Example sentences of "[is] looking [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said : ‘ One is looking at a young man with monstrously abnormal behaviour . |
| 2 | He is looking at a bewitched forest of crystal trees and jewelled flowers , rooted in black soil , breathing black air . |
| 3 | There needs to be a facility whereby , when one is looking at a particular cross-reference , one can call up the entry or part of an entry to which that cross-reference refers . |
| 4 | The most common source of any argument is that both sides are absolutely right but each is looking at a different part of the situation . |
| 5 | Oooh … heres a thought … maybe Strachs injury looks quite bad , and Wilko is looking for a right back , so he can have Kelly as a choice for right midfield aswell as right back ( and striker ) . |
| 6 | Digital Equipment Corp chief executive Robert Palmer has reiterated that the company is looking for a second source to manufacture its Alpha RISC chips . |
| 7 | The company is looking for a comprehensive data management system for its database and expects to develop a third party relationship to meet its requirements . |
| 8 | Australia 's Collaborative Information Technology Research Institute is looking for a joint venture partner in North America for Atlas , its C-based database management system . |
| 9 | Sir — If anyone is looking for a good cause to support — perhaps as a competitor in the ADT London Marathon , or in some other activity — please remember the NSPCC . |
| 10 | The group is looking for a major balance sheet boost with the sale of its spectacle lens business Sola , which made a £10m profit in the first half . |
| 11 | Manager Lennie Lawrence is looking for a 20,000 crowd and three points against the runaway leaders . |
| 12 | A household name in the world of aviation spares is looking for a new owner to carry on its traditions . |
| 13 | It is looking for a new European manufacturing site somewhere cheaper than Germany , but , in the interim , all manufacturing will be done at its Sunnyvale plant . |
| 14 | Now the RSPCA is looking for a new site locally so it can build a much larger shelter : |
| 15 | Meta Group analyst , Kate Fessenden , claims OSF is looking for a graceful exit and that once OSF/1.1 comes out , and Unix SVR4 applications are able to run on it , it will simply be allowed to wither away . |
| 16 | Chester 's Gateway Theatre is looking for a mild-mannered all round good-egg who bears a striking resemblance to the former Everton striker . |
| 17 | Air France also has an operating alliance with Malev , the Hungarian carrier which is looking for a strategic foreign partner . |
| 18 | Siemens AG has now acknowledged that it is looking for a strategic partner for its troubled Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG , which is facing growing woes over the next couple of years now that the German economy is plunging into what threatens to be deep recession . |
| 19 | The interviewer is looking for a relapsed sport or hobby which can be restarted and used as behavioural tasks in homework assignments . |
| 20 | Some have experience , others are beginners but already Eddie is looking for a local golf course that will accept their membership as a club to provide a base . |
| 21 | The mainframe may be moribund , but if so , the South Korean government has not heard about it : it is looking for a foreign partner to build mainframes locally from 1997 , Reuter reports from Seoul . |
| 22 | A four-year investor is looking for a 25 per cent return here , against a Japanese counterpart only asking for 7 per cent over 14 years . |
| 23 | And that 's what 's threatening to people , because it is looking for a direct response ; it 's looking to form a dialogue . |
| 24 | The interviewer is looking for a positive and enthusiastic approach to his or her company . |
| 25 | But the fact is that the government is looking for a huge expansion in student numbers nationally and we at Birmingham are keen to play our part , not least because we know that there are many more people who can benefit from a university education ( as you have done ) than are able to at present . |
| 26 | It is looking for a 60 year franchise that could be terminated by the Government at 10 year intervals . |
| 27 | Since the interviewer is looking for a reliable , self-confident , honest individual who knows how to be friendly without being irritatingly overfamiliar it is sensible to know some of the basic body language that will work against you as well as what will cause a favourable reaction . |
| 28 | It is aimed primarily at the generalist reader concerned with information resources and their use , who is looking for a non-technical assessment of what multimedia is , what it does and how it may be used in a range of applications . |
| 29 | John is looking after a sizeable vegetable garden single handed and has plans to extend considerably on to other land owned by the family . |
| 30 | None epitomises this spirit better than Volkswagen 's Corrado , here in supercharged G60 form , but Vauxhall 's super-sleek 16-valve Calibra is looking like a strong contender for the crown . |