Example sentences of "looking for a [adv] " in BNC.
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1 | Some comfortable suites are also available on request for those looking for a little extra comfort . |
2 | Since so many of the walks in this area are dominated by the old lead-mine workings it 's probably worthwhile looking for a little here at the history and techniques of lead-mining . |
3 | The Financial Times Technical Page , for example , will not appreciate a very chatty approach , whereas teenage magazine editors may well looking for a little modern slang with which their readers might identify . |
4 | The current obsession with pseudo-Victorian and other bogus ‘ historical ’ styles imposed willy-nilly and quite regardless of the true age of the pub , seems to suggest two things ; firstly that pub designers and fitters have completely lost their way , both in recognising and respecting what is genuinely old and in looking for a wholeheartedly modern pub style ; secondly that there is some king of awareness , correct but misguided , that people like their pubs to look old and feel familiar . |
5 | Dave 's verdict : if you 're looking for a reasonably priced bag for general camping the Kozi-tec 500 may be just what you 're looking for as it 's warm and comfortable with plenty of room to move inside . |
6 | ( Jim is now looking for a completely new team , applications to London West ) |
7 | So , if you 're looking for a really healthy holiday this year , grab a jumper and head for Eire , Sweden or the Netherlands , where only three per cent of visitors reported any illness . |
8 | So it' , I 'm looking for a really simple word . |
9 | ‘ We am looking for a very substantial majority . |
10 | They may have a requirement where they are looking for a very high return on capital employed and need to attract and retain the very best people in order to achieve that . |
11 | Well I 'm looking for a very good friend of mine er who I served in the army with called Tony . |
12 | Most of our users come into the library looking for a very specific book . |
13 | Most of our users come into the library looking for a very specific book . |
14 | Okay , so I was looking for a politically active , fat , drunk kleptomaniac . |
15 | ‘ I 'd been looking for a fairly young product which had a range of merchandise to allow a shop to stand on its own two feet . |
16 | They may have no religious beliefs , or may be looking for a much simpler ceremony . |
17 | ‘ I said after the European Championships I would be looking for a much more settled squad , ’ said Taylor . |
18 | Dorothy said : ‘ We groan and bear all the attention from tourists that Summer Wine has brought here , so now we 're looking for a much quieter life out there . |
19 | We are looking for a more realistic piece of sky . ’ |
20 | Warning of the growing impatience of the shabab , the youth , one journalist wrote ‘ if they [ the shabab ] see that the PLO 's political initiatives are producing no results , they will force the PLO into a more radical posture or else they will go looking for a more radical leadership within the PLO . ’ |
21 | With companies now planning their entertainment strategy for the coming year , some will be looking for a more exciting day out . |
22 | Muriel , probably because of her years and the fact they were looking for a more mature person , was by a hair 's breadth the front-runner , ahead of two younger girls both with experience of the insurance business . |
23 | Our ‘ Shoestring ’ properties tend to be smaller and less grand than most of the larger resort hotels , and are an excellent choice if you 're looking for a more ‘ ethnic ’ type of holiday . |
24 | Those who are working as agency or casual workers " involuntarily " , whilst looking for a more permanent job , are also , by definition , not interested in building up long-term relationships with their employers . |
25 | Depositors are commonly financial institutions and multinational firms looking for a more profitable or convenient outlet for dollar deposits that they have acquired in the USA . |
26 | ‘ Just keep looking for a more credible suspect with a motive you have n't found yet , I suggest . ’ |
27 | Looking for a less demanding occupation , she opened the first Body Shop in a tiny premises in a back street of Brighton in 1976 , selling fifteen different products in plastic bottles with hand-written labels . |
28 | my daughter 's looking for a actually . |
29 | You came into the chamber , you were not looking for an almost invisible line of thread running from your bed underneath the door . |
30 | I know that they do have computer science courses at both O level and A level , do you think these will be the basis of the future courses , or are we looking for an entirely new development , something quite new and quite different , that stands as a subject in his own right ? |