Example sentences of "looking for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once again , the Regional Arts Association will know the leading amateur companies in your area , and this should certainly help you in looking for the kind of group to which you are best suited . |
| 2 | No drama school panel is looking for the ultimate in audition technique but candidates should possess a noticeable degree of competence and self-awareness . |
| 3 | It is about personal experience of particular brands as much as looking for the numbers . |
| 4 | Make a point of looking for the lay of the surrounding countryside . |
| 5 | I was just a kid looking for the ‘ juice ’ ’ . |
| 6 | Raskolnikov turns to Sonya ; ‘ it was to her , Sonya , that he first went with his confession ; when he felt the need of a human being , he sought the human being in her ’ — which does indeed isolate for a moment , and emphasize , the mystic business of his alienation from the human family ; and for this moment the dross ( as it were ) of Sonya and of Raskolnikov is withheld ; the god in his humanity is looking for the god in hers . |
| 7 | JULIO ANGUITA , the leader of the Spanish Communist Party , is looking for the thief in Madrid who smashed his windscreen and broke into his car for the third time . |
| 8 | ‘ The figures we found are not significantly different to those anywhere else where people are looking for the problem . ’ |
| 9 | For example , Citicorp Scrimgeour Vickers is still looking for the index to end the year between 2,300 and 2,400 . |
| 10 | We are always looking for the revolutions in music , people like Prince or Jimi Hendrix . |
| 11 | But I was not going for a bus ride , I was looking for the gents . |
| 12 | When she first stood in for Terry Wogan she insisted , ‘ I love standing in for Wogan but I 'm honestly not looking for The Sue Lawley Show with my name in lights and me swooping down a staircase . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I love standing in for Wogan , but I 'm honestly not looking for The Sue Lawley Show with my name in lights ’ |
| 14 | Sounds to me like an angry father , With a pistol in either hand , Looking for the man that screwed his daughter ( Rum ti-iddle-ey etc ) . |
| 15 | We were looking for the reflective eyes of a fox . |
| 16 | She analysed each member of this roll of dishonour , looking for the 13 hallmarks of weediness . |
| 17 | There is now the danger that the same media circus will be dispatched to Sardinia next summer looking for the same headlines which will produce a similar outcome . |
| 18 | The unions said that they were looking for the second week in January to begin an all-out stoppage . |
| 19 | Mr Richard Warburton , director general of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents , said : ‘ If you were looking for the highest standards of safety , then you would be separating people from their vehicles in the tunnel . ’ |
| 20 | He drilled through submerged coral reefs off the island of Barbados , looking for the coral Acropora palmata , which can only live within five metres of sea level . |
| 21 | He was always looking for the catch . |
| 22 | He was on the warpath looking for the killer dog . |
| 23 | He bet she was looking for the fox . |
| 24 | He thought of Mrs Wright up in Jubilee Wood , looking for the fox . |
| 25 | Lee was looking for the bits of the fence that were buried in the grass . |
| 26 | As she unfolded the pages this time , looking for the picture of Harriet Shakespeare with her son , Jinny 's hands were trembling . |
| 27 | They 're looking for the womankind who have all gone off with the Romans . |
| 28 | He was looking for the bowl of eggs he had seen earlier . |
| 29 | In an exciting competition , BBC Gardeners ' World Magazine , in conjunction with the Buxton Mineral Water Company , is looking for the most imaginative and colourful window boxes , tubs and hanging baskets . |
| 30 | It is these needs rather than those of the plant which have left us still looking for the right materials . |