Example sentences of "[noun pl] look for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We spent months looking for ideas that would appeal to us , ’ he remembers . |
| 2 | Designers looking for examples of how to code randomizing algorithms should consult Snader , who gives examples of various functions coded in Fortran , Basic and Pascal ; Morris , who gives Fortran code both for chaining and hashing ; and Johnson and Cooper , who provide comprehensive coded examples in COBOL . |
| 3 | Looking for er people who cand , not candidates looking for people to , you know , vote for him ? |
| 4 | It 's like they 're sharks or summat , or fish with these big white eyes looking for things to eat . |
| 5 | He is now concentrating on providing M&A services to Japanese clients looking for acquisitions in Europe , Japanese clients looking for domestic acquisitions and European clients looking for Japanese acquisitions . |
| 6 | Fresh figures from the Commons library show that 348,000 people worked in manufacturing in December 1992 and there were 342,092 unemployed Scots looking for work in February 1993 . |
| 7 | They both go about with permanent scowls looking for trouble . ’ |
| 8 | Ceramic materials may take over the role of cobalt in magnets , a move stimulated by the political upheavals in Zaire in 1978 , which forced up the price of the metal and made many manufacturers look for substitutes . |
| 9 | Ng ( 1987 ) used daily data for the period 1981–6 on the near contract for the S&P500 and VLCI indices and five currencies to look for Granger causality between spot and futures prices . |
| 10 | Damiani and his wife went to Jordan in 1950 while his brothers looked for work in Beirut . |
| 11 | Some were sturdy beggars , thieves and rogues but now and again you passed the honest yeomen , the skeletal , white-faced , puny children and worried , dark-eyed wives who tramped the roads looking for work . |
| 12 | Karen reported the theft the police and the ranger , and spent hours driving around the roads looking for Tang . |
| 13 | It was not at all certain , then , how he would fare against the younger breed of highly professionalized butlers looking for posts . |
| 14 | In the late Fifties and early Sixties these proved irresistible to a group of penniless artists looking for space for free . |
| 15 | Bert Millichip , the FA chairman , withdrew England 's application for the clubs to be allowed back into Europe largely because of the way incidents involving English fans , the Dusseldorf police and young Germans looking for trouble had been reported by the press and TV back home . |
| 16 | Parents looking for advice on what to do to help with their child 's education will be told that the most important thing is to spend quality time talking to their children , ’ the West End headteacher said . |
| 17 | Prince Charles 's new private secretary , Commander Richard Aylard pored over the articles looking for clues while the Queen 's private secretary , Sir Robert Fellowes pointed the finger at the staff inside Kensington Palace . |
| 18 | Even now it is the magnet that draws the rural peasants and small businessmen looking for work and casual labour . |
| 19 | The aim is to achieve two identical representations of George 's drawing ( available with entry forms ) , with the judges looking for consistency , finish and use of timber . |
| 20 | This is not as simple as adding a cassette tape and storing the messages — the sort of companies looking for voice record storage are often in a highly regulated environment . |
| 21 | The Eurotech Innvest Service undertakes liaison between companies looking for capital through this initiative and with the investors . |
| 22 | ‘ There are now over twelve hundred would-be companies looking for capital . |
| 23 | A NEW directory of scientific research projects at Oxford University is available free for companies looking for opportunities to collaborate with academics or transfer their technology to the marketplace . |
| 24 | He began wandering around the shelves looking for inspiration when he met Mr Crangle who was busy dismantling one of the book sculptures . |
| 25 | All I 'm saying is that we do n't have to go groping about in corners looking for motive , there 's plenty of it lying about . |
| 26 | Frankly , I often struggle to control large gangs of hooligans who spill out of the pubs looking for blood . |
| 27 | Relaxation in eligibility criteria would also reduce the pressure on able-bodied recipients to look for work . |
| 28 | In the 1980's , competitive pressures have led many British companies to look for ways of using their employees more flexibly . |
| 29 | The climate in schools is receptive as school communities look for management advice to assist in the implementation of DMR ; the school board structure ; new curriculum guidelines ( e.g. 5–14 ) ; and other initiatives as well as the changing expectations of pupils and parents . |
| 30 | Fossil reefs are one of the prime sites to look for fossils of many different kinds besides the corals themselves . |