Example sentences of "of [noun] [pron] [be] looking [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was usually solved by arguing that our visual systems use our knowledge of the identity of objects we are looking at to dictate the colours we attribute to them , independently of the wavelength information available at the retina . |
| 2 | So this may be the sort of case we are looking for , a case in which the effect of the duty can be separated from the effect of other aspects of authoritative action . |
| 3 | Because of course we 're looking at the importance of bringing this on right from the time that a man joins as a recruit , and I realize that 's when they 're very vulnerable indeed , they 're unfit probably , they 're nervous , they 're not a team yet , and we 've developed all sorts of things . |
| 4 | And of course we are looking at other products all the time . |
| 5 | Er any apologies , Dave of course who 's looking after Yashi Mi Soto all day . |
| 6 | Dr Mawhinney told MPs in a Commons written reply : ‘ This impressive contribution from GPs and their practice teams is exactly the sort of response we are looking for to take forward our plans to improve the nation 's health . ’ |
| 7 | They have vague ideas of the type of pictures they 're looking for , so they 're trying to get the Designer to make it happen for them — to confirm their thoughts . ’ |
| 8 | One way of finding applicants of a suitable calibre is to use an agency which specializes in the type of employee you are looking for , and which , if it is a good agency , will already have done some preliminary sorting to weed out those who are entirely unsuitable . |
| 9 | They will ask you for a full statement of the complaint including the amount of compensation you are looking for and all the relevant evidence . |
| 10 | Oh , yes , you 're just the sort of bloke we 're looking for for the guards . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | I had a very strong idea of what I wanted , even through I had plenty of photos : I knew exactly the kind of movements I was looking for , I 'm glad we did it in two — I do n't think the cricketer would 've been very keen to do it again ! ’ |
| 13 | Turing 's model is a prototype of a pattern-forming process which is perhaps too simple , but which does seem to be the kind of process we are looking for . |
| 14 | And is it the sort of place you were looking for ? |
| 15 | ‘ That 's not quite the sort of husband I 'm looking for , so just as well . ’ |
| 16 | Would you also agree that haphazard impulse is perhaps not the sort of attribute we 're looking for ? ’ |
| 17 | I know there may be variation in degree as it were , according to which particular aspect of infrastructure you 're looking at . |
| 18 | Of course while they may be imagining that they are bending my ear and creating a good impression , they are also providing me with the kind of evidence I am looking for about the gendered and generational aspects of this kind of racism . |
| 19 | She looked alert and approachable , just the type of person we were looking for , so we asked her in for an interview . ’ |
| 20 | you know maybe I am the sort of person they 're looking for who 's already done a little bit of surveying erm to join as a dogsbody and then over the two years or four years however long it does take erm you know slowly presumably you just get given more responsibilities . |
| 21 | In practice you will probably find the above guide will provide a good enough outline of the sort of person you are looking for in relation to the formal job description document . |
| 22 | The kind of person you are looking for is indicated in section 5 but other questions to ask yourself might be : |
| 23 | Please be prepared to tell him , or her , exactly the type of person you are looking for , and give a full and detailed specification of the job that this person will be expected to do . |
| 24 | Thus Wittgenstein 's notion of a criterion seems to provide the sort of compromise we are looking for . |
| 25 | What remains uncertain is whether consciousness is a separate phenomenon which needs explaining , like language or vision , or whether it is simply an attribute of certain neural processes in the same way as high reflectance is an attribute of the piece of paper you are looking at while you read this , something which is simply part of the physical characteristics of the brain or the paper . |
| 26 | And secondly , and very much wrapped up in the same point with this , they 're also coy about the sort of people they 're looking for . |
| 27 | ‘ Have n't the Jews so often been the victims down the years of people who were looking for demons to bait ? ’ he said . |
| 28 | It attracted hundreds of people who were looking for something a little bit different to eat this Christmas . |
| 29 | every time we do one of those if we have it printed on on glossy paper to this sort of style you 're looking at sort of erm |
| 30 | This was the type of man he was looking for and , by his own account , not infrequently found . |