Example sentences of "[noun] in [pron] search for the " in BNC.

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1 As the schoolchildren learnt there would no school for a week , the police were calling for help in their search for the aronsists .
2 However , both bodies recommended changes in the form of legislation which would , if implemented , have assisted the court in its search for the true Parliamentary intention in using the statutory words .
3 This year her team at the Institute of Molecular Medicine , John Radcliffe Hospital and colleagues at Columbia University , New York have made significant progress in their search for the exact location of the gene for causing spinal muscular atrophy , a muscle-withering disease which is the leading inherited cause of infant death .
4 Despite certain important differences between the experimental findings and interpretations of the Aplysia and Hermissenda research schools , both have contributed to this framing , sharing a common theoretical perspective which leads to an explicit but , I believe , ultimately flawed reductive philosophy and strategy in their search for the mechanisms of memory .
5 It contributed to D'Arcy 's increasingly bad mood as he scoured the city in his search for the directors of Spidex International Trading .
6 We contemplate past failures of humankind in its search for the perfect society and become depressed .
7 We shall look under every stone in our search for the culprit .
8 Mounted police have combed a National Trust estate at nearby Christmas Common , but have still drawn a blank in their search for the murder weapon or any bloodstained clothing .
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