Example sentences of "for a suitable " in BNC.

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1 But when you are looking for a suitable speech you ca n't really reject anything familiar solely because you think it might bore the panel .
2 So the moment you think one of the family is infected , ask your health visitor , school nurse , local health clinic , doctor or chemist for a suitable treatment .
3 ‘ I was delivering to industry and kept a constant look-out for a suitable material .
4 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 .
5 Gunga drove off over the bridge as I looked around for a suitable spot to get some practice in .
6 While these arrangements were being formulated , the developer was looking for a suitable building .
7 Charles looked around for a suitable candidate and nudged , no doubt , by a couple of doting grandmothers , found Lady Diana Spencer .
8 SEC staffers are looking for a suitable test case to take to court .
9 And for this reason we are looking for a suitable name .
10 Such an approach enables active work to go on at all times , including those when no change of placement is contemplated or during periods of waiting for a suitable placement to become available .
11 Clarke also employed ‘ whisperers ’ in every county ; men who kept their ears to the ground and , for a suitable reward , forwarded information .
12 As the search for a suitable guitarist proved fruitless , it appeared that The Smiths would not be carrying on as a unit .
13 If you had been Chief Onlaf , in which order of importance would you have placed the seven requirements for a suitable village site ?
14 Like many footballers at the twilight of their careers , Rough looked round for a suitable business interest and eventually opened his own shop in Musselburgh .
15 Behind the scenes , apparently unknown to the minister and BT , there is a hunt on for a suitable candidate , probably Prince Philip or Prince Charles .
16 The eggs of this parasitic worm can wait as long as 16 years for a suitable root to grow nearby .
17 Corbett was looking for a suitable place as the crowd began to disperse when Benstede returned , accompanied by a thin , stooping figure with watery eyes , a drinker 's red nose and a wispy beard .
18 Casting around for a suitable envoy to go out to Australia on behalf of a contrite British government , the choice fell on Major Julian Layton , an active promoter of the refugee cause whose experience encompassed several weeks on the Isle of Man liaising with the civil administration .
19 As Mr Grovey searched the room for a suitable candidate to partner Brian this week , unhappily his eye fell on me ( not literally of course , it 's just a way of saying ‘ he looked at me ’ ! ) .
20 The following year NERC , the new parent body , accepted this inherited undertaking and began a search for a suitable location .
21 Sometimes an emigrant would advertise in the newspaper in Madeira for a suitable wife , marry her by proxy and pay for her passage out to join him when he could afford it .
22 During the mid 1970s Californian collector Gary Harris was looking for a suitable warbird to acquire and restore .
23 Doctors immediately put out a Europe-wide alert for a suitable donor .
24 But while the search went on for a suitable donor , Evelyn and Peter Walker kept a constant vigil by their ten-year-old daughter 's hospital bedside .
25 So began my search for a suitable bird .
26 We were just looking for a suitable warren to send our ferrets down to flush out the occupants .
27 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 .
28 Company secretary Peter Nicholson said : ‘ We are currently looking out for a suitable steam locomotive but it could not be too big or heavy .
29 Dog training clubs are run in many major towns and cities , and you can enrol for a suitable course for a small fee .
30 Immediate steps in the realisation of this plan will be : the redevelopment of the north-west quadrant of the Gallery as the first step in the creation of the Tate Gallery of British Art ; the possible establishment of a temporary Tate Gallery of Modern Art , and search for a suitable new storage facility for the collections to replace the current storage space in west London .
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