Example sentences of "[noun sg] in [pron] search for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Kenya faces a dilemma in its search for further growth , for a favourable climate is clearly not enough for success . |
| 2 | The original Cathy Come Home was a BBC1 Wednesday Play in 1966 starring Ray Brooks and the late Carol White as a young couple who fall foul of red tape in their search for a home . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Another example of a conflict between official and unofficial group norms can be drawn from a situation where a group itself decides to operate a certain level of output over a given time , regardless of targets set by the management in their search for increased efficiency and productivity . |
| 5 | As the schoolchildren learnt there would no school for a week , the police were calling for help in their search for the aronsists . |
| 6 | The choice of prose can accompany a deliberate disguise , as with Julia in Two Gentlemen , who adopts it to support her new role as a boy in her search for Proteus ( 1V.ii.26ff . ) . |
| 7 | Detectives think they have made a breakthrough in their search for a college rapist . |
| 8 | My mind was still not fully made up and I dare say that that was yet another exploratory move in my search for reactions . |
| 9 | Such an attitude explains the attractions of the Friars and other contemporary groups who embraced poverty in their search for salvation and a return to what was held to be the simplicity of the " primitive " Church ; but it was remote from the active role of the papacy from the eleventh century onwards , committed to achieving its aims through government , diplomacy and the law . |
| 10 | Development has been swift and Worknet now has a staff of twenty eight people , all of whom are dedicated to assisting the community in their search for employment or training . |
| 11 | However in South Armagh the security forces are understood to be facing a blank wall in their search for an IRA sniper who has killed three members of the security forces and for the IRA 's mortar team . |
| 12 | However , both bodies recommended changes in the form of legislation which would , if implemented , have assisted the court in its search for the true Parliamentary intention in using the statutory words . |
| 13 | The coca takes the edge off their appetites and brings them luck in their search for tin . |
| 14 | These elements were inspired by his own experiences during the break-up with Sandra after she had suffered a bad LSD experience in her search for enlightenment . |
| 15 | This year her team at the Institute of Molecular Medicine , John Radcliffe Hospital and colleagues at Columbia University , New York have made significant progress in their search for the exact location of the gene for causing spinal muscular atrophy , a muscle-withering disease which is the leading inherited cause of infant death . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | On her way to the Rådhuspladsen she 'd passed its entrance several times , knowing that it must have a high priority in her search for Suzie . |
| 18 | Despite certain important differences between the experimental findings and interpretations of the Aplysia and Hermissenda research schools , both have contributed to this framing , sharing a common theoretical perspective which leads to an explicit but , I believe , ultimately flawed reductive philosophy and strategy in their search for the mechanisms of memory . |
| 19 | ENTERTAINER Joe Longthorne has been involved in an amazing drugs mix-up in his search for a miracle cure for his cancer . |
| 20 | Police are stopping motorists who use the road in their search for clues . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | In November 1991 , the Jet project scored a major success in its search for a waste free nuclear power . |
| 23 | The police would have been through every drawer with a toothcomb in their search for clues ; there was nothing to be gained there . |
| 24 | It contributed to D'Arcy 's increasingly bad mood as he scoured the city in his search for the directors of Spidex International Trading . |
| 25 | Last year in their search for an artist the Kirk alighted on Amersham-born James D. McGairy , who graduated from Sunderland Polytechnic with an honours degree in communication studies just three years ago . |
| 26 | We contemplate past failures of humankind in its search for the perfect society and become depressed . |
| 27 | The anti-democratic movement , which calls itself the anti-tribal movement , is considering widening the net in its search for suitable replacement students . |
| 28 | We shall look under every stone in our search for the culprit . |
| 29 | Mounted police have combed a National Trust estate at nearby Christmas Common , but have still drawn a blank in their search for the murder weapon or any bloodstained clothing . |
| 30 | 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 . |