Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] looking for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's still worth looking for English labels on the vegetables and fruit — do try to support the good old English varieties . |
| 2 | You can do this directly , if the catalogue has subject divisions , or indirectly by looking for all books with a particular word in the title . |
| 3 | Instead of looking for one thing to satisfy our needs we might try looking for combinations . |
| 4 | Instead of looking for new approaches that could galvanize the industry to deal with its problems , the call went up for a leader who would , in the words of one Bioscope editorial , be able ‘ to make order out of disorder , to organize agreement and concord with a strong hand , tactfully and helpfully , yet with a stern repression of pettiness and ignoble motives . ’ . |
| 5 | Instead of looking for different relations in different contexts to prove ambiguity , one may adduce sameness of relations as evidence of generality . |
| 6 | Now in recent years , what has happened is that because of the recession , mineral operators instead of looking for enormous new areas to work have been seeking to erm improve er through their own review processes , the working within their existing sites and perhaps to go for some modest increases , so the number of applications has kept up , the amount of work that we are engaged in has er been at least as much as in the past and in some cases because of enforcement matters has been greater , but the fee income has been slipping . |
| 7 | Instead of looking for more acquisitions , he is focusing on greenfield development in the bathroom and houseware sectors . |
| 8 | Surely this must be Howard 's concern instead of looking for another striker . |