Example sentences of "look for the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If one looks for the perfect image of a great country seat in the Victorian novel , it is hard to better this one , seen by middle-class eyes which have no place in the picture they present to the reader : |
| 2 | It looks for the new round of retrenchments to have a positive effect on 1993 profits , but ca n't forecast them . |
| 3 | Keener looks for the right sound rather than dictating where microphones should be . |
| 4 | It is indeed remarkable — and perhaps a comment on the tunnel vision of many in academic life — that no previous scholars have looked for the Belgian detective 's literary antecedents in the most obvious of sources , the Medieval Mystery Play . |
| 5 | I have also looked for the planetary nebula NGC 7662 , which is in the field with the triangle made up of Lambda ( 3.8 ) , Kappa ( 4.1 ) and Iota ( 4.3 ) . |
| 6 | While he persists in looking for the golden egg before the chicken is even hatched the terrorists will continue to exact a mounting price in blood for his dithering approach to security . |
| 7 | In the first of a new series Peter Partington shows how to draw birds by looking for the essential scaffolding of shapes on which to build form and detail |
| 8 | ‘ I 'm looking for the Crowned Head , ’ he said . |
| 9 | And all that let me tell you after Pisa looked so dangerous in the first eight minutes , clearly they 'd come out looking for the early goal themselves , and who was badly fouled by in the early stages and needed attention , he 's the number eight , and the number eleven , who looks as quick as any player I 've seen in ages and ages , they are the two danger men and they will need some marking . |
| 10 | So I fell into one of my enjoyable reveries , examining the problem from every angle , looking for the key point where I might provoke a few kilocreds to tumble into my lap , by acquiring a bit of phetam . |
| 11 | Therefore , when one comes to section 63(2) one is looking for the additional expense incurred in or in connection with the provision of the benefit . |
| 12 | If you are single and ambitious , then your career pattern and development will be important to you , and any prospects for promotion in the longer term are a significant factor when looking for the right opening . |
| 13 | Looking for the right word ! |
| 14 | Almost everyone concerned with education is looking for the right direction to go , and there is much talk of leadership . |
| 15 | ‘ But we continue to study it and are looking for the right vehicle . ’ |
| 16 | We had spent much time looking for the right place and seemed to have explored almost every corner of the country , from Devon to Cumberland , and had almost settled on a disused mill at Fisherton-de-la-Mare , near Amesbury . |
| 17 | Seemed to go back and forth between the reservation and the city for a while looking for the right place to be . |
| 18 | Or maybe it was like the ball in a roulette wheel , bouncing around and looking for the right number … |
| 19 | In this case , the researcher decides how many of each category of person should be included in the sample , but then , instead of selecting them at random from a sampling frame , the researcher goes out looking for the right number of people in each category until the quota is filled . |
| 20 | She mounted the steps to the front door of the house and stood looking for the right bell to ring . |
| 21 | Anyone who comes to Rolle 's lyrics looking for the subtle music of variety of stress within a regular syllabic pattern will be brought up short by an unpredictability of both syllabic and stress systems which lurch uneasily from one banal sing-song pattern to another . |
| 22 | yes it 's Chernobyl , he was looking for the real word there , a nuclear what ? |
| 23 | They 'll tell everyone that they 're looking for the stolen uranium . |
| 24 | Moreover he knew that Harwell were looking for the crucial neutron spectrum which , surely , would clinch everything . |
| 25 | I am , in the mid-course of my life , looking for the straight path through the trees . |
| 26 | And now you can easily spot the best quality Scottish salmon by looking for the tartan Brand Quality Mark . |
| 27 | Slide thickness can be checked with a micrometer or , less reliably , on a microscope , looking for the required interference colours , e.g. quartz greys . |
| 28 | Too much energy can be spent looking for the perfect idea when being pragmatic and settling for a satisfactory solution is best . |
| 29 | I was looking for the perfect book and I found it . ’ |
| 30 | If you 're looking for the perfect summer dress , how about this flattering style with full skirt and neatly-belted waist ? |