Example sentences of "[noun] look for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Thus a HIGH OR EQUAL comparison condition will be used to search a blocked file looking for a given record . |
| 32 | Rather than rent a building , the company decided to build its own offices and then spent 18 months to two years looking for a suitable area . |
| 33 | He spent almost 10 years looking for a Scottish hotel near a large population centre , but found nowhere suitable . |
| 34 | She paused for a moment looking for the right words . |
| 35 | UBS has been getting an average of one inquiry a day from small banks looking for a bigger uncle . |
| 36 | I can not see that any of this speculation helps us to understand the poem ; but if we must guess , it seems more to the point to look for an eight-year-old girl . |
| 37 | The best place to look for the substantive law relating to citizenship is not under ‘ citizenship ’ in law books . |
| 38 | Whether the view of science led Peirce to look for a prior epistemology , or whether the desire for , or availability of , a prior epistemology led him to think of inquiry as he did , are questions I shall not pursue here . |
| 39 | But Scarlet was too far gone in disenchantment to look for a bright side . |
| 40 | Keener looks for the right sound rather than dictating where microphones should be . |
| 41 | For example , take Tokai 's notorious early '80s Fender copies : at long last , affordable , pro-quality guitars with classic looks for the impoverished working musician . |
| 42 | The second wave occurs at puberty when the young person looks for a sexual partner , and if there has been minimum conflict during the phallic phase this is of the opposite sex . |
| 43 | But if I were Ben Hogan , and a Bob Hamilton or Willie Goggin chipped in to beat me in The Masters , a Walter Burkemo holed a sand shot to swipe the PGA , a raw rookie — pick one — holed a 7-iron to beat me somewhere in Florida and then the like of a Bud Holscher or a Shelley Mayfield holed yet another sand shot to steal yet another victory , then I 'd not only be scouring the Fort Worth Yellow Pages looking for the nearest shrink , I might even think of tossing myself under a freight train in the nearest marshalling yard . |
| 44 | Seemed to go back and forth between the reservation and the city for a while looking for the right place to be . |
| 45 | Constance squeezed her way down the platform looking for the first-class carriages . |
| 46 | For those customers looking for a real Italian holiday atmosphere in an Italian family hotel , the Hotel Ritz is an ideal choice . |
| 47 | She wondered how many were selling information , and how many were dupes looking for a good time . |
| 48 | On these grounds alone it would be ruled out by any sensible organisation looking for a big office site . |
| 49 | In the morning , having rectified the recorder fault , he walked down towards the station to look for a new location . |
| 50 | It is in this very area that European theology can start to communicate with that of Latin America , and this exchange of experiences and ideas on theology and communication can begin to inspire the different Christian traditions to look for a common language . |
| 51 | Harry looked for the first time at the cheque where it lay beside him , flattened by the base of the lamp . |
| 52 | The reason for this seems to have been that Victorian British industrialists looked for a quick return , while the Germans were more prepared to take a long view . |
| 53 | To seek information : a traveller looking for a lost companion , a curious stranger . |
| 54 | At night the harbour lights up and the atmosphere becomes electric as the streets of Aghios Nikolaos fill up with people looking for a good time in the restaurants , bars and discos . |
| 55 | We had always known that there were many people looking for a historic building to restore but had not realized the extent , which was very encouraging . |
| 56 | ‘ I hate , ’ Mrs Gray burst out passionately , ‘ people looking for a certain sort of reaction from me about it . |
| 57 | Pippa Raudsepp , residential mortgage manager with independent financial advisers London & Country Mortgages , said : ‘ For people looking for a new mortgage the rates are quite good . |
| 58 | The Clearing System is designed to help people looking for an alternative place . |
| 59 | Such a financial obstacle would send most people looking for an easier option , but Dreamflight has been helped enormously in recent years by Spar supermarkets who have raised £350,000 . |
| 60 | Top cosmetic surgeon Anthony Erian says he turns away more than half the people who walk into his Harley Street consulting rooms looking for a new image . |