Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] [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 | This hypothesis is a consequence of his search for the inherent necessities of human thought , following his dictum that " a theory , the ultimate in understanding , must satisfy the following formal conditions : it must confront the facts from the position of an antagonist , of course , but it must itself be based not on fact but on some absolute and inevitable exigency " ( 1984 : 23 ) . |
3 | 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 . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | 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 . |
6 | It contributed to D'Arcy 's increasingly bad mood as he scoured the city in his search for the directors of Spidex International Trading . |
7 | We contemplate past failures of humankind in its search for the perfect society and become depressed . |
8 | We shall look under every stone in our search for the culprit . |
9 | 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 . |