Example sentences of "be search for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Police are searching for a blunt instrument . |
| 2 | Small wonder that scientists are searching for every lower temperatures , nearer still to absolute zero , where even more mysterious effects may be waiting . |
| 3 | Whilst they are searching for the relevant information , their inventories of unsold goods will start to build up . |
| 4 | Programme makers are searching for the best children 's museum in Britain . |
| 5 | Now they are searching for the fourth sister Pamela , who walked out at the age of 15 after a row with her father . |
| 6 | When I was eighteen I came in contact with the Catholic Crusade which was a rather left wing Christian Socialist Organization and I found that their attitude to problems contained the answers for which I had been searching for a good many years tell me when you want me to raise something . |
| 7 | Whether you 're searching for an unusual birthday gift , designer suit , engagement ring , leather luggage or simply to eat , York is the place to go . |
| 8 | It would have given her an excuse to be searching for a particular room , but she had been so frightened … |
| 9 | They 'll be searching for a wooden stick with a thistle painted on it , and discussing the minutes of the last Rotarians ' whist drive subcommittee meeting . |
| 10 | Joshua Morris stood in line waiting to be searched for an offensive weapon . |
| 11 | Police were searching for the missing bicycle , but the announcer said nothing about the missing hair . |
| 12 | One aim of experiments is to search for a compact spelling which can show sound and meaning as directly as possible , meet the needs of all who learn and use it , and is still close to existing spelling which has , so to speak , been ‘ cleaned up ’ . |
| 13 | The paper offers a model derived from ‘ job search theory ’ which is concerned with the optimal behaviour of an unemployed individual who is searching for a suitable job in the labour market . |
| 14 | This is very similar to the way a cassette is searched for a particular file . |
| 15 | As a new word is read from the ASCII file , the head list is searched for the longest string available from the start of the word . |
| 16 | He was searching for a complete lyricist who could add flavour to songs he was intending to be covered by bigger artists . |
| 17 | He told me how , at one point in his life , presumably in the 1930s , that he was searching for a new purpose and direction in his life ; one offering greater personal fulfilment . |
| 18 | He confesses that at the age of 40 he had reached ‘ the proverbial midlife crisis ’ and was searching for a different way of life . |
| 19 | He started looking into corners for the bugging device , though he said he was searching for a stray cigarette , left over from the days when he smoked . |
| 20 | He was searching for the right doctor — he meant a doctor for his soul — and kept falling into the hands of quacks . |
| 21 | She could see that he was searching for the right words , the very thing that would describe what he had felt , what he had experienced at that moment . |
| 22 | He had 10 wickets under his belt , was searching for an 11th , and at 264 for 9 , New Zealand captain Martin Crowe knew if either he or last man Chris Pringle fell , the Test was lost ; but if they could gather four runs , the match would be saved , for even if they were out immediately afterwards there would be no time for England to begin a run-chase of any kind before the scheduled close of play at 5.30 . |