Example sentences of "looking for [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were very few well-dressed citizens , most of the denizens of the alleyways being rogues and villains ; tinkers , trying to sell without permission from the Guilds , professional beggars , and rat-faced slum dwellers looking for easy prey . |
| 2 | It 's important to him that everyone knows he is the champion , that he is better than anyone else and not necessarily looking for easy pay days . |
| 3 | Shadowfax looking for middle market niche |
| 4 | I submit , my Lord Mayor , that any decline in the Council 's finances , is due primarily to the Tories originally looking for electoral success . |
| 5 | So our customers are looking for multi-vendor transparency . |
| 6 | I would like to let the lady looking for standard gooseberry plants ( Question Time , June ) know how I obtained mine . |
| 7 | MOTOROLA LOOKING FOR WIDE MARKET FOR POWERPC |
| 8 | While many collectors are turning over every hedge and collective barn they can find within the Russian Republic and its former constituents and satellites for hidden treasures , a small and dedicated band have been scouring the Asia-Pacific region for many decades looking for Japanese material . |
| 9 | Well only just to really , actually all Mr Mr has er said , and just one other bit of information , the time when the Chairman of the council extended the invitation to sixth formers , looking for alternative entertainment for the sixth formers of school , after they sat through a full council , I took them over to the er archivists er department , and we saw the paper restor , sorry , should n't say paper restorer , manuscript restorer at work , and these sixth formers , already knew of the existence , one of them asked to see the records of parish , because he knew they were there , and I mean , I think this is wonderful , that the sixth formers already , er children are being taught about the ar the records , and they will want to be sure that we kept them , and I think it 's our moral duty to keep er , the records of the past for future generations . |
| 10 | Staff may , therefore , begin looking for alternative employment in the local area so that they will not be forced to make the choice of a job with their employer or no job at all . |
| 11 | SOUTH AFRICA 'S tour of England is under serious threat and Rugby Union chiefs are already looking for alternative opposition for their showpiece match at Twickenham on November 14 . |
| 12 | If the tenant accepts that the property may be redeveloped he will probably wish to be looking for alternative accommodation sooner rather than later , and he will wish to move in and terminate his liability under his existing lease as soon as he finds it . |
| 13 | But at the height of the tourist season it was odds on that her old room had already been taken , and she could n't see herself tramping Venice at this time of night , looking for alternative accommodation . |
| 14 | Behaviour which is hard to explain , if one is looking for moral consistency , makes underlying sense , if one thinks in terms of power . |
| 15 | James Ousley , chief executive officer of the Control Data Systems Inc spin-out , says its former parent , Control Data Corp — now divided into two separate companies ( UX No 387 ) — had been looking for additional capital for a number of years , but was not able to tempt any investors to bankroll an organisation with interests as diverse as proprietary mainframes , Unix , military and government software and services and a lottery business . |
| 16 | Yet I think the borough council gave some clear hints they 're maybe looking for additional land allocation . |
| 17 | ‘ I 'm looking for controlled aggression and strict discipline at all times . |
| 18 | As in the rest of Europe , breeders are now looking for young stock with high genetic potential and are no longer settling for the fancy animal with a borderline production pedigree . |
| 19 | Following the completion of the acquisition of Framlington 's private client fund management business in January and the recruitment of five new investment managers in Liverpool , he is looking for increased investment revenues in this year . |
| 20 | Yasmin said she 'd had enough and was now looking for full-time modelling work . |
| 21 | However , they will have to satisfy unemployment benefit officers that part-time work is not their usual pattern , and they are just doing it while looking for full-time employment . |
| 22 | However , they will have to satisfy unemployment benefit officers that part-time work is not their usual pattern , and they are just doing it while looking for full-time employment . |
| 23 | However , they will have to satisfy unemployment benefit officers that part-time work is not their usual pattern , and they are just doing it while looking for full-time employment . |
| 24 | We expect candidates to communicate effectively — but will not be looking for perfect Business English . |
| 25 | IN CIDER DEALING : Lt Drebin sells a corny cone before ( centre ) looking for laundered money from the inside of a washing machine and ( right ) catching Britain 's tallest man Red Rock handed |
| 26 | The examiner is not looking for technical perfection and certainly would not find it in many candidates ' answers to this question . |
| 27 | We 've taken all this into account , erm I 'm not sure all groups have tried to do that , erm but we have tried to please everyone , we do have some particular priorities and we do want to make significant improvements in service where we can and not necessarily looking for cheap publicity by increasing in lots of places as some people are supposed to of done so where one concludes sometime a significant amount of money in but will have a noticeable difference to their essential service . |
| 28 | Eric [ Varley ] talked about energy extremely competently , though he insisted that looking for major energy savings was likely to be ‘ extremely disappointing ’ . |
| 29 | After looking for agoraphobic avoidance , the therapist should look for social avoidance . |
| 30 | Designed to be part of the Karrimor 's technical Baltoro mountain range , this fleece should appeal particularly to mountaineers looking for warm clothing for particularly cold conditions , whether worn with or without a waterproof . |