Example sentences of "of looking for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This process of looking for individual points of agreement whilst demonstrating diplomatic skills , results in a piecemeal approach which is not targeted to handle or solve any specific problems , but addresses a wide range of problems poorly or inefficiently . |
| 2 | Instead of looking for new approaches that could galvanize the industry to deal with its problems , the call went up for a leader who would , in the words of one Bioscope editorial , be able ‘ to make order out of disorder , to organize agreement and concord with a strong hand , tactfully and helpfully , yet with a stern repression of pettiness and ignoble motives . ’ . |
| 3 | There were moments when she thought of looking for outside help but there was really no one she could turn to . |
| 4 | It is easy to fall into the trap of looking for causal relations between what we ( the education community ) do and what pupils achieve , and forget to take into account our pupils ' own efforts , perceptions and experiences . |
| 5 | Instead of looking for one thing to satisfy our needs we might try looking for combinations . |
| 6 | Instead of looking for different relations in different contexts to prove ambiguity , one may adduce sameness of relations as evidence of generality . |
| 7 | Instead of looking for more acquisitions , he is focusing on greenfield development in the bathroom and houseware sectors . |
| 8 | Without sort of looking for some , for a phrase or whatever , I 'm more or less , I 'm not too bad at erm , well |
| 9 | pointed out , at p. 327d , this House , while upholding the Court of Appeal 's order requiring the respondents to allow access to premises for the purpose of looking for illicit copies of films and to allow them to be removed to safe custody , also upheld that court 's refusal of an order to answer interrogatories and to make discovery of documents relating to the illicit copies , including ‘ invoices … books of accounts , letters , lists or other documents . ’ |
| 10 | Now in recent years , what has happened is that because of the recession , mineral operators instead of looking for enormous new areas to work have been seeking to erm improve er through their own review processes , the working within their existing sites and perhaps to go for some modest increases , so the number of applications has kept up , the amount of work that we are engaged in has er been at least as much as in the past and in some cases because of enforcement matters has been greater , but the fee income has been slipping . |
| 11 | Surely this must be Howard 's concern instead of looking for another striker . |