Example sentences of "look for the " in BNC.

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1 From there it looks for the infra-red ‘ signature ’ of a rocket 's exhaust .
2 It is to the Standard that one looks for the first record of all .
3 One listens for and looks for the signs of a presence — a call , a disorder in the green face of the forest signalling a monkey 's passage — and most times one must be satisfied with that .
4 A little light patter while she looks for the file .
5 So complementary medicine looks for the healing of the whole individual : the different parts of the body as they interact with one another , the mind-body as an integral system , the harmony of the individual with his/her surroundings and the harmony of the Universe at large .
6 Keener looks for the right sound rather than dictating where microphones should be .
7 First he looks for the one that he likes or that matches his needs , then he sees if it fits .
8 For example , take Tokai 's notorious early '80s Fender copies : at long last , affordable , pro-quality guitars with classic looks for the impoverished working musician .
9 The test looks for the presence of these antibodies .
10 She 's quick , determined , and looks for the good things in life .
11 It looks for the new round of retrenchments to have a positive effect on 1993 profits , but ca n't forecast them .
12 Looks FOR THE 90s
13 If one looks for the perfect image of a great country seat in the Victorian novel , it is hard to better this one , seen by middle-class eyes which have no place in the picture they present to the reader :
14 He always looks for the best in people or in any given situation .
15 Looks FOR THE 90s
16 Looks FOR THE 90S
17 And that 's where engineering you know , knowledge , comes er to bear because an engineer looks for that , he looks for the easy , simplest you know er method of production er which gives him an effective er machining operation throughout the whole job .
18 The recruiter looks for the index card , and finds it is not there .
19 When the computer is trying to save a new file to a disc , it looks for the first available fragment of space , writes as much of the new file as will fit , then looks for another available fragment of space , writes a bit more , and so on until all the file is written somewhere on the disc .
20 She rises , moves the improvised drying rack of Riva 's clothing to one side , feeds more coal to the fire , settles back and looks for the words in the flames .
21 It looks for the Highest Common Factor ( HCF ) and seeks to promote that .
22 Looks for the support of Graham and finds it .
23 It is indeed remarkable — and perhaps a comment on the tunnel vision of many in academic life — that no previous scholars have looked for the Belgian detective 's literary antecedents in the most obvious of sources , the Medieval Mystery Play .
24 I have also looked for the planetary nebula NGC 7662 , which is in the field with the triangle made up of Lambda ( 3.8 ) , Kappa ( 4.1 ) and Iota ( 4.3 ) .
25 Since then she had sometimes looked for the moon again in that dark , usually empty space but had never seen it .
26 Thus , Chartism was the eldest surviving child of Owenism ; and the six points of the People 's Charter brought into sharper focus , and as a realisable political objective within the given constitutional framework , the expectations of most of those who had earlier looked , if not for the re-creation of man on Owen 's visionary model , at least for a rapid and general application of co-operative practice as the means to a better life : who had , in short , looked for the reconstruction of the state as an industrial democracy .
27 Malcolm , myself and Chris went round I think it was two days before , looked for the well it 's a lot tidier that it was the previous time because of the new racking .
28 Once again , the Regional Arts Association will know the leading amateur companies in your area , and this should certainly help you in looking for the kind of group to which you are best suited .
29 No drama school panel is looking for the ultimate in audition technique but candidates should possess a noticeable degree of competence and self-awareness .
30 It is about personal experience of particular brands as much as looking for the numbers .
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