Example sentences of "and [pos pn] search for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The study of landscape is one of the oldest sub-disciplines within geography , but during the quantitative revolution of the 1960s and early 1970s such work was roundly criticized for its descriptive nature and its search for uniqueness . |
| 2 | Juliet had told her a little about her own adoption , and her search for Elaine , but nothing about her talk to Celia and her great-aunt . |
| 3 | Just accept it , remembering that an ability to show some sympathy and the courage to ‘ stay the course ’ with the bereaved , as they go through their sorrow and their search for a new identity , are the most important qualifications . |
| 4 | There were many complaints that cattle infested roadsides , and their search for food often took them to rice fields and gardens . |
| 5 | To the extent that these arenas support and acknowledge people 's feelings and their search for greater clarity , they must presuppose a set of values that is different from the one which underlies the common staffroom ethos ; and after a while this clash of values may become explicit . |
| 6 | They see themselves as special , and their search for challenge , novelty and change , their intolerance of errors in the work of others and their aversion to formal controls make them difficult to manage . |
| 7 | I knew all these ; had already played with them in my mind , from the most inconsequential ( Mickey Spillane 's ‘ another three days ' work never hurt anyone' ) to the most tragic : the story of Joseph de Jussieu and his search for the fever tree . |
| 8 | When they were younger , Doctor Jekyll talked to Doctor Lanyon and explained his ideas and his search for a drug that could separate the two sides of a person 's character . |