Example sentences of "look for [adj] " 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 | Fault-tolerant Unix specialist Sequoia Systems Inc is sinking deeper into the mire and has had to fire 60 people in all parts of the company to cut cost while it looks for new funds to finance its operations . |
| 3 | Barclays looks for new chief outside |
| 4 | But that would be more than offset by other tax increases as Mr Lamont looks for extra funds to tackle the ballooning PSBR deficit , likely to be about £45 billion next year . |
| 5 | DAMON LOOKS FOR DRY RUN HOME IN CANADA |
| 6 | The teacher looks for certain tell-tale behaviour , as does the examiner . |
| 7 | This is accomplished through the ordering of edges on the Agenda , and through the direction-independent nature of the Fundamental Rule which looks for possible extensions to hypotheses . |
| 8 | Infected programmes activate the virus when started up and it looks for other programmes to infect . |
| 9 | It looks for formal arrangements such as size and frequency of union conventions or conferences , selection and voting methods for the union executives and the existence of intermediate union governing bodies , that is , the devices which can facilitate , when full advantage is taken of them , the development of power bases independent of union leaders . |
| 10 | XEROX 's XSOFT DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE ARM LOOKS FOR BIG BUCKS OUT OF EUROPEAN MARKET |
| 11 | XEROX 's XSOFT LOOKS FOR BIG BUCKS IN EUROPEAN MARKET |
| 12 | The referee looks for open hands fluttering about in the opponent 's face , because they all too often ‘ accidentally ’ catch the opponent 's eyes . |
| 13 | The culture of science looks for rapid and visible results , and it is this , despite occasional formal disavowals , that is setting the agenda . |
| 14 | In other words , where yesterday 's historian looked for the history of an oppressed working class , today 's historian looks for marginalized groups , and those who have transgressed social norms . |
| 15 | China looks for overseas backing for CFC plans |
| 16 | The software also includes ViruSTOP which looks for virus-like behaviour . |
| 17 | Everyone looks for different types of friends at different ages . |
| 18 | At least the knights had not been party to the massacre ; they had achieved their task and now looked for suitable reward . |
| 19 | In the survey , an unemployed person is defined as anyone aged fifteen and over who was not employed during the week before the interview and who had actually looked for full-time or part-time work . |
| 20 | Whatever she could look for in the future must be looked for outside marriage . |
| 21 | Many years before we had looked for red kites , on a spring camping holiday in the valley of the River Tywi . |
| 22 | At all times in the past , certainly as far back as the Neolithic period , there have been particular places to which surrounding settlements have looked for specialised goods and services . |
| 23 | Vico had looked for historical fact in the poetic metaphors of myth and legend ; this piecing together was his ‘ new science ’ . |
| 24 | 9.55 : Looked for Social Worker 's copy of Directory of Charities . |
| 25 | The Americans were therefore busily looking for regional allies . |
| 26 | One of these would also make an inexpensive house white for those looking for all-purpose festive bottles . |
| 27 | Banking in particular , seems particularly susceptible to failures in foreign markets caused by reactive pressures — much of the Third World debt problems can be traced to banks looking for easy foreign expansion routes when faced by lack of growth in domestic markets . |
| 28 | Male callers however are far more likely to be looking for easy solutions to a debt problem , usually a further loan or re-mortgage which in the long term will often make the problem worse . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | My master , of course , ambled along like a child and I had to keep him away from the rufflers , those former soldiers looking for easy pickings , the mad Abraham men who danced naked pretending to be insane , the cappers who begged for money and attached horse-locks to the outstretched arms of people stupid enough to give it . |