Example sentences of "searching for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Philippines government , still searching for the estimated £6.5bn that the Marcos family squirreled away , is unimpressed with this fairy tale . |
| 2 | Mark co-wrote a book Skulduggery about his experiences searching for the Orang-hutan tribes , but it is his most recent adventure — travelling through India on the back of an elephant — which has really captured the public 's imagination . |
| 3 | But the designer writing on the camera body needlessly confuses the first-time user searching for the shutter-release pad , which even adults find hard to operate . |
| 4 | For their part the Brazilians want to play British oppositon to remind themselves of what it feels like to be searching for the ball in the air for much of the game . |
| 5 | If Florence Nightingale were carrying her lamp through the corridors of the National Health Service today , she would almost certainly be searching for the people in charge . |
| 6 | While he was still searching for the right question to ask , the sound of a key in the padlock made them both jump . |
| 7 | Then I saw another picture : a very old woman ( it was Celia ) searching for the grave of the mother she had abandoned , and coming upon that inscription . |
| 8 | In the New Testament Jesus uses two images to convey God 's extravagant concern for the world : one is the shepherd who risks the rest of the flock in order to go searching for the lost sheep ; the other is the woman who turns a house upside down looking for lost coins . |
| 9 | Heads could make better use of their time by paying attention to those encouraging little friendly attributes , searching for the successes of others and praising them shamelessly . |
| 10 | At this stage in his life , this was as important to Nicholson as searching for the character he was playing . |
| 11 | The big , light-hungry leaves were almost black now as I walked briskly back along the path searching for the track to take me back to the lodge . |
| 12 | Yet I keep changing , keep searching for the next challenge . |
| 13 | They knew that physically Rose could do much more than she was willing to try , so they kept searching for the key that would restore her will to live without being , unnecessarily , a burden on others . |
| 14 | Ashore , Alan hunted round the hull , searching for the stuck fly , getting both arms and half a leg wet whilst doing so . |
| 15 | They were searching for the gym shoes . |
| 16 | He said this almost with regret , in the tones of a disappointed birdwatcher searching for the great crested grebe . |
| 17 | Much effort has been invested in searching for the most suitable counselling model . |
| 18 | There is always a reason , and searching for the answer is part of the fun . |
| 19 | He and Joseph Hucks were to spend ‘ three or four days ’ in Oxford , and then to embark on a lengthy exploration of North Wales , the destination at that period of many travellers searching for the picturesque beauty praised by writers such as William Gilpin . |
| 20 | James Hadley , writing his will in 1532 , remembered the church as one of Somerset 's ‘ holy places ’ , and by the late eighteenth century it had become the frequent destination of topographical writers who came searching for the romantically sublime . |
| 21 | He told of how Richard Carew and a band of twenty armed men had ridden into Irish territory , searching for the murderers . |
| 22 | Later comes a point of being unable to accept the loss , very often searching for the person who has gone and thinking that he or she is still there . |
| 23 | He is searching for the salmon 's loom . |
| 24 | They have set up an AIDS task force , which has been searching for the bug that causes the disease ; they suspect a virus . |
| 25 | On the other hand , when one is obsessively searching for the solution to a problem , it may be consciously recognised when it occurs as a fluctuation in the random activity of the subconscious whereas in other circumstances it might not emerge at the conscious level at all . |
| 26 | Why he or the Queen never thought of searching for the King is a mystery . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ I mean , ’ Corbett began slowly , ‘ the House of Comyn and that of Bruce must , er — , ’ the English clerk paused , searching for the right words . |
| 28 | If not , then keep him busy searching for the murderer of Alexander III . |
| 29 | The profit-seeking firm faces the difficult task of searching for the appropriate profit-maximising output and profit margin . |
| 30 | This is the unemployment , sometimes called frictional unemployment , which occurs because workers are searching for the jobs which suit them best . |