Example sentences of "search for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The search for a complete grammar of English has been likened to the search for the Holy Grail ( Jensen & Heidorn , 1982 ) . |
| 2 | The search for a European base began in 1986 and the company was about to choose Telford when Flint was recommended by Adrian Breger of disposable nappy manufacturers Breger Gibson , who have a factory at Greenfield . |
| 3 | A further search for a successful algorithm — probably for a more suitable prime — is indicated in a case like this . |
| 4 | It has full interlinking of languages and computing capabilities and can , for example , search for a chemical substance in one language and print out information covering hazards and remedial actions in another . |
| 5 | The wartime alliance had been followed by an occasionally hot ‘ cold war ’ and then , from the 1950s onwards , by a cautious search for a limited modus vivendi . |
| 6 | An influence here may well be English Literature , with bands and critics adopting the tools of the stuffier sort of literary criticism , the kind that sees the priority of art as being the reaffirmation of human values , art as the search for a stable base , art as something that orders the confusion of experience . |
| 7 | WORLD Cup hero Mike Teague is roaring back as England search for a record-breaking third Grand Slam , writes Colin Price . |
| 8 | As different layers are added sequentially we see how the proportion of available land shrinks ( Pl. 10.3 ) ; for instance , when geological criteria are set in the search for a deep repository , 25 per cent of land area remains and the addition of the population density layer reduces this to 24 per cent . |
| 9 | The Football League 's attempts to bring their 14-month search for a chief executive to an early conclusion by choosing between Gordon Taylor of the Professional Footballers ' Association and Arthur Sandford , chief executive of Nottinghamshire county council , look destined to fail . |
| 10 | THE Football League 's attempts to bring their 14-month search for a chief executive to an early conclusion by choosing between Gordon Taylor of the Professional Footballers ' Association and Arthur Sandford , chief executive of Nottinghamshire county council , look destined to fail . |
| 11 | No names appear on BSDI 's papers of incorporation except the company 's nominal president Rick Adams who was described to Unigram last week by Donnalyn Frey , BSDI 's spokesman , as merely a figurehead , soon to be replaced when BSDI completes its current search for a chief executive . |
| 12 | This is in fact a version of the familiar conservative ‘ critique of mass culture ’ , strongly marked by the influence of F.R. Leavis , G.K. Chesterton and McLuhan 's own Catholicism , and by his constant search for a reborn ‘ organic wholeness ’ of spirit . |
| 13 | The search for a black hole at the Galactic Centre remains inconclusive at present . |
| 14 | Superforce ( Paul Davies , Unwin , £5.50 ) offers the search for a grand , unified theory of nature while The Fifth Essence ( Lawrence Krauss , Vintage , £6.99 ) explores ‘ dark matter ’ , the holy grail of particle astrophysics . |
| 15 | Hereward 's own background needs clarifying in case there are other people who wanted him dead.Dersingham , and by extension Vanessa , might have a motive , so I need to know where he 's got to in his search for a putative heir . |
| 16 | The attack , the first major violation of a ceasefire signed by the LTTE and government security forces in June 1989 [ see p. 36735 ] , dashed hopes that a breakthrough had been achieved in the search for a peaceful settlement to the conflict . |
| 17 | A breakthrough was made in September in the search for a peaceful settlement of the Cambodian conflict when the warring parties agreed to implement a UN peace plan . |
| 18 | Whilst the search for a high-level waste burial site had been shelved , a climax was also being reached over the vexed issue of sea dumping . |
| 19 | It would , according to the Portuguese government , undermine the search for a diplomatic solution to the problem . |
| 20 | In the end , however , he is sceptical of whether illusions ‘ hold the key to unlock the mysteries of vision ’ , and seems to sympathise with those students of the subject who have abandoned any search for a general theory . |
| 21 | Although they had no objection to the presence of professional artists in schools as a means of stimulating pupils and demonstrating the valuable work which artists offered the community through their own professional activities , they were concerned that the artists in schools programme appeared to be subverting the search for a coherent arts programme for all pupils . |
| 22 | Police have scaled down the search for a multiple rapist saying they 've no new leads to follow . |
| 23 | Swiss manufacturer Pilatus has abandoned its search for a risk-sharing partner for development of the PC-12 single turboprop utility aircraft and approved funding for production of an initial batch of 35 aircraft . |
| 24 | However , serious investigative journalism often provides a challenge to the official version of reality and the search for a major sex criminal is rarely like that . |
| 25 | The door closed and she was probably back at her desk before Jenkins moved , having abandoned his search for a good come-back . |
| 26 | While the search for a possible new home continues , the normal business of arranging fixtures is going ahead as usual . |
| 27 | A City businessman who swindled investors out of millions of pounds to finance his search for a perfect gambling system was jailed for four years . |
| 28 | If 4000 records are stored in 5000 addresses then only one algorithm in every will achieve this , which rules out a search for a perfect randomizing algorithm on a trial-and-error basis . |
| 29 | ‘ He 'll probably report me , and that will be the end of my search for a perfect summer . ’ |
| 30 | As a result the IDA began what was to become the first step in the desperate local search for a toxic dump site . |