Example sentences of "their search for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although Lashley 's failure led many behavioural psychologists to adopt a ‘ black-box ’ approach to learning ( specifying input and output variables but leaving their connections a mystery ) , neuroscientists continued their search for the engram undeterred . |
| 2 | In their search for the key ingredients of the Japanese model , the Americans concluded that empowerment is an important aspect of achieving greater productivity from their workforce . |
| 3 | The injured pilot was airlifted to safety but deadly gases from bubbling molten lava at first forced the 12 rescuers to abandon their search for the rest of crew . |
| 4 | FEDERAL officials yesterday made one arrest in their search for the bombers of the World Trade Centre in New York and authorities said they were looking for other suspects . |
| 5 | In ex-army gear I would n't be seen , as long as I kept still , sitting on my hands , pale face buried in a heather clump , but those long heads that rose between rasping bites of coarse grass had twitching noses that never stopped their search for the enemy — a very efficient sort of olfactory radar . |
| 6 | Hanging back so they were just at the limit of vision , she followed them through the tunnels of the complex , occasionally passing other personnel or soldiers , who ignored her to concentrate on their search for the fugitive . |
| 7 | Their search for the order of Nature still reflected a ‘ modernized ’ version of the traditional belief that Nature expresses harmonious relationships transcending the everyday problem of coping with the environment . |
| 8 | Despite certain important differences between the experimental findings and interpretations of the Aplysia and Hermissenda research schools , both have contributed to this framing , sharing a common theoretical perspective which leads to an explicit but , I believe , ultimately flawed reductive philosophy and strategy in their search for the mechanisms of memory . |
| 9 | Rejecting the inherent conservatism of the traditional portrait , many artists have today tried to extend the definition of portraiture to embrace a level of experimentation sought necessary in their search for the true identity . |
| 10 | Will the Lord President urge the security services to concentrate their search for the alleged theft of information from hon. Members on the organisations that regularly spy on hon. Members , including the organisation that last week published a ludicrous volume full of slanders and innuendos about hon. Members ? |
| 11 | This year her team at the Institute of Molecular Medicine , John Radcliffe Hospital and colleagues at Columbia University , New York have made significant progress in their search for the exact location of the gene for causing spinal muscular atrophy , a muscle-withering disease which is the leading inherited cause of infant death . |
| 12 | Fran Maidment is now revcovering from the shock and pain joyriding causes , while police step up their search for the child drivers , growing it seems younger by the day . |
| 13 | Mounted police have combed a National Trust estate at nearby Christmas Common , but have still drawn a blank in their search for the murder weapon or any bloodstained clothing . |
| 14 | They describe it as a terrifying ordeal and although it was around two o'clock in the morning , they say a number of people were in the area and could help their search for the rapist . |
| 15 | Police have interviewed sixteen hundred people — some of them fellow walkers -in their search for the killers . |
| 16 | As they did detectives continued their search for the driver who 'd disappeared immediately after the crash . |
| 17 | As the schoolchildren learnt there would no school for a week , the police were calling for help in their search for the aronsists . |