Example sentences of "are looking for [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 It estimates 90% of its users are looking for 8 CPUs and 1Gb memory anyway .
2 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 . ’
3 You are looking for familiar words or phrases .
4 We are looking for state-backed policies to provide funds for those areas of production where potential exists for a swift expansion of exports .
5 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 .
6 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 .
7 We are looking for two things .
8 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 .
9 The police are looking for two men , one of them about 23 , with scruffy black hair , a white shirt and blue jacket and trousers .
10 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 .
11 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 .
12 They are looking for other companies to help .
13 Now they are looking for other ways to make their lives more fulfilling and satisfying .
14 With R&D they are looking for new products ; with community programmes they are looking to develop an environment that is good for business . ’
15 If you are looking for new sites and new friends please come down and attend one of our meetings .
16 As times grow hard , general publishers are looking for new markets .
17 All are looking for new ways to raise profits .
18 They tell Michael they are looking for new ways of using or acquiring skills .
19 When you are looking for such opportunities , however , beware of allowing visual images to blind you to potential problems .
20 We are looking for individual responses to problem-solving and personality development .
21 After re-uniting Tony Cooper with his Spitfire , the restorers now hope to start working on the wings and are looking for bigger premises to enable this work to take place .
22 We are looking for young economists to join this rapidly expanding company which specialises in regional and industrial forecasting and analysis , as well as undertaking a wide range of consultancy activities .
23 The 22 NorthEast Rotaract Clubs are looking for worthwhile charities to support in their September fund-raising week .
24 As the article by Dr Stuart Nelson in this issue ( p11 ) points out , most SMEs are looking for immediate benefits by improving their products and processes with existing technology at low risk .
25 Tory backbenchers are looking for strong measures to boost the economy and hope a one per cent cut in interest rates will cushion predicted cutbacks in public spending .
26 Increasingly , employers are looking for higher levels of skills .
27 Serious collectors ( and there are only a handful in the world ) are looking for pre-sinking letters , postcards or photographs disembarked at the Titanic 's last port of call , Queenstown ; signals or accounts of the sinking ; or , best of all , something that was actually in the ill-fated vessel .
28 If you are looking for advertised vacancies in local newspapers , always buy the early edition , and follow up immediately .
29 Why US carmakers are looking for European partners : Larry Black explains an unexpected effect of US restrictions on imports of Japanese cars
30 The value to a company of an experienced press officer is being able to distinguish between journalists who are looking for free samples and those who are serious about their work .
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