Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [be] looking for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Salmond may well be right in supposing that Labour 's Scottish high command was looking for an excuse to wriggle out of its reluctant commitments to constitutional co-operation . |
| 2 | Answer guide : This question is looking for some discussion around the realization and prudence principles . |
| 3 | This girl was looking for somewhere to hide . |
| 4 | If my right hon. Friend is looking for ways to cut down car crime , will he have a word with the producers of ’ Inspector Morse ’ . |
| 5 | The chance of stardom beckoned after Maureen read that the Civic Theatre was looking for a corgi to appear alongside the Queen in the Roald Dahl play . |
| 6 | A German schoolboy who plans to improve his English in Darlington this summer is looking for a host family . |
| 7 | The Reuters poll shows only 5 p.c. of dealers expect an outright Tory victory , while a similar proportion are looking for a clear Labour majority . |
| 8 | ‘ So , is you who these filth are looking for ? |
| 9 | It 's traditional in some ways but the brothers who own the hotel , Julio and Alfonso , have come to know exactly what the Club 18–30 holidaymaker is looking for . |
| 10 | A four-year investor is looking for a 25 per cent return here , against a Japanese counterpart only asking for 7 per cent over 14 years . |
| 11 | Speculation that the Prime Minister is looking for an experienced figure to act as an advisor follows Norman Lamont 's devastating resignation speech last week . |
| 12 | Two pop producers and a professional manager are looking for young ( 14-20 ) female bands ( or individuals for a put-together band ) . |
| 13 | Meanwhile , speculation continues that the Greek collector is looking for more aircraft for his collection and is working hard to return one of his Shacks to airworthy condition and back to the UK ! |
| 14 | Remember that the general public is looking for newsworthy stories . |
| 15 | The four-strong team is looking for cash sponsorship or help in kind as they aim to raise £1,000 for the NSPCC , Darlington Hospice and several other charities . |
| 16 | The line of a jaw , the curve of a breast , the way the hair falls just so : as well as this potent mix of stored physical ideals — what Simonde de Beauvoir called ‘ incandescence ’ — you are , like it or not , influenced by fundamental programming which dictates that , while the ‘ higher ’ processes of your mind dicker around in a gadfly twentieth-century way , the areas of the brain that control instinctive behaviour are looking for a mate , a woman of energy and physical alertness : a good breeder . |
| 17 | It turned out that the stranger worked for ICI and he told Haslam that Britain 's major chemical company was looking for mining engineers . |
| 18 | WINIFRED Rooney , who has run the tea bar at Alton magistrates ' court for 14 years , is retiring and the local branch of the Women 's Royal Voluntary Service are looking for a replacement . |
| 19 | ORGANISERS of the Northern Bank Primary mini-rugby tournament are looking for ‘ forgotten ’ players to help them celebrate the 21st anniversary of the Ravenhill finals on June 19 . |
| 20 | That is the same price Leeds council paid them in the mid 1980 's and about £2.5m less than the local authority are looking for now . |