Example sentences of "look [adv] [adj] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The bridge and router market has looked dangerously overcrowded for the past year , and the first big crack appeared yesterday when Proteon Inc fired 15% of its workforce after reporting a $2.7m first quarter net loss — including a $1.7m restructuring charge , on sales stalled , up just 5.6% at $27.7m . |
| 2 | Jerry looks quite cheated for a brief second . |
| 3 | There he swung , thin legs jerking , the white , thick-soled running shoes looking incongruously heavy for the bony legs . |
| 4 | CO ON sock and frilly knicker specialist Sherwood Group ( steady at 760p and now capitalised at £140m ) is looking too big for the unlisted securities market and a move up to the main market may well accompany Tuesday 's year-end profits . |
| 5 | A single budded standard , or a double where one has failed , can look distinctly lop-sided for the first few years until it has had time to develop — this is the sort of stuff you have to watch out for in the cheap ‘ end of season nursery clearance sales ’ and street markets . |
| 6 | The walls were covered in oatmeal-covered sackcloth , and in the centre two heavy tables had been pushed together to form a single one that looked absurdly big for the eight tweed-covered office chairs around it . |
| 7 | It looked more suitable for a multinational corporation than for a great Department of State . |
| 8 | Coupled with the appointment of Sir Walter Marshall , an enthusiastic proponent of the PWR , first as chairman of the UKAEA and then of the CEGB , the door looked wide open for a third generation of British built , if not designed , nuclear power stations . |