Example sentences of "[vb mod] [adv] seek [noun sg] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | We should not seek immortality in reproduction . |
| 2 | Between 1970 and 1981 , the agricultural population of Latin America increased by 8 million persons , of whom 4 million are described as producers , 5 million as peasant farmers and 1 million as landless workers , who must therefore seek work in wage-earning occupations ( ECLAC/FAO 1985 ) . |
| 3 | But all is not yet lost for Michael McGimpsey , a 44-year-old building contractor , who may now seek nomination in another ward . |
| 4 | On June 28 she announced that she would not seek re-election in the forthcoming general election . |
| 5 | The inclusion of this clause , Rodríguez stated , had besmirched the honour of his family as well that of the armed forces , since it implied a lack of confidence in his " word of a soldier " , given on previous occasions , that he would not seek re-election in the August 1993 elections . |
| 6 | Under such circumstances it was normally assumed that , although the Monarch would probably seek advice in order to discover what persons would be acceptable to the party in power , yet for the final choice she alone was morally and constitutionally responsible . |
| 7 | Though explicitly Christian , ‘ Journey of the Magi ’ forms between the earlier and later work a bridge over which the reader ( with access to the gospel word ) may cross into the release of Christianity , the new birth ; but , denied that access , the speaker of the poem can only seek relief in death to escape from having to return to the old way in which he is ‘ no longer at ease ’ . |