Example sentences of "look for [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Peter Scott assesses Perry Anderson 's verdict on English intellectuals ; Tony Parker on Thatcherism 's casualties ; Stephen Howe looks for new life in the unions ; Conor Gearty cross-examines a defender of the Bar ; and Geoff Dyer wades through Ted Hughes ' Shakespearean fantasy |
2 | Barclays looks for new chief outside |
3 | DAMON LOOKS FOR DRY RUN HOME IN CANADA |
4 | China looks for overseas backing for CFC plans |
5 | The software also includes ViruSTOP which looks for virus-like behaviour . |
6 | At least the knights had not been party to the massacre ; they had achieved their task and now looked for suitable reward . |
7 | Whatever she could look for in the future must be looked for outside marriage . |
8 | Vico had looked for historical fact in the poetic metaphors of myth and legend ; this piecing together was his ‘ new science ’ . |
9 | 9.55 : Looked for Social Worker 's copy of Directory of Charities . |
10 | There were very few well-dressed citizens , most of the denizens of the alleyways being rogues and villains ; tinkers , trying to sell without permission from the Guilds , professional beggars , and rat-faced slum dwellers looking for easy prey . |
11 | It 's important to him that everyone knows he is the champion , that he is better than anyone else and not necessarily looking for easy pay days . |
12 | Shadowfax looking for middle market niche |
13 | I submit , my Lord Mayor , that any decline in the Council 's finances , is due primarily to the Tories originally looking for electoral success . |
14 | So our customers are looking for multi-vendor transparency . |
15 | I would like to let the lady looking for standard gooseberry plants ( Question Time , June ) know how I obtained mine . |
16 | MOTOROLA LOOKING FOR WIDE MARKET FOR POWERPC |
17 | While many collectors are turning over every hedge and collective barn they can find within the Russian Republic and its former constituents and satellites for hidden treasures , a small and dedicated band have been scouring the Asia-Pacific region for many decades looking for Japanese material . |
18 | Well only just to really , actually all Mr Mr has er said , and just one other bit of information , the time when the Chairman of the council extended the invitation to sixth formers , looking for alternative entertainment for the sixth formers of school , after they sat through a full council , I took them over to the er archivists er department , and we saw the paper restor , sorry , should n't say paper restorer , manuscript restorer at work , and these sixth formers , already knew of the existence , one of them asked to see the records of parish , because he knew they were there , and I mean , I think this is wonderful , that the sixth formers already , er children are being taught about the ar the records , and they will want to be sure that we kept them , and I think it 's our moral duty to keep er , the records of the past for future generations . |
19 | Staff may , therefore , begin looking for alternative employment in the local area so that they will not be forced to make the choice of a job with their employer or no job at all . |
20 | SOUTH AFRICA 'S tour of England is under serious threat and Rugby Union chiefs are already looking for alternative opposition for their showpiece match at Twickenham on November 14 . |
21 | If the tenant accepts that the property may be redeveloped he will probably wish to be looking for alternative accommodation sooner rather than later , and he will wish to move in and terminate his liability under his existing lease as soon as he finds it . |
22 | But at the height of the tourist season it was odds on that her old room had already been taken , and she could n't see herself tramping Venice at this time of night , looking for alternative accommodation . |
23 | Behaviour which is hard to explain , if one is looking for moral consistency , makes underlying sense , if one thinks in terms of power . |
24 | James Ousley , chief executive officer of the Control Data Systems Inc spin-out , says its former parent , Control Data Corp — now divided into two separate companies ( UX No 387 ) — had been looking for additional capital for a number of years , but was not able to tempt any investors to bankroll an organisation with interests as diverse as proprietary mainframes , Unix , military and government software and services and a lottery business . |
25 | Yet I think the borough council gave some clear hints they 're maybe looking for additional land allocation . |
26 | ‘ I 'm looking for controlled aggression and strict discipline at all times . |
27 | As in the rest of Europe , breeders are now looking for young stock with high genetic potential and are no longer settling for the fancy animal with a borderline production pedigree . |
28 | Following the completion of the acquisition of Framlington 's private client fund management business in January and the recruitment of five new investment managers in Liverpool , he is looking for increased investment revenues in this year . |
29 | Yasmin said she 'd had enough and was now looking for full-time modelling work . |
30 | However , they will have to satisfy unemployment benefit officers that part-time work is not their usual pattern , and they are just doing it while looking for full-time employment . |