Example sentences of "[pers pn] is looking for " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | They are husbands , ergo , she is looking for them . |
| 3 | If you are using the sample player characters provided in this book , Erszebet will not find the mace she is looking for in here ; Elmariel will realise that this is the body of the Wizard that he wished to find . |
| 4 | Aha , the textbooks reply , you 're missing the point : what the girl is doing is seeking a replacement for the security that was roughly torn from her ; she is looking for a father who wo n't desert her . |
| 5 | The researcher has to have some idea of what he or she is looking for , even though the outcome may be unpredictable . |
| 6 | She is looking for a dress for me and she is waiting to comb my hair , and she has the look on her face that she has when she guts the chickens . |
| 7 | The growth of mail-order suppliers ( particularly for central heating ) and of do-it-yourself ‘ superstores ’ has made buying a less daunting task — no longer need the amateur feel embarrassed about not knowing exactly what he or she is looking for . |
| 8 | She is looking for applicants who have some experience in child care and can be contacted today at Belfast 629274 , or at the same number from May 29 to June 1 . |
| 9 | Or , does the scientist know first , what he or she is looking for , in order then , to select the information he or she needs . |
| 10 | She is looking for work and thinks she may be forced to move to London in search of a job . |
| 11 | But a reply of no would be an invitation to A to explain why she is looking for Ann , or why she does not know where she is . |
| 12 | A man who advertised for a woman to live on a desert island with him is looking for another female travelling companion to repeat the trip . |
| 13 | The Conservative Party is not looking for experts , but it is looking for men and women who have a good working knowledge of contemporary politics and a proven track record of experience in the party , and who above all know their own minds . |
| 14 | And that 's what 's threatening to people , because it is looking for a direct response ; it 's looking to form a dialogue . |
| 15 | It is looking for a 60 year franchise that could be terminated by the Government at 10 year intervals . |
| 16 | Siemens AG has now acknowledged that it is looking for a strategic partner for its troubled Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG , which is facing growing woes over the next couple of years now that the German economy is plunging into what threatens to be deep recession . |
| 17 | Texas Instruments Japan Ltd plans to raise production of integrated circuits for use in liquid crystal diode display drivers to 450,000 a year from the present 100,000 ; it is looking for $500m a year in the things by 1996 , for 15-fold growth . |
| 18 | The mainframe may be moribund , but if so , the South Korean government has not heard about it : it is looking for a foreign partner to build mainframes locally from 1997 , Reuter reports from Seoul . |
| 19 | Bethpage , New York-based defence electronics and aircraft manufacturer Grumman Corp says it is looking for an acquisition in the electronics , systems integration , or data systems areas — but it must be the right fit at the right price and the company ‘ wo n't force it . ’ |
| 20 | Asia Equity , a securities firm , expects earnings to increase by only 1% in 1993 , though it is looking for 16% growth in 1994 after the lights come back on . |
| 21 | As for Tatra 's T613 limousines , the company said on May 18th that it is looking for dealers to help sell them . |
| 22 | It is looking for products with a worldwide sales potential of $30m to $100m in three to five years . |
| 23 | It is looking for a replacement . |
| 24 | It is looking for customers in the petroleum , automotive , aerospace and chemical industries and in large-scale environmental and long-range weather modelling . |
| 25 | It is looking for a new European manufacturing site somewhere cheaper than Germany , but , in the interim , all manufacturing will be done at its Sunnyvale plant . |
| 26 | The provisional Eritrean government has acknowledged the need to develop an effective communication policy in the months before independence in May 1993 , and it is looking for guidance from the churches and international organisations such as WACC . |
| 27 | The provisional Eritrean government has acknowledged the need to develop an effective communication policy in the months before independence in May 1993 , and it is looking for guidance from the churches and international organisations such as WACC . |
| 28 | It uses them to turn over stones when it is looking for food . |
| 29 | Given the 98 to 100 per cent support from dairy farmers it is looking for , that would mean it still bought virtually all the milk in its area while processing and selling much of it through its commercial company Scottish Pride . |
| 30 | 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 . |