Example sentences of "were looking for [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Our judges were looking for a healthy shine , superb condition and fabulous movement and after much deliberation , Louisa Nicholson was chosen as overall winner .
2 If you were looking for a physico-chemical reason for this fact rather than the , more usual , historical one you could do worse than suggest a capacity to make helical molecules .
3 We were looking for a good flavour and meaty texture .
4 As with the sliced bread , we were looking for a good , brown appearance , a firm crust , a distinctive aroma and taste with some nuttiness and a firm but springy texture .
5 President of the Board of Trade Michael Heseltine denied Tory MPs were looking for a new leader , saying : ‘ We know that so long as we keep our nerve and pursue policies that are important we can come through .
6 You probably remember , erm , a stimulating little book published last year by Frank on the Impulse to Philanthropy , where certainly in his nineteenth century analysis of the growth of philanthropy , he saw to main things , evangelicalism , which er , meant that people were going out looking for converts , and therefore doing good social work on the way , and the growth of the women 's movement , in the sense that women otherwise unemployed were looking for a new area of activity to get into .
7 By the time the General Election arrived eighteen months later , there was a good candidate ( Malcolm Thornton , now MP ) , a renewed constituency organisation and time for the people of Crosby to realise that they 'd done in that panicky moment when they were looking for a familiar face as their Member of Parliament .
8 As to the much discussed pearwood wall panels , Italo Rota explains : ‘ We were looking for a simple idea that would allow visitors who had already looked at a good many paintings to connect some of them with unfamiliar settings ; the art of memory tells us that it is easier to retain images in one 's head if one can link them to a specific space ’ .
9 ‘ If you were looking for a real boost to the industry then these first 10 days should have been much better , ’ said a City analyst .
10 Producer James Roose-Evans and Bryan Bailey , director of the Belgrade Theatre , Coventry , were looking for a young actor to play the lead role in the French comedy Head of the Family .
11 IF you were looking for a local Pillar of Society , you did not need to seek further than Brian Courtenay .
12 Most were looking for a local representative .
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14 Right if we were looking for a fifteenth , say we were looking for a fifteenth what would make
15 Judges said they were looking for a pleasing colour , a sharp flavour and a good fruity smell .
16 The Labour Department said the figures were in line with economists ' forecasts , but many were looking for a modest reduction .
17 Micky and the two girls were looking for a fourth person — someone having just moved out and on .
18 We were looking for a big house in Southampton .
19 These were not necessarily the shy or reserved ones , who were quite likely to be snapped up by ‘ parents ’ who were looking for a quiet life .
20 They originally thought they were looking for a medieval leper hospital , but then they uncovered a skeleton almost two thousand years old .
21 McLeish thanked him , scrambled up the embankment , drawing in deep breaths , and walked carefully down the side of the track in the sizeable footsteps of his squad , explaining to them that they were looking for a sharp-edged weapon .
22 We were looking for a precise way to express what we mean when we refer to something as complicated .
23 When Félicie Cendrars saw them again Jeanne and Modi were looking for a reliable wet-nurse , since neither she nor her mother ‘ could do anything with little Jeanne .
24 Mr Richard Warburton , director general of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents , said : ‘ If you were looking for the highest standards of safety , then you would be separating people from their vehicles in the tunnel . ’
25 The unions said that they were looking for the second week in January to begin an all-out stoppage .
26 Moreover he knew that Harwell were looking for the crucial neutron spectrum which , surely , would clinch everything .
27 We were looking for the reflective eyes of a fox .
28 those seeking work were looking for the same kinds of jobs as those that had found it ;
29 If the crowd in Woodford Square on that June evening were looking for an anti- imperialist martyr , that is what they got .
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