Example sentences of "to look for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is impossible to watch the towplane and the ground ahead during the climb out so that in the event of a launch failure the glider pilot has to look for a field , whereas in the normal tow position he has a good view of the fields ahead all the time . |
| 2 | Sara began to look for a cup . |
| 3 | It still seems to me that the acting critics of poesy are for the most part incapable of looking for more than one thing at a time , having got started about 1913 ( I mean a few of ‘ em got started about 1913 and a lot have started since ) to look for a certain plainness and directness of speech and simple order of words ; and having about 1918 got started looking for Mr Eliot 's rather more fragile system ( a system excellent for Mr Eliot but not very much use to any one else ) , they now limit their criticism to inquiring whether or no verse conforms to one or other of these manners , thereby often omitting to notice fundamentals , or qualities as important as verbal directness and even more important than ‘ snap ’ . |
| 4 | The decision to look for a significant equity partner appears to be Virgin 's attempt to keep out of the clutches of the five majors while remaining a credible force in the worldwide music business . |
| 5 | Since Paribas 's rival Banque Indosuez won the insurance company , Victoire , analysts believe that Paribas did not have much choice but to look for a suitable target in the insurance field . |
| 6 | So we decided we had to look for a new singer . |
| 7 | He had been dreading having to look for a place for lunch . |
| 8 | ‘ I just think I ought to look for a useful job . |
| 9 | By mid-afternoon I was almost at Freiburg and left the motorway to look for a village in which to stay , preferably near the Rhine . |
| 10 | Wolves , who are beginning to look for a place in the promotion play-offs , hit back in the second half after Scott Sellars had poached a fine first-half goal . |
| 11 | His greatest wall had been built when Mr Fractor came to look for a book on logarithms . |
| 12 | She began to look for a university job outside Cambridge . |
| 13 | Depending on the nature of the offence , he is either warned to lay off , or to look for a job elsewhere . |
| 14 | ‘ I went to look for a new car and the Lord said to me , ‘ Richie , you buy this car . |
| 15 | I dared not turn round now to look for a vehicle , but I held my breath and listened for one — there was only the sound of my rubber soles on the macadam and the noise of wind . |
| 16 | If he does … choose to leave his existing employment before the last minute in order to look for a new job before the rush of others competing with him comes , then that is up to him . |
| 17 | Therefore , they tend to look for a certain ‘ type ’ . |
| 18 | His method was to look for a regular solution of the field equations in region IV , and then to obtain the global solution simply by requiring that the metric coefficients be continuous across the boundaries . |
| 19 | If any ambiguity remained , either because multiple readings survived or because some anaphor had several surviving candidates , common sense inference rules were invoked to look for a causal or other link between a proposition in the current sentence and one in an earlier one . |
| 20 | The long-standing US-Japan Cooperative Earthquake Research Program , which the National Science Foundation and the Japanese government pay for , decided to look for a cheaper way of doing things . |
| 21 | It 's also ironic that the whole discussion could have taken place on radio , which would have enabled one to look for a dictionary or just take a walk round the room . |
| 22 | You may be able to continue giving care and support to the abandoned partner but it is still necessary to accept both the loss and the change and to look for a positive way forward . |
| 23 | Craned my neck to look for a way up to the high high bridge , saw a rocky overgrown path over the other side of the road . |
| 24 | There is no choice but to analyse your own needs and be honest with yourself , weighing up one ‘ want ’ against another , before you actually set out to look for a place to live . |
| 25 | He tells us to look for a loner , probably from a disturbed family background , may have a dominant mother , does n't relate easily to people , particularly women , could be impotent , unmarried , separated or divorced , with a resentment and hatred of the opposite sex . |
| 26 | For the searcher who goes on and comes to believe , this is the only possible starting point — a sense of need which may range from a mild discomfort to a deep conviction , but which spurs him to look for a solution beyond himself . |
| 27 | It is best to look for a UV system with electrical end cover caps manufactured to BS 6702 . |
| 28 | And there was a point where I was going to look for a job , drift off and forget about it . |
| 29 | If the kitchen is nearly or directly below your bedroom , or if you live in a flat , you 'd be well advised to look for a quiet machine . |
| 30 | Drew had never been extravagant , but he could n't see the point of parsimony for parsimony 's sake , so he had decided to look for a patron , some ignoramus who would pay him a long salary to coach him and look after his ponies . |