Example sentences of "[noun pl] to look for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The judge will go over the dog using his hands and eyes to look for any faults in conformation , but most of all to ascertain the virtues of the animal . |
| 2 | And that tuned in well with my inclinations to look for formal qualities and make more or less abstract patterns out of nature . |
| 3 | In America , once managers make an offer for their company , the independent directors hire investment banks to look for other potential buyers . |
| 4 | Disillusionment with the way they are treated by their firms has led many trainees , along with more experienced dealers to look for new jobs . |
| 5 | It is possible to use advanced biochemical techniques to look for comparable ion channels and catalytic units in the mammalian brain , without directly studying the role of cells in learning . |
| 6 | In the air-conditioned House of Commons , set in the English climate , and with the long recess allowing members to look for long hot beaches , such a plagiarism illustrated how not to employ catch-phrases of the day . |
| 7 | They had come up to the Buraimi for the men to look for better opportunities . |
| 8 | The chief motive which would naturally encourage Christian thinkers to look for such an alternative is that Lessing 's horizon necessarily scales down to merely relative and passing significance the events on which Christian faith itself depends — the history recorded and interpreted in the Bible , and in particular that of Jesus himself . |