Example sentences of "looking for [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Americans were therefore busily looking for regional allies . |
| 2 | After re-uniting Tony Cooper with his Spitfire , the restorers now hope to start working on the wings and are looking for bigger premises to enable this work to take place . |
| 3 | A SMALL village business , which is to shortly celebrate its first birthday , has been so successful it could soon be looking for bigger premises . |
| 4 | My master , of course , ambled along like a child and I had to keep him away from the rufflers , those former soldiers looking for easy pickings , the mad Abraham men who danced naked pretending to be insane , the cappers who begged for money and attached horse-locks to the outstretched arms of people stupid enough to give it . |
| 5 | Male callers however are far more likely to be looking for easy solutions to a debt problem , usually a further loan or re-mortgage which in the long term will often make the problem worse . |
| 6 | The 22 NorthEast Rotaract Clubs are looking for worthwhile charities to support in their September fund-raising week . |
| 7 | As the recordings ( a co-production with SDR Stuttgart ) are also of notable quality , the result is an issue which can be firmly recommended to those looking for worthwhile versions of these works for their collections . |
| 8 | Ian was still looking for surviving elephants when she arrived back . |
| 9 | However , it is possible to detect HIV infection by looking for specific antibodies . |
| 10 | AMARC 's current research group is constantly looking for specific applications within the world of medicine which would benefit from automation . |
| 11 | He is now concentrating on providing M&A services to Japanese clients looking for acquisitions in Europe , Japanese clients looking for domestic acquisitions and European clients looking for Japanese acquisitions . |
| 12 | It could become a money spinner for farmers looking for alternative crops in the face of expected cutbacks in EC farm support prices . |
| 13 | They are considering now short-term leases rather than sell on the market as it is at the present , and they are including the clinic in the buildings for which they are looking for alternative uses . |
| 14 | Since the end of last month it became illegal to burn off the stubble after harvest — that leaves farmers with the options of either ploughing it in or looking for alternative uses for it . |
| 15 | Bristol had previously been heavily involved in the Iceland trade , but had been coming under pressure from increasing Hanse power there , and its merchants may well have been looking for alternative supplies of fish — it is worth stressing that the ships sent out in 1481 in search of the ‘ Isle of Brasil ’ were carrying a large quantity of salt ( 45 , pp.188–9 ; 94 , pp.177–82 ) . |
| 16 | An increasing number of calls come from people looking for start-up premises for small businesses . |
| 17 | We 're not saying , as you well know from my representations , we 're not saying that these sites should be allocated for development now either in total or or in part , unless the Inspector feels that there is a shortage of housing land , that he needs to be looking for additional sites . |
| 18 | Looking for additional sources of help for survival |
| 19 | The WRVS are also looking for additional meals on wheels drivers , for just a couple of hours once or twice a month . |
| 20 | You can now start venturing away from your measured route and start looking for additional ways to clock up the extra miles — try walking to the shops instead of driving ; try parking the car further away from work and walking the rest of the way ; or getting off the bus or train one or two stops from your destination and walking the rest of the way . |
| 21 | Informix will continue its marketing relationship with ASCII Corp and has toned down comments made in the Japanese press last month which were interpreted by observers as an intent to down-grade its ASCII relationship with a view to looking for additional partners . |
| 22 | We are looking for state-backed policies to provide funds for those areas of production where potential exists for a swift expansion of exports . |
| 23 | We are looking for young economists to join this rapidly expanding company which specialises in regional and industrial forecasting and analysis , as well as undertaking a wide range of consultancy activities . |
| 24 | He lay awake for a long time looking for possible connections between the incidents and listening to Rain breathing . |
| 25 | We have one possibility but the case is still under investigation and I am looking for possible motives . |
| 26 | The group is still looking for possible partners for its optronics operations , though it insists that so far there have only been talks , not negotiations . |
| 27 | The group is still looking for possible partners for its optronics operations , though it insists that so far there have only been talks , not negotiations . |
| 28 | The police took his house apart looking for possible clues after she vanished from a leisure centre car park . |
| 29 | Exactly one week after the IRA firebombed a shopping centre police have been back to the scene looking for possible witnesses . |
| 30 | People magazine has been looking for possible substitutes , and among the personalities they suggest is Prince Charles . |