Example sentences of "be search for a [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Police are searching for a blunt instrument . |
2 | 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 . |
3 | It would have given her an excuse to be searching for a particular room , but she had been so frightened … |
4 | 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 . |
5 | 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 ’ . |
6 | 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 . |
7 | This is very similar to the way a cassette is searched for a particular file . |
8 | He was searching for a complete lyricist who could add flavour to songs he was intending to be covered by bigger artists . |
9 | 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 . |
10 | He confesses that at the age of 40 he had reached ‘ the proverbial midlife crisis ’ and was searching for a different way of life . |
11 | 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 . |