Example sentences of "[conj] searching for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The lawyer said the father of four was now reconciled with his wife and searching for a job . |
| 2 | At this time of the year , if Napoleon had not returned , Sharpe should have been thinning the apple crop , stripping away basketloads of young fruit to give the remaining crop a better chance of ripening in the autumn , but instead he was riding a dusty road in Belgium and searching for an enemy . |
| 3 | There is always a reason , and searching for the answer is part of the fun . |
| 4 | Are all operators reversible ? if searching for a goal : no if searching for a path : yes |
| 5 | Are all operators reversible ? if searching for a goal : no if searching for a path : yes |
| 6 | He looked at me and chewed his bottom lip as if searching for a remnant of breakfast . |
| 7 | He started to pat his pockets , as if searching for an ID . |
| 8 | He tilts his head and gazes into my face as if searching for the answer . |
| 9 | He paused , as if searching for the right words . |
| 10 | ‘ Guy is not a yuppie , ’ Charles remonstrated , in the voice he reserved for humouring his little sister when she was being most irritating , ‘ He just happens to be a very successful … ’ her brother hesitated a fraction as if searching for the most appropriate description ‘ … entrepreneur . ’ |
| 11 | As there is still a marked shortage of UK accountants with language abilities , it could be wise to take a crash course while searching for a new job . |
| 12 | For a few weeks , he drove a taxi while searching for a permanent appointment . |
| 13 | During the day a Cant Z.501 flyingboat of the 184 a Squadriglia R.M. was also lost , apparently to Malta fighters , and probably while searching for the downed German aircrew ; the crew of this aircraft were rescued near the Sicilian coast . |
| 14 | While searching for the plants , I found many of the invertebrates . |
| 15 | She hesitated while searching for an answer that would not betray the fact that she longed to remain in Stella 's place but that she feared for her own emotional state . |
| 16 | Her shoulders were hunched up high and her lips were pressed together tight and she sat there gripping her mug of tea in both hands and staring down into it as though searching for a way to answer these not-quite-so-innocent questions . |
| 17 | Actually , I find snowdrops rather insipid , ’ he admitted as though searching for an excuse for his negative attitude . |
| 18 | Meanwhile , as well as searching for a director to replace its current chief , Bob Scheifler , the X Consortium is also examining ways of distancing itself from its home at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and developing some kind of marketing focus without falling foul of its not-for-profit status . |
| 19 | At this stage in his life , this was as important to Nicholson as searching for the character he was playing . |
| 20 | An example word supercilious , compiled from simulated data ( 244,140,625 complete candidate strings ) was tested using the old method of complete string look-up ( 7 hours and 48 minutes processing time ) , and the new letter by letter look-up ( 13 seconds processing time ) — these figures include the time taken to build the tree structure as well as searching for the candidate strings . |
| 21 | To put it in another way , when searching for a word which will revitalize an object , we pick a farfetched word , unusual at least in its given application , a word which is forced into service . |
| 22 | What I look for when searching for a ‘ new ’ big bream water are the points I have mentioned : fifteen or more acres of water , and rich feed . |
| 23 | However , when searching for a particular route from the ‘ z ’ , a linear search must be employed to establish whether it exists or not , which slows down the search time compared with the 26-way tree where all 26 routes are allocated . |
| 24 | When searching for a particular string , it is immediately apparent at any node , whether the required route from that node exists or not by checking the relevant bit of the 26 flags . |
| 25 | b , Mature males have a higher mortality when searching for a female than on a female 's web . |
| 26 | An extreme case of this approach is one in which solid models are required to interpret the local geometry when searching for a clash between two objects . |
| 27 | When searching for the right adjective , bear in mind that your effect on the reader will be stronger if you can create physical sensation , if you can make the reader conjure up a colour , a texture , a smell or a sound , rather than using a word like ‘ soothing ’ , or ‘ lovely ’ or ( worst of all ) ‘ evocative ’ . |
| 28 | The ability to lock the rope quickly is also very useful when searching for the next stance , or else in performing diagonal manoeuvres . |