Example sentences of "be looking [prep] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had exactly eight minutes to hear a report back from business leaders who had been looking at inner-city schools . |
| 2 | But what is more surprising is not that mechanised transport has had its fair share of false starts but that since the oil crisis many planners have been looking at abandoned forms of transport . |
| 3 | In this chapter we 've been looking at two novels which , though they both contain their own particular stylistic innovations , nevertheless stick to the recognised , traditional shape of the novel . |
| 4 | Dr Briggs and Richard Fortey ( of London 's Natural History Museum ) have been looking at new ways of classifying the various arthropods in the Burgess . |
| 5 | " I 've been looking at these holes . |
| 6 | Computers are used in all walks of life , although so far in our series of programmes we 've largely been looking at scientific applications . |
| 7 | People magazine has been looking for possible substitutes , and among the personalities they suggest is Prince Charles . |
| 8 | Bristol had previously been heavily involved in the Iceland trade , but had been coming under pressure from increasing Hanse power there , and its merchants may well have been looking for alternative supplies of fish — it is worth stressing that the ships sent out in 1481 in search of the ‘ Isle of Brasil ’ were carrying a large quantity of salt ( 45 , pp.188–9 ; 94 , pp.177–82 ) . |
| 9 | Zimbabwe supports controlled culling of its large elephant population and has been looking for legal ways to cover the costs . |
| 10 | Saying that they were playing very deep , but Im sure Wallace would have been looking for those balls and giving the player in posession that option . |
| 11 | Although the virus has now disappeared , RSPCA staff have been looking after orphaned pups , seals damaged by fishing nets and victims of gales , as well as treating a variety of birds . |
| 12 | We have one possibility but the case is still under investigation and I am looking for possible motives . |
| 13 | I am looking for short biographies of female scientists — of any discipline — for use in school . |
| 14 | ‘ Because the murders were committed so close together we are looking into possible links between the two . ’ |
| 15 | But they are looking into olive groves . |
| 16 | It estimates 90% of its users are looking for 8 CPUs and 1Gb memory anyway . |
| 17 | Yorkshire managing director Clive Leach , who will be chief executive of the group , said : ‘ We are looking for substantial reductions and we will be ruthless in taking out any area that does not contribute . ’ |
| 18 | You are looking for familiar words or phrases . |
| 19 | We are looking for state-backed policies to provide funds for those areas of production where potential exists for a swift expansion of exports . |
| 20 | The geologists are looking for viable extensions of the Wych Farm field which has been successfully exploited in Poole Harbour without too much impact on the environment . |
| 21 | They are considering now short-term leases rather than sell on the market as it is at the present , and they are including the clinic in the buildings for which they are looking for alternative uses . |
| 22 | We are looking for two things . |
| 23 | I 'm sure most people know by know , that er this show will be coming to you live from Sydney , Australia , for a whole week to mark Australia Day at the end of January , and er the interesting thing from your point of view , is that we are looking for two couples , can be a husband and wife , er mother and daughter , father and son , any combination really , just a couple of friends . |
| 24 | The police are looking for two men , one of them about 23 , with scruffy black hair , a white shirt and blue jacket and trousers . |
| 25 | There are currently 79,000 children and young people being cared for by the local authorities in the U.K. and half of them are looking for foster homes . |
| 26 | Computer Sciences Corp , El Segundo , California entered a joint sales and marketing agreement with Sun Microsystems Inc to market client-server systems in the global aerospace manufacturing industry and the two are looking for combined revenues from the partnership to total about $80m over 18 months . |
| 27 | They are looking for other companies to help . |
| 28 | Now they are looking for other ways to make their lives more fulfilling and satisfying . |
| 29 | With R&D they are looking for new products ; with community programmes they are looking to develop an environment that is good for business . ’ |
| 30 | If you are looking for new sites and new friends please come down and attend one of our meetings . |