Example sentences of "in search of [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Runswick claims a modest role in his ‘ Write-Your-Own Opera for children to do themselves ’ , providing the musical frame and a scenario which magics six classes through the ages and to the ends of the earth in search of ingredients for Mr Gandolfi 's birthday cake . |
| 2 | With my name heading the list , James Cran , Christopher Gill and others plunged into the terrace crowd , in addition to hunting along the corridors and in the committee rooms , in search of signatures from Conservative Members of |
| 3 | The platform 's motion was easily carried , as amended , though no one knew what the amendment was , and the bulk of the hall filed patiently out in search of cups of tea and a Bath bun . |
| 4 | ‘ Having acquired the means of gratification , such persons must explore the dimensions of pleasure in search of modes of gratification ; given the over determined character of their pursuit of the unreachable , their quest for new experiences begins to consume them . |
| 5 | This development is particularly important in the study of those who wrote in the vernacular for laymen who were cut off from the richness of recollected prayer in the practice of the liturgy and in search of modes by which they could realise the substance of their faith . |
| 6 | A solitary males will patrol the cliffs in search of bands of sexually mature females . |
| 7 | Social work with young people in the transition to or in search of alternatives to employment is one specific task singled out ( s. 13 ) and makes reference to material provision ( accommodation ) as well as to counselling and advice . |
| 8 | The family historian in search of ancestors in this type of community has therefore several registers to consult . |
| 9 | At around the same time , Michael Blumenthal , the Us treasury secretary , visited him while on a swing through the middle East in search of petrodollars for investment in the states . |
| 10 | In search of presents without a future Rob Ainsley pinpoints those eminently disposable stocking fillers for the computer buff who has everything . |
| 11 | An Army sweep through the Kahnawake reservation in search of weapons on Sept. 18 left 100 Indians hospitalized from injuries and the effects of tear gas , and seven soldiers were also injured . |
| 12 | This line of argument is bound to be disappointing for those looking at aetiological studies in search of implications for prevention . |
| 13 | His personal troubles sent him in search of analysts for both himself and his wife , sometimes with disastrous consequences . |
| 14 | This last fact sent Shoreditch hurrying to the British Library to scour back numbers of The Salopian in search of clues to ‘ C ’ 's character . |
| 15 | However , as a resource of what is a question in a flagging economy which is unlikely in the near future to be in search of recruits to the labour force from marginal groups , as it was in the days of labour shortage in the 1950s ( Harper and Thane , 1989 ) . |
| 16 | The hypothesis was that firms were decentralizing in search of reserves of labour , and probably cheaper labour since wages were likely to be lower in areas with high unemployment ( 1976 , pp. 71 — 4 , 102 ) . |