Example sentences of "looking for evidence " in BNC.
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| 1 | Police stand guard , not to keep people out but to ensure nothing is taken away as investigators sift through secret files , looking for evidence of official misdeeds . |
| 2 | I have been actively looking for evidence for 12 years , ’ Tom said . |
| 3 | Thus the observer looking for evidence of ‘ knowledge , skills , or expertise ’ in the activities of the specialist team might see it in their tendency , relative to the generic team , to visit more and to recommend and provide a wider range of services ; to make fewer offers of service that are refused ; and to encounter fewer occasions on which re-assessment is thought to be necessary . |
| 4 | Commonly he will be looking for evidence of thrush or trichomonal infection , but may also take samples for the other organisms that are found in the vagina from time to time . |
| 5 | The world is looking for evidence that Christianity makes a difference . |
| 6 | They say he was looking for evidence of natura naturans ‘ all-creating nature ’ , rather than natura naturata , ‘ the made world ’ ; in certain seventeenth- and eighteenth-century writing of unimpeachable orthodoxy reference is made to anima mundi , a spirit pervading the world and supplying the continuing presence of God . |
| 7 | Home Office officials have admitted combing through dusty immigration files from the 1960s looking for evidence that Mr Clinton considered applying for British citizenship to avoid the Vietnam draft . |
| 8 | Multidisciplinary surveys looking for evidence of platinum mineralisation associated with basic and ultrabasic rocks in the Huntly area of Aberdeenshire revealed that enhanced levels of platinum and locally of gold were present in clinopyroxene bearing rocks of the Succoth-Brown Hill area . |
| 9 | IF EVER any miserable bastards were looking for evidence in the tedious ‘ American Bands Are Better Than Their Limp Bit Counterparts ’ argument , then the imbalance between Yanks Velvet and Glaswegian wranglers Perspex would ( unfortunately ) send the US-ophiles sprinting around a victory lap at Wem-ber-lee Stadium . |
| 10 | Already the atmosphere is such that companies such as Chubb Insurance Company of Europe is advising client directors to make concerted efforts not only to be familiar with all aspects of their companies ' activities but to take prudent action at the boardroom table : right down to ensuring all documents are prepared ‘ with the expectation that they will be scrutinised at a later date by others who are looking for evidence of wrongdoings ’ , that detailed minutes are taken , and that they should vote against any proposal rather than abstain because abstention could be construed as approval . |
| 11 | In each case , the investigation will be looking for evidence for transfer of ability between one task setting and another , and evidence for the degree of transfer changing with increasing age . |
| 12 | The assessors are looking for evidence of attainment of high levels of verbal communication skills , and this was quite clearly shown by all of this year 's speakers . |
| 13 | ‘ Because that 's all I do know , and I 'm looking for evidence that I 'm the surviving twin . ’ |
| 14 | Looking for evidence that will lead them to the bombers . |
| 15 | ‘ They have a good idea who they are after and now they are looking for evidence to back it up . ’ |