Example sentences of "[noun pl] [am/are] looking [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is also known as the purposive approach , since the courts are looking at the purpose for which the Act was passed . |
| 2 | The researchers are looking for a transmissible agent and the search is urgent . |
| 3 | But after 40 years of post-war public sector housing there is now evidence of widespread rejection , and some community groups are looking to the promise of community architecture ( Wates and Knevitt , 1987 ) . |
| 4 | This may sound a silly question , since this book assumes that its readers are looking for a place to live in the British Isles , but it is more sensible than it sounds . |
| 5 | His benevolent brown eyes are looking at the floor to Shirley 's left , about five feet beyond her , and he appears to be thinking not about the flute as a career , but about the problems and opportunities of kitchen floor tiling . |
| 6 | Both parties are looking at the project from different angles , so it is not surprising if each fails to see the other 's viewpoint . |
| 7 | This is particularly bad in London and , as a result , dissatisfied clients are looking to the merits of regionally-based firms . |
| 8 | Those who promote the idea of warning labels are looking for a ‘ quick-fix ’ solution to problems which require a thoughtful , long-term approach . |
| 9 | So contrasting is it that one may wonder whether its adherents are looking at the same thing at all : ‘ As the eighties unfold , humanity faces a worldwide shortage of productive cropland , acute land hunger in many countries , escalating prices for farmland almost everywhere … ’ |
| 10 | Customer clinics have shown that executive car buyers are looking for the following factors : durability , style , comfort , performance and interior space . |
| 11 | Charity workers are looking to the boys to set an example when they return to Beirut . |
| 12 | ‘ Our guests are looking for a comfortable , clean bedroom first of all , ’ says sales manager Joanna Honey MHCIMA . |
| 13 | 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 . ’ |
| 14 | While England 's cricketers are looking for a big win against Zimbabwe in the World Cup in Australia tonight , a younger generation are also hoping for success in a tour of the African country . |
| 15 | The cause of the fire is n't yet known , but fire investigators are looking into the possibility that it may have been started deliberately . |
| 16 | The cause of the fire is n't yet known , but fire investigators are looking into the possibility that it may have been started deliberately . |
| 17 | Now that help is urgently needed to stem the threatened spread of AIDS , some governments are looking to the churches to put forward a limiting view of sex . |
| 18 | Lenders are looking to the level of profits now seen rather than on the prospect of ‘ jam tomorrow ’ . |
| 19 | With entries up 20 per cent , the organisers are looking at the possibility of using an additional hall for the event . |
| 20 | Ideally owners are looking for a snapshot or portrait model but the problem is that the modeller has to work without having seen the live model . |
| 21 | Prize money in Britain covers only about one quarter of these costs , which is why some owners are looking at the larger prizes available in other countries . |
| 22 | No homes have been identified as such yet , the officers are looking at the homes in the east of the county . |
| 23 | Trading standards officers are looking into the matter following complaints . |
| 24 | Just as on the domestic front , firms are exploring new ways towards greater efficiency and profitability , so too larger firms are looking beyond the frontiers of the UK to the opportunities which present themselves overseas . |
| 25 | We mentioned earlier the paradoxes which were that for instance erm we 're looking for a low risk investment or our customers are looking for a low risk investment , they tell us they need well proven technology but that needs to be advanced technology . |
| 26 | WHITEGATES are looking for a quick sale on this three bedroom town house in West Derby . |
| 27 | At the moment , consultants are looking into the matter in detail , and their report will be put before the Broadcasting Committee for its consideration . |
| 28 | When money is tight , passengers are looking for the best deal . |
| 29 | ‘ Now the Civil servants are looking at the things we put forward before Christmas which they dismissed . |
| 30 | for no one concerned with education could deny that , in teaching , teachers are looking to the future of the child . |