Example sentences of "look for a [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | LEEDS UNITED manager Howard Wilkinson looks for a change of luck tonight at sold-out Elland Road . |
| 2 | Diana 's father did n't drink and staff frantically searched through the cupboards looking for a bottle of something suitable to offer their royal guest . |
| 3 | A user might start by looking for a map of London , when he really wants a map of Camden ; he might believe that the more specific subject ( Camden ) will not be covered independently . |
| 4 | Those looking for a sign of grace or spiritual solace from the Cardinal had to make do with what The Times called ‘ exemplary patience and meekness ’ and writers to the letters column taxed me with shallowness and poor taste . |
| 5 | But all the time he found his eyes fixed to the rear mirror , looking for a sign of pursuit . |
| 6 | I 'm looking for a friend of mine Hazel was her maiden name . |
| 7 | SEVENTEEN , CLUMSY AND SHY — looking for a friend of about 17 to write to- Likes- reading ( Fitzgerald , Steinbeck ) , history , Lloyd Cole , Smiths , Duran ( my only weakness ) and animals ( which is why I don-eat them ) . |
| 8 | In the long term we are looking for a measure of the relationship between debt financing and equity financing . |
| 9 | If you are going for a job that you have never done before , either from necessity or because you are looking for a change of direction , you should take care to prepare for this question by listing all the experience and personal qualities you have which suit you for the job . |
| 10 | ‘ People are looking for a change of expression and mood , ’ says Steven Meisel . |
| 11 | We will be looking at a wide range of candidates — you may be a new graduate , or in mid-career and looking for a change of direction , or returning to employment after a career break . |
| 12 | Manager Bryan Hamilton , who offered the 21-year-old Londoner the opportunity , said : ‘ He is looking for a change of direction while his athletics career is on hold and we are giving him the chance to prove his worth as a footballer . ’ |
| 13 | Yet it is not too hard to imagine how a computer parsing program might achieve some such effect : if we ask an English speaker how he does it , we may well get some reply like ‘ Well , I 'm simply looking for a sense of the word related to drinking , are n't I ? ’ |
| 14 | Well I mean , if we 're talking about sort of and they 're looking for a sense of identity of whatever it is that they 're having of |
| 15 | Jay gags , this is where love has brought me , rooting through the bins like a vagrant , looking for a sheet of high-gloss photographic paper and a bad profile shot of Lucy smaller than a postage stamp . |
| 16 | We are looking for a couple of acres owned by the UMWA member which has become the focus of the strike : Camp Solidarity . |
| 17 | I 'm looking for a couple of good models . |
| 18 | The change in employment may not always be so favourable as yesterday 's either , but the market is now starting to feel bullish and looking for a FT-SE of 3,000 by next year . |
| 19 | I 've been looking for a pair of doctor martins ca n't find any . |
| 20 | Right now , Oxford are looking for a Messiah of similar proportions . |
| 21 | If we are looking for a separation of science from religion in the seventeenth century , we shall surely find it . |
| 22 | You 're just looking for a date of today . |
| 23 | The door closed after Harriet , and Sally rifled through her wardrobe looking for a dress of mauve-sprigged white seersucker , slightly yellowed now , and quite out of place amongst the designer gowns . |
| 24 | Reading these two books is a serious and problematic business , and if you 're looking for a bit of post-modern frivolity then you 'd best slip something else into your holiday holdall — Sebastian Faulk 's new novel . |
| 25 | Lads and lassies who were newly hired locally would be readily accepted when they turned up , looking for a bit of company and conversation . |
| 26 | Other forecasters are looking for a deficit of around $50 billion . |
| 27 | It takes far less time than full-scale autobiography , for we are looking for a profile of the significant events that have made you the distinctive person that you are ( warts and all , as they say ) . |
| 28 | Raleigh International ( formerly Operation Raleigh ) is looking for a number of fine artists to accompany its three month expeditions during 1993 to some of the most remote and beautiful parts of the world . |
| 29 | ‘ Folly , I do n't want you to go on looking for a place of your own . |
| 30 | This large man , ‘ whose countenance was the cast of an ancient statue ’ , says the concluding passage of the Life , tolerated unstimulatedly the hospitality of the silent professors , and wandered through Old Aberdeen looking for a book of poetry , then back to his inn . |