Example sentences of "look for [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Peter Scott assesses Perry Anderson 's verdict on English intellectuals ; Tony Parker on Thatcherism 's casualties ; Stephen Howe looks for new life in the unions ; Conor Gearty cross-examines a defender of the Bar ; and Geoff Dyer wades through Ted Hughes ' Shakespearean fantasy |
| 2 | Barclays looks for new chief outside |
| 3 | DAMON LOOKS FOR DRY RUN HOME IN CANADA |
| 4 | Maybe P and Q and R behave alike , but there may be times when the algorithm folds a set { P , Q , R } where , say , Q sometimes occurs in a context which never contains P or R. The algorithm looks for any context which contains some of X 's children but not the others . |
| 5 | Firdaus is so stung by this that she looks for another job . |
| 6 | The male then looks for another mate and he may escort as many as five females through the nest . |
| 7 | Growth is once again the watchword as the country looks for another period of expansion in higher education . |
| 8 | China looks for overseas backing for CFC plans |
| 9 | The software also includes ViruSTOP which looks for virus-like behaviour . |
| 10 | At least the knights had not been party to the massacre ; they had achieved their task and now looked for suitable reward . |
| 11 | Whatever she could look for in the future must be looked for outside marriage . |
| 12 | We had looked for some impact from the presence of women in senior positions in school , but the highest percentage of women at Scale 4 or above in any school was 35 per cent . |
| 13 | Vico had looked for historical fact in the poetic metaphors of myth and legend ; this piecing together was his ‘ new science ’ . |
| 14 | 9.55 : Looked for Social Worker 's copy of Directory of Charities . |
| 15 | There were very few well-dressed citizens , most of the denizens of the alleyways being rogues and villains ; tinkers , trying to sell without permission from the Guilds , professional beggars , and rat-faced slum dwellers looking for easy prey . |
| 16 | It 's important to him that everyone knows he is the champion , that he is better than anyone else and not necessarily looking for easy pay days . |
| 17 | Shadowfax looking for middle market niche |
| 18 | I submit , my Lord Mayor , that any decline in the Council 's finances , is due primarily to the Tories originally looking for electoral success . |
| 19 | So our customers are looking for multi-vendor transparency . |
| 20 | I would like to let the lady looking for standard gooseberry plants ( Question Time , June ) know how I obtained mine . |
| 21 | MOTOROLA LOOKING FOR WIDE MARKET FOR POWERPC |
| 22 | While many collectors are turning over every hedge and collective barn they can find within the Russian Republic and its former constituents and satellites for hidden treasures , a small and dedicated band have been scouring the Asia-Pacific region for many decades looking for Japanese material . |
| 23 | Well only just to really , actually all Mr Mr has er said , and just one other bit of information , the time when the Chairman of the council extended the invitation to sixth formers , looking for alternative entertainment for the sixth formers of school , after they sat through a full council , I took them over to the er archivists er department , and we saw the paper restor , sorry , should n't say paper restorer , manuscript restorer at work , and these sixth formers , already knew of the existence , one of them asked to see the records of parish , because he knew they were there , and I mean , I think this is wonderful , that the sixth formers already , er children are being taught about the ar the records , and they will want to be sure that we kept them , and I think it 's our moral duty to keep er , the records of the past for future generations . |
| 24 | Staff may , therefore , begin looking for alternative employment in the local area so that they will not be forced to make the choice of a job with their employer or no job at all . |
| 25 | SOUTH AFRICA 'S tour of England is under serious threat and Rugby Union chiefs are already looking for alternative opposition for their showpiece match at Twickenham on November 14 . |
| 26 | If the tenant accepts that the property may be redeveloped he will probably wish to be looking for alternative accommodation sooner rather than later , and he will wish to move in and terminate his liability under his existing lease as soon as he finds it . |
| 27 | But at the height of the tourist season it was odds on that her old room had already been taken , and she could n't see herself tramping Venice at this time of night , looking for alternative accommodation . |
| 28 | Behaviour which is hard to explain , if one is looking for moral consistency , makes underlying sense , if one thinks in terms of power . |
| 29 | James Ousley , chief executive officer of the Control Data Systems Inc spin-out , says its former parent , Control Data Corp — now divided into two separate companies ( UX No 387 ) — had been looking for additional capital for a number of years , but was not able to tempt any investors to bankroll an organisation with interests as diverse as proprietary mainframes , Unix , military and government software and services and a lottery business . |
| 30 | Yet I think the borough council gave some clear hints they 're maybe looking for additional land allocation . |