Example sentences of "in [pron] search for the " in BNC.

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1 In their search for the key ingredients of the Japanese model , the Americans concluded that empowerment is an important aspect of achieving greater productivity from their workforce .
2 FEDERAL officials yesterday made one arrest in their search for the bombers of the World Trade Centre in New York and authorities said they were looking for other suspects .
3 Despite certain important differences between the experimental findings and interpretations of the Aplysia and Hermissenda research schools , both have contributed to this framing , sharing a common theoretical perspective which leads to an explicit but , I believe , ultimately flawed reductive philosophy and strategy in their search for the mechanisms of memory .
4 Rejecting the inherent conservatism of the traditional portrait , many artists have today tried to extend the definition of portraiture to embrace a level of experimentation sought necessary in their search for the true identity .
5 This year her team at the Institute of Molecular Medicine , John Radcliffe Hospital and colleagues at Columbia University , New York have made significant progress in their search for the exact location of the gene for causing spinal muscular atrophy , a muscle-withering disease which is the leading inherited cause of infant death .
6 Mounted police have combed a National Trust estate at nearby Christmas Common , but have still drawn a blank in their search for the murder weapon or any bloodstained clothing .
7 As the schoolchildren learnt there would no school for a week , the police were calling for help in their search for the aronsists .
8 However , both bodies recommended changes in the form of legislation which would , if implemented , have assisted the court in its search for the true Parliamentary intention in using the statutory words .
9 We contemplate past failures of humankind in its search for the perfect society and become depressed .
10 In his search for the most effective approach to the training of boys , Baden-Powell made an extensive study of past and present methods .
11 Jean de Vaubrun rode to Edinburgh from France in the autumn of 1792 [ or possibly 1793 ] , never pausing in his search for the woman he loved .
12 It contributed to D'Arcy 's increasingly bad mood as he scoured the city in his search for the directors of Spidex International Trading .
13 When Wallace embarked in one of these in his search for the Greater Bird of Paradise , he described it as far preferable to travelling in a first-class steamer of the time :
14 In our search for the ideal occupational therapy we have examined motorised objects ( boring , according to the hens ) and water pumps which moisten their dry food ( more fun ) .
15 We are driven , then , in our search for the experience to be found in great art , to enquire whether there is available any similar and sufficient channel of supply which is within reach of all without distinction .
16 So far , in our search for the forces which create coherence , we have examined some of the other factors in communication .
17 We shall leave no stone unturned in our search for the culprit .
18 We shall look under every stone in our search for the culprit .
19 Go for broke , and be undeterred in your search for the possible dream .
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