Example sentences of "they look for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Well , you not what they looking for either . ’ |
| 2 | They look for positive evidence that the business is soundly based and a good lending risk . |
| 3 | They look for little giveaway signs like that . |
| 4 | Not all places are equal , and their siting must be considered in relation to other places to which they look for social , economic , religious or administrative relationships . |
| 5 | The effect of this responsiveness is that they are well able to foster innovation , as they look for inventive solutions to emerging problems , but they are in no position to protect those innovations from fluctuating demand . |
| 6 | Their findings therefore seemed puzzling and they looked for possible explanations . |
| 7 | They looked for intermediate forms to bridge the gaps that Cuvier insisted lay between the known classes and types . |
| 8 | They looked for abstract relationships between the different structures , but they had little incentive to ask what kind of circumstance might lead a species to change when exposed to a new environment . |
| 9 | They looked for more drugs , but they found nothing . |