Example sentences of "[noun] have [be] looking for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Time Warner has been looking for a high-technology partner since 1991 , when it sold smaller stakes in TWE to two Japanese firms , Toshiba and ITOCHU ( then known as C. Itoh ) . |
| 2 | Touche Ross has been looking for an acquisition to accelerate the growth of its information technology business for some eighteen months . |
| 3 | If Philip had been looking for a pale , sickly , ragged and possibly fettered prisoner , Harry would be a considerable shock to him . |
| 4 | The health authority had been looking for a site since 1989 but found difficulty in obtaining suitable premises in terms of locality , accessibility and size of ground floor accommodation . |
| 5 | The German bank has been looking for a French opening for its global expansion for some time . |
| 6 | Everton have been looking for a target man to bring out the best in Mo Johnston and Peter Beardsley . |
| 7 | Morgan has been looking for a white knight for the last two weeks since insurance broker Willis Faber announced it was selling its 20 per cent stake in the merchant bank to Banque Indosuez , part of Compagnie Financiere de Suez . |
| 8 | The ruling Liberal Democratic Party had been looking for an excuse to reward its friends in the building industry for their financial support . |