Example sentences of "is look for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | This scheme is estimated to cost about £250,000 and the W & L is looking for financial assistance from grant giving bodies , from members and other sympathetic supporters . |
| 32 | He is looking for that quality which you must allow me to call ‘ modernity ’ ; for I know of no better word to express the idea I have in mind . |
| 33 | Mansell is looking for that elusive record-breaking ninth win of the season . |
| 34 | Wimpey is looking for five young people who would be excited by the idea of travelling to far flung destinations — like Panama , Chile or Malaysia . |
| 35 | XSoft is looking for high-volume distribution and has cut deals with Qualix Inc and Sun Microsystems Inc to provide the software free of charge for an initial 30-day trial basis . |
| 36 | Whizz-Kidz , the movement for non-mobile children , is looking for 300 sponsored runners to pledge either a minimum of £1,250 which guarantees free entry and flight , or £2,250 which includes accommodation as well . |
| 37 | Bristol , which hopes to grow to 10 or 12 people by year 's end and is looking for qualified X-Windows and Motif programmers , says it now has a positive cash flow . |
| 38 | Founded in 1981 by Beth Grossman and Don Skirving ‘ on a shoestring , a friendly bank manager , and a cold market ’ , the company now employs 24 people , has a projected turnover of £2,75m for the current year to August , and is looking for larger premises to cater for an expanding stockholding . |
| 39 | A man who advertised for a woman to live on a desert island with him is looking for another female travelling companion to repeat the trip . |
| 40 | Now the firm is looking for more people to share in its success . |
| 41 | The Government is to press ahead with its £23 billion roads programme , but is looking for more help from the public sector . |
| 42 | Meanwhile , speculation continues that the Greek collector is looking for more aircraft for his collection and is working hard to return one of his Shacks to airworthy condition and back to the UK ! |
| 43 | Solbourne 's UK representatives include sales and marketing manager Hamish Cassels and the company is looking for more country managers including two each for Germany and France , one for Scandinavia and one for Spain . |
| 44 | — Following the huge success of the last series of Stars In Their Eyes , Granada TV is looking for more people who look and sing like the biggest stars in the business . |
| 45 | — The British Trust for Conservation is looking for more volunteers . |
| 46 | Best , who will attend a Lions meeting in Edinburgh on Sunday — the 30-strong squad wo n't be chosen until after the last internationals on 21 March — is looking for more back play tomorrow , but if the weather gets any worse he fears that aerial bombardments may be the order of the day . |
| 47 | Remember that the general public is looking for newsworthy stories . |
| 48 | Their daughter , Shelagh , has moved to Belfast where she has a job in an office but her younger brother , Sean helps here and there on the farm while he is looking for some other work , sadly without too much hope , since there is already much unemployment in the towns . |
| 49 | In the light of their two powerful flashlights visibility was all that could be wished for and it took them only two minutes to carry out their examination : unless one is looking for some obscure mechanical fault there is very little to look for in an engine-room . |
| 50 | Answer guide : This question is looking for some discussion around the realization and prudence principles . |
| 51 | TRANMERE manager John King is looking for some special deliveries against Southend tonight . |
| 52 | He is looking for any ambiguous opportunity to take his gun and do the worst . |
| 53 | The firm is looking for further growth , especially overseas , chiefly by acquisition and joint venture ; now with several clients in Australia and elsewhere in the Far East , the London office is feeling the lack of branches in that area , despite its comparative strength in the USA . |
| 54 | The firm , which will do boards for a whole range of products including computers , telecommunications and satellite receiver and industrial control system products is looking for further partnerships in Taiwan , Japan and the US and is three months away from announcing its next deal . |
| 55 | Loftus Library is looking for old photographs of the area to replace its original file of old photos which went missing some months ago . |
| 56 | The idea is the brainchild of Chester , Ellesmere Port and Wirral Training and Enterprise Council which is looking for 15 companies in the region to take part in a pilot scheme . |
| 57 | But with the messenger business increasingly beset by price wars , market saturation , soaring development costs and flagging margins , Mr Gates is looking for fresh profit in producing and selling the message itself . |
| 58 | What we do instead is to look for partial theories that will describe situations in which certain interactions can be ignored or approximated in a simple manner . |
| 59 | It appears that the next stage is to look for suitable sites and I am told that you will be able to provide us with a large scale map of the area for this purpose . |
| 60 | The main emphasis of the plan is to look for small and inexpensive solutions , and it places the onus on governments in the East to take steps that make economic sense . |