Example sentences of "looking for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'm looking for meaning to life … ’ |
| 2 | The Romanian Government , WHO and UNICEF have taken a great interest in our education programme and are actively looking for ways to use it as a model for Health Education in Romania . |
| 3 | She is looking for critical views against which to pitch her own ; it seems that she may have chosen the wrong sort of topic , since on a holiday in Italy she had been stunned by the newly renovated Michelangelo ceiling in the Sistine Chapel in Rome , and although there were plenty of books about it , many of them went into extravagant detail . |
| 4 | He is looking for that quality which you must allow me to call ‘ modernity ’ ; for I know of no better word to express the idea I have in mind . |
| 5 | The reader may be doomed to disappointment in reading through an article with wide contextual terms of reference if looking for something as simple as descriptions of works of art , their interpretation and evaluation . |
| 6 | Once again , the Regional Arts Association will know the leading amateur companies in your area , and this should certainly help you in looking for the kind of group to which you are best suited . |
| 7 | Your bones , your eyes , your hair , your teeth are all going to be scrutinised by a panel of judges who are looking for your all-round potential , not just an impressive academic display . |
| 8 | No drama school panel is looking for the ultimate in audition technique but candidates should possess a noticeable degree of competence and self-awareness . |
| 9 | They are not looking for you to fail — every audition panel wants you to be good . |
| 10 | But when you are looking for a suitable speech you ca n't really reject anything familiar solely because you think it might bore the panel . |
| 11 | That sort of system is not so easy for actors looking for their first job but easier when you are well known . |
| 12 | If they are looking for salvation , he wrote , they will find it . |
| 13 | Time spent looking for toy cannon . |
| 14 | The current obsession with pseudo-Victorian and other bogus ‘ historical ’ styles imposed willy-nilly and quite regardless of the true age of the pub , seems to suggest two things ; firstly that pub designers and fitters have completely lost their way , both in recognising and respecting what is genuinely old and in looking for a wholeheartedly modern pub style ; secondly that there is some king of awareness , correct but misguided , that people like their pubs to look old and feel familiar . |
| 15 | As the managing director of a recently formed company with , to date , only one outlet , I was quite naturally looking for any help I could get , advisory or financially or both . |
| 16 | It is about personal experience of particular brands as much as looking for the numbers . |
| 17 | Sergeant Bramble and Constable Quince very quickly gave up trying to understand what it was that the experts were looking for . |
| 18 | He was Looking for me . |
| 19 | Here too , Ghatak made use of Jung in his thinking about popular culture , looking for ways of using psychoanalytic concepts , ‘ unconscious ’ motifs and images , in order to affect the audience at a deeper , less conscious level than most committed film . |
| 20 | These had gone down rather well , and as our Baroque painting specialist was leaving at the same time as Youngman , voices were raised to say here was perhaps both the lecturer and the administrator we were looking for . |
| 21 | ‘ Professor Howard has been looking for you , ’ she informed me . |
| 22 | ‘ I keep telling you , Anne , that 's not the sort of thing I 'm looking for . |
| 23 | ‘ Would I be right in saying that we have n't provided you with what you were looking for when you came here ? ’ |
| 24 | ‘ What am I supposed to have been looking for ? ’ |
| 25 | ‘ I 'm looking for cleaning or receptionist work — whatever 's going , really . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ I 've got that fifty-pound note we 're all looking for . ’ |
| 27 | Looking for work costs money . |
| 28 | ‘ No , I 'm still looking for work . |
| 29 | ‘ The Salvation Army are looking for someone to put in a training house they 've got there and — ’ |
| 30 | Whether you 're looking for bowls of bulbs to brighten the home or the best miniatures for a rock garden , now 's the time to start work and Daphne Ledward and Anne Swithinbank are here to pass on a host of colourful ideas . |