Example sentences of "[not/n't] look for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We are certainly not looking for new customers . ’ |
| 2 | The examiner is not looking for technical perfection and certainly would not find it in many candidates ' answers to this question . |
| 3 | It is almost like a little grunt and occurs in sentences but not necessarily when one word is spoken on its own — another good reason why you should always speechread the sentence as a unit , not looking for individual words . |
| 4 | Because , look at , I 'm not , you know , I 'm not er gon na even talk about the disaster at airport things , you know , the taking off and landing , if you 've got a stadium nearby with a lot of people in it , and one of these disasters happened to happen , I know we 're not looking for that , but if it does , you 're gon na have a stadium full of people if a plane comes down , well , you know . |
| 5 | Dr Alun Gee , NRA technical manager for the Welsh region , said , ‘ We are not looking for any relaxation in current standards ’ and the objectives will contain a ‘ no deterioration ’ clause . |
| 6 | By now certain that Meehan and Griffiths were the murderers of Mrs Ross , the Crown Office in Edinburgh issued a statement that with Griffiths 's death and Meehan 's arrest , they were not looking for any other suspects in connection with the Ayr murder — thus , said Nicky , prejudging the very issue that was to come to trial . |
| 7 | ‘ If there are no other objections , ’ Sladen was carefully not looking for any , ‘ then I think we can proceed with the meeting as it is currently constituted . |
| 8 | I am looking for a Leeds United match programme … not looking for any particular but I would prefer the most recent or a forthcoming copy . |
| 9 | Therefore , we 're not , other than the specific items that appear on your additions list , we 're not looking for any growth in the base budget at this stage , over and above that that 's already built into your budget base . |
| 10 | Police say they found a hammer in the house and are not looking for any other weapon . |
| 11 | I 'm not looking for some sinecure of a job with the cosy family firm , Lucy ! |
| 12 | They are not looking for some chopped-down Open University course . ’ |
| 13 | Well we 're not looking for those anyway are we ? |
| 14 | I am not looking for maximum performance or power . |
| 15 | As a researcher , it was very important to be sensitive to these problems and consistently reassure social workers that I was not undertaking any semi-official enquiry , and not looking for particular cases that ‘ go wrong ’ . |
| 16 | So we 're not looking for little every little error that a person makes . |
| 17 | The opportunities of individual patronage may have been reduced , but few major writers from the time of Gay and Swift to that of George Crabbe did not look for such patronage or shape some composition toward the expectations of a patron . |
| 18 | You need not look for greater injuries than these . ’ |
| 19 | According to the functionalist , then , to explain the existence of a social institution we must not look for purposive intention on the part of individuals but , rather , we should investigate the fact that the social system as a whole requires its needs to be satisfied . |
| 20 | Scientists working within a paradigm do not look for major discoveries ; they simply try to solve the problems posed by the current paradigm . |
| 21 | ‘ You can not look for quick fixes from me on terrorism . |
| 22 | Not to look for sophisticated legal arguments while people are being shot and killed in the streets . |
| 23 | ‘ Promise me , Jane , not to look for another job . |
| 24 | But this afternoon she was n't looking for spare rides . |
| 25 | He says the company is n't looking for any more investors and should soon start generating cash . |
| 26 | Tivoli is n't looking for any more investors and should soon start generating cash . |
| 27 | I figured the last interview I 'd given them , right after the bombing of Flight 103 , had probably been the root cause of why my life had been turned inside out , and I was n't looking for any more trouble . |
| 28 | But do n't look for instant results . |
| 29 | And I heard the girl saying well I do n't look for smart shoes now . |
| 30 | Do n't look for orchestral refinement or subtlety of recording in the Mravinsky reissue . |