Example sentences of "searching the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Anyone searching the resultant database by means of a computer terminal has almost instantaneous access to every item in the newspaper . |
| 2 | The survey , described briefly in ref. 1 , has been searching the southern sky for millisecond and other low-luminosity pulsars since July 1991 , using the Parkes 64-m radiotelescope at 430MHz . |
| 3 | When searching the binary tree , a comparison is made between the word at the root of the tree and the string being searched for . |
| 4 | She had been out for three hours in the same seas , searching the rocky coastline off St Abbs Head . |
| 5 | Indexing inconsistencies caused a problem with searching the printed record . |
| 6 | Indexing inconsistencies caused a problem with searching the printed record . |
| 7 | Ewen had shown surprise , which of course looked genuine , when the launch , on coming alongside the jetty , turned out to belong , not to the police , but to Customs and Excise , who announced their intention of searching the Stormy Petrel , while the detectives had ‘ a few questions to ask . ’ |
| 8 | Doubled up he drew his knife , eyes behind the vizor desperately searching the inky blackness . |
| 9 | The completion of this work would increase the convenience of searching the General Catalogue for researchers and save them valuable time , and it would also create savings in time for Library staff . |
| 10 | The lifeboat crew split into two groups , teamed with crews from the Fire Brigade and began systematically searching the flooded area of Cushendall , checking every property and car . |
| 11 | ‘ How about you , Mark … . ’ began the top man , his eyes searching the long table for the Englishman . |
| 12 | He has been searching the dark realm , a moving shadow flowing through the looping Interiors ; dark , dimlit , floodlit . |
| 13 | When he awoke , Delaney found Nell on watch outside the wheelhouse , hair blowing wildly in the sea-filled wind , binoculars searching the storm-tossed horizon . |
| 14 | The patrols searching the first group of farms around the village of Pontino were the only ones to bring the Captain anything when they returned , muddy and exhausted , after their double shift . |
| 15 | Three navy helicopters had been searching the Manx coastline where the Gloucester had been moored , and where the two radio operators were last seen . |
| 16 | For each of the additional searches of the lexicon , the length of the required string is always known , so searching the whole lexicon is wasteful . |
| 17 | ‘ The police were searching the whole area but then they seemed to realise that it must be the van . ’ |
| 18 | I will be slowly searching the whole area in the future and hope that other finds will provide more information . |
| 19 | Fox , with his assistants , was searching the whole area and no rabbit would have ventured to show its whiskers . |
| 20 | ‘ We are also searching the adjoining land and the car park in the area for any trace of Jean . ’ |
| 21 | He looked sharply at Corbett , his tired , clever eyes searching the English clerk 's face . |
| 22 | There is one exception to this rule of not searching the unregistered Land Charges Register in the case of registered land : prospective mortgagors who are buying a registered property have , as yet ( until they complete their purchase ) , no title to the registered land ; and therefore a bankruptcy or a receiving order made against them would not be disclosed by a title search . |
| 23 | After a while the Feldgendarmen left without searching the surrounding countryside . |
| 24 | He took her hand between both his own , turning it palm upwards and gazing down as though he were a fortune-teller , searching the damp pinkness of her flesh for answers to all sorts of impossible questions . |
| 25 | The prosecution also alleged that in the early hours of Nov. 24 , 1986 , when investigators began searching the National Security Council offices for documents relating to the affair , Poindexter had erased more than 5,000 files from the memory of his computer . |
| 26 | Jamie had no idea of her real motive for searching the dead man 's rooms . |