Example sentences of "[conj] [noun] be looking for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The figures we found are not significantly different to those anywhere else where people are looking for the problem . ’ |
| 2 | Analysts at Phillips & Drew are looking for profits up from £5.9m to Pounds 10m , with the dividend rising to 5.6p . |
| 3 | This scheme is estimated to cost about £250,000 and the W & L is looking for financial assistance from grant giving bodies , from members and other sympathetic supporters . |
| 4 | Everything was working out well : security and police chiefs on the Continent had been alerted ; the whole apparatus of WS & C was looking for Tweed under Morgan 's iron hand ; and now he had Marler in the manhunt . |
| 5 | That 's the sort of price that Gary was looking for to start with |
| 6 | Moreover he knew that Harwell were looking for the crucial neutron spectrum which , surely , would clinch everything . |
| 7 | Mr Hely Hutchinson said that Headline was looking for UK-based acquisitions that offered quality and enhanced shareholder value . |
| 8 | Mary Finnigan : ‘ It emerged that David was looking for somewhere to live . |
| 9 | If there was not , A might still believe that B was looking for something to steal , which could constitute an attempt to steal under the Criminal Attempts Act 1981 notwithstanding that there was nothing there that B would have stolen . |
| 10 | Here we are told for the first time such details as that the Moreens are American , that they require a resident tutor for their sickly child , and that Pemberton is looking for the tutor 's job ; or rather , we are not told , but are led to infer these facts , for James avoids a direct statement of them . |
| 11 | ‘ I realised in this day and age that people are looking for something that wee bit different , and we found with the long spell of bad weather we 've had over the summer months that people want to stay inside , ’ explained Mr Nelson . |
| 12 | We looked in vain in Siemens AG 's first half report on Monday for any mention of its Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG computer subsidiary , and with all the dreadful economic news coming out of Germany , it began to assume the air of the dog that did n't bark : Siemens said of its overall business that it did not show any revival in the first half , and that continued economic decline affected domestic business and led to a decline in incoming orders , and there was no recovery in its foreign business ; laying it on with a trowel , Chancellor Helmut Kohl 's leading economic advisor was quoted on Tuesday as saying that German workers failed to recognise the danger of high wages in a time of recession , and that German products were too expensive for world markets as wage increases outpaced growth in productivity , and earlier , Siemens Nixdorf had had to rebut a magazine report that its losses would be even worse this year , saying that it was certain that its results would improve this fiscal year ; the article , in Manager Magazin , also said that Siemens was looking for a replacement for Siemens Nixdorf management board chairman Hans-Dieter Wiedig , and added that plans to reduce the workforce to 41,000 by 1995 from 47,200 at the end of February could well be accelerated . |
| 13 | Perhaps the Frank Slade role is a sign that Pacino is looking for something to stretch him , because he 's also about to embark on another slightly unusual project . |
| 14 | ( 92 ) * He was n't heard to say that Bill was looking for trouble . |
| 15 | In this case , though , is n't it more likely that Joanna was looking for the same 15 minutes of fame achieved by Australian nightclub singer Fairlie Arrow a year ago ? |
| 16 | When men are asked what they think that women are looking for , the picture becomes very intriguing — particularly when they are also asked to rate themselves on these attributes ( see table , right ) . |
| 17 | The believe that what women are looking for is sensitivity , though they also say that women are looking for funloving men . |
| 18 | Remember that RUNNING is looking for all kinds of safety tips . |
| 19 | While it was stated that ELIZA was looking for key phrases in the ‘ patient 's ’ input , its illusory importance was re-affirmed by repeating the computer 's dialogue at the end of the program . |
| 20 | It is an original , and Warner is looking for a serialisation . |
| 21 | Easter , eight o'clock , half-seven my brother and sister are looking for Easter eggs in the house . |
| 22 | Secondly , in times of recession , publishers and booksellers are looking for every marketing opportunity to find new business and the LIBF is the trade 's largest gathering . ’ |
| 23 | Ralph and Philip are looking for local sponsors to donate money to their twin charities . |
| 24 | Drawings can be blamed when er there is actually nothing wrong and people are looking for an excuse blame from themselves . |
| 25 | Agents Mathews and Goodman are looking for rents of around ££10 a sq ft for space in Martin 's Building as it becomes free for letting with a range of suites up to 14,000 sq ft being available . |
| 26 | Meanwhile , Paul and Malcolm are looking for potential workers , paid and unpaid . |
| 27 | Bishops have slipped in the last two months following their excellent run around the turn of the year , and Dunn is looking for points to lift his side into the top half of the table . |
| 28 | When Félicie Cendrars saw them again Jeanne and Modi were looking for a reliable wet-nurse , since neither she nor her mother ‘ could do anything with little Jeanne . |
| 29 | Green shoots or otherwise , the effects of recession continue to bite and booksellers and publishers are looking for innovative and more profitable ways of doing business . |
| 30 | And Roland was looking for sources for Ash 's Garden of Proserpina . |