Example sentences of "[be] looking [prep] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ I have been looking through the private Ledger , ’ Bragg said amiably . |
2 | And PC Week has been looking at the pre-release development kit for Windows NT , shipping this week , and finds that the new NT File System is not yet complete , and neither are the security features that are tied to it . |
3 | Our environment reporter Harriet Ryley has been looking at the changing attitude to what we throw away and how we deal with it . |
4 | I have been looking at the Labour party document for health in Scotland , ’ A |
5 | So that we 're prepared within the Rural Housing Trust to look at all these ideas , and we 've been looking at the whole question , we feel that this has got to be one for the planners , the planners must be involved in identifying where these problems lie , they 're not uniform , all across the country , er and it 's something that er we therefore need to use the planning er scenario entirely and fully in order to identify where the problem lies . |
6 | Alistair and Wayne show they have appreciated that the addition of one tower to the other will create a new tower that is taller than either of its component towers , whereas Matthew and Claire have been looking at the inverse operation — one brick less and the tower is lower . |
7 | Part of the problem has been the software , which has been looking for a decent hardware platform and waiting for support from a mainstream operating system vendor . |
8 | Obviously a tall , long-legged person will need a big horse ; I recently sold a 17.3hh gelding to a man of six foot eight who had been looking for a long time ! |
9 | 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 . |
10 | I had been looking for a full-length piece to do anyway and I was also attracted to the idea of working with a ballet company . ’ |
11 | The German bank has been looking for a French opening for its global expansion for some time . |
12 | 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 ) . |
13 | And the car was such a mess nobody would have been looking for a sawn brake cable . ’ |
14 | Although he has been looking for the little creep to beat him up for having steered him wrong , he realises that it is better to be with someone , even someone like Ratso , than to be alone . |
15 | If we 'd been looking for an easy acquaintance with nature , we would have chosen a different landscape : something lusher and more intricate , not this bleak and famished hillside on the Atlantic 's edge . |
16 | The third time she saw it Allen was with her but he must have been looking in the wrong place , for he did n't see it although she did n't understand how that could be . |
17 | This suggests , once again , that comprehension experiments may have been looking in the wrong place for evidence of young children 's linguistic competence . |
18 | Now I am looking for a new start and go on from there . ’ |
19 | And can I remind the district planning officers I am looking for a positive contribution from you on Tuesday . |
20 | He stormed : ‘ I am looking for a dramatic improvement in our defending . |
21 | Says Phil Keer : ‘ I think me and most of my friends are looking for a long term relationship . |
22 | ‘ Do n't say that you are looking for a gilded mare too ! ’ |
23 | If you are looking for a specific topic ( e.g. The Paris Peace Conference ) and it is not listed , you might investigate chapters which appear related ( e.g. " The Resettlement of Europe " or , even more broadly , " The First World War " ) . |
24 | So we are looking for a new name that we shall use for the discs when they are eventually released . |
25 | Joan Daniels ' term of office expires at the 1987 Annual General Meeting , so we are looking for a new treasurer . |
26 | If you lack this insight or are looking for a new direction , then Baker can help ( see Recommended reading at the end of this chapter ) . |
27 | We are looking for a new custodian of the Society 's money . |
28 | ‘ We are looking for a new partnership with the LAS and believe that together it is possible to ensure this vital lifeline goes from being the worst in the UK to being the model service . ’ |
29 | Mary Anne who has been managing this side of things for us is leaving Birmingham and we are looking for a new manager ( see job description on page 6 ) . |
30 | This can be so useful to anyone looking for a secondary school , especially for the young couple with a growing child who are looking for a new area to move into . |