up to make sports planes for their wealthy owner . |
| 5 | There is no need to over-play the slightly pathetic quality but seek out the eagerness of his search for something to do . |
| 6 | Tom Scotland flew 62 ops from Italy with a Pathfinder squadron ( 614 ) ; his autobiography is a story of his search for truth , for something that would enable him to make sense out of all the destruction and chaos that was a part of wartime life . |
| 7 | It is a part of his search for perfection , according to Mr Ferguson , who is delighted at the way Schmeichel has adapted to life in England . |
| 8 | Murdock 's investigations of coal gas were a direct result of his search for materials to preserve the bottom of ships . |
| 9 | Todd 's interest in family structures was part of his search for an explanation of ‘ the distribution of political ideologies , systems and forces on our planet ’ ( p. 1 ) , which political science had significantly failed to provide . |
| 10 | It is the story of his search for cultural and historical identity and is , in this sense , a personal exploration as well as a travel book . |
| 11 | This hypothesis is a consequence of his search for the inherent necessities of human thought , following his dictum that " a theory , the ultimate in understanding , must satisfy the following formal conditions : it must confront the facts from the position of an antagonist , of course , but it must itself be based not on fact but on some absolute and inevitable exigency " ( 1984 : 23 ) . |
| 12 | I thought that as I 'd involved you all , to some extent , in the enquiries that were launched yesterday , I ought to inform you of the results of our search for the boy , Gerry Boden … ’ |
| 13 | Fifty two year old Agnes Smith does n't need to lose anything like that amount , but as part of our search for a healthy lifestyle she 's agreed to try this form of group therapy . |
| 14 | Throughout its search for a solution , Pearl had been determined to be as objective as possible . |
| 15 | My mind was still not fully made up and I dare say that that was yet another exploratory move in my search for reactions . |
| 16 | What criteria would police and immigration officials use in their search for ‘ potential terrorists ’ on a train that they could not use at a static checkpoint or airport ? |
| 17 | When Conan Doyle put these words into the mouth of Sherlock Holmes , he could have had no idea of the tools which would one day become available to the great detective 's fellow scientists in their search for truth . |
| 18 | Yet cave explorers , always indefatigable in their search for holes in the ground , have discovered several apertures in the beds of the streams coming down from Barbon High Fell , many of them admitting to underground passages and caves attained only by arduous effort . |
| 19 | Undoubtedly , indigenous populations have accelerated rates of deforestation in their search for more extensive arable and grazing lands , and as populations Increase so to will the pressure on land . |
| 20 | In their search for alternative supplies , English furniture makers turned to other parts of Europe and , more important , to the New World . |
| 21 | As parents , teachers , and librarians , we wish to encourage young people and to support them in their search for understanding , expression , and confidence . |
| 22 | At the back of the hotel the army suddenly produced a generator designed to penetrate the deepest slumber and then added a searchlight which they shone , lighting up not only the surrounding countryside in their search for Red Brigade terrorists , but our hotel rooms as well . |
| 23 | Identical twins growing up with their own image constantly near them , sometimes very in tune with what the other is thinking and feeling , may have a problem in their search for a marriage partner on several counts . |
| 24 | Foxes became much more wide-ranging in their search for food , since they also depended to a large extent upon rabbits . |
| 25 | And ironically , the countries that Le Sentier 's businessmen worry might undercut their production are often the very places sans-papiers come from in their search for jobs . |
| 26 | In their search for the key ingredients of the Japanese model , the Americans concluded that empowerment is an important aspect of achieving greater productivity from their workforce . |
| 27 | Both travelled widely in their search for new specimen plants and , on their sojourns , amassed an amazing collection of ethnographical curios and shells which they housed at Lambeth in a room known as ‘ The Ark ’ . |
| 28 | In their search for a market for great stores of goods , the capitalists screamed about the necessity of putting Germany on its feet , Austria on its feet , Russia on its feet , and talked about granting credits which would enable those countries to purchase from us , so clearing our markets and setting our industries going . |
| 29 | Researchers at the University of Wales College , Cardiff , will pay volunteers to take medication and keep a diary of their illness in their search for a cure for the common cold . |
| 30 | FEDERAL officials yesterday made one arrest in their search for the bombers of the World Trade Centre in New York and authorities said they were looking for other suspects . |