I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a desperate search
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The female bear has left her young in a desperate search for food.
a search for clues
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She opened every drawer in her desperate search for clues.
a searching/probing question (= one designed to find things out )
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The immigration officer asked me some searching questions.
a vain search
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Mothers have been to every shop in town in a vain search for the toy.
body search
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Everyone entering the building had a body search.
carry out a search
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Here are some more ways of carrying out information searches online.
carry out a search
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Here are some more ways of carrying out information searches online.
conduct a search
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The Spanish authorities conducted a nationwide search for the girl.
frantic search
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a frantic search for her father
frantically searched
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He frantically searched for the key.
go through/look through/search through drawers (= try to find something by looking in drawers )
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I've been through all my drawers and I can't find it.
look for/search for a bargain
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She began looking for bargains at car boot sales.
look for/search for evidence
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The investigation will look for evidence of financial mismanagement.
mount a campaign/challenge/search etc
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Friends of the Earth are mounting a campaign to monitor the illegal logging of trees.
search engine
search for words (= try to think of words to use )
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She hesitated, searching for words.
search for...roots
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Alex Haley’s story about his search for his roots became a bestseller.
search party
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Let’s get going or they’ll send out a search party .
search (sth) for clues
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Detectives are still searching the house for clues.
search warrant
search your pocket (= look for something in your pocket )
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I searched my pockets for my train ticket but it wasn't there.
seek/search for/look for a cure
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$3 billion a year is spent searching for a cure for cancer.
send out...search party
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Let’s get going or they’ll send out a search party .
strip search
the search for a cure
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Billions of pounds have been spent on the search for a cure.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
fruitless
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He's suffering from dehydration because of his fruitless search for water.
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Long have I combed the vilest quarters of this town on fruitless search for thee.
nationwide
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A £100,000 nationwide search , involving a helicopter, was launched.
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Her disappearance prompted a nationwide search .
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Her successor would be selected after a nationwide search , and a thorough vetting by the appropriate parish committees.
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Will interim athletic director Paul Bubb be deemed the most-qualified candidate after a nationwide search is conducted?
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The horrifying news sent the Ciprianos on a nationwide search to find the best possible treatment for their daughter.
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Klaas was missing for two months, prompting a nationwide search .
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A nationwide search was under way for a typical coed.
systematic
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In 1987 David Jewitt instituted a systematic search of the outer Solar System for faint, slow-moving objects.
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This will involve a systematic search through library catalogues, and has several purposes.
thorough
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After that we made a thorough search of the chapel, its walls, flagstones and altar, but there was nothing.
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I want a thorough search of the whole building, particularly possible means of access and exit.
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Julius quickly sorted through them, tossing them carelessly on to the floor as he continued his fast but thorough search .
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A thorough search was made but nothing was found.
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A prerequisite for linkage studies would thus be a thorough search for subclinical manifestations of inherited liability.
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Now Benning wanted a thorough search and with Carter in custody this should pose no problem.
■ NOUN
engine
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Yahoo!, set up in 1994, was originally a straight forward internet search engine .
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McKinley and Excite currently command two of the five most prominent spots for search engines on the Netscape browser home page.
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If you're going to add a Web search engine to your site, this is a lot easier.
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You only need type the merest hint of innuendo into a search engine to come face to face with a porno advert.
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Specialty search engines are another useful resource.
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Or send a search engine to forage for the best prices or availability across hundreds of shops simultaneously.
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In addition, the site provides access to hundreds of specialty search engines , organized by category.
job
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Proactive job search Perhaps as a child you were sent with a list to the corner shop.
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Perhaps it is but where in that world are you going to start your job search ?
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The follow-up survey planned for Spring 1985 will test just how successful they have been in job search .
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B.. Present a formal written resume of your work and employment experience, appropriate for future job searches .
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The job search took him seven years, and by that time he was ripe for retirement.
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There are several methods you could use for your job search , most of which have limitations.
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In any event, my movements are dictated by no income for such social travelling and my job search .
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Another plus to an online job search is that many companies use their home pages to inform and entice potential hires.
party
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There's a couple of search parties organized.
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A search party fanned the countryside.
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When they did not return that night, Richard led a search party for them at first light the following morning.
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A search party found him the next day, dead from exposure.
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I can't let him organize a search party .
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Thirteen men were missing and search parties were organised from amongst the trapped men and sent out to look for them.
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I kept that up until dawn, when the search party returned, Esmerelda-less, then I let myself go to sleep.
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The problem was making her presence known to any search party .
warrant
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The evidence he had provided in his report had been deemed too conjectural for the issuing of a search warrant .
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It declared that the village had a search warrant for her home and would return sometime in the next 30 days.
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Prosecutors would need court permission for arrests and search warrants and could no longer overturn rulings they do not like.
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Two handguns were recovered during service of the search warrants .
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Even a policeman wouldn't dare poke about without a search warrant - and you're not a policeman.
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Investigators on Monday sought a search warrant to examine a summer home the Ramseys own in Charlevoix, Mich.
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He's probably gone for a search warrant ... Jim Henderson in the Raven says he was watching people at the bar.
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Searches of private property for illegal aliens can be made without a search warrant .
■ VERB
abandon
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We should not abandon the search for a better way of determining pay for all health service staff.
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By the 1990s, large and institutional investors had abandoned the search for security and demanded instead fat returns on investments.
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After throwing things around in a very haphazard fashion she finally abandoned her search .
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Somewhat bewildered, they abandoned the search and the world heard about yet another maritime tragedy.
begin
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Two divers were still missing south of St Abbs, and the lifeboat began a search for them.
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Finding the prisoners gone, the mob began to search for an object on which to vent its anger.
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He parked his car off Warwick Avenue and, locking it up, began his search .
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The characters will automatically appear at the prompt, and the search will begin .
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After a year or two the child's family placement worker will begin the search for a new family.
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The city then began a search that continues today.
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The sound began before our search was completed and it stopped me in my tracks, leaving Malc to continue alone.
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Police evacuated the immediate area and began a meticulous search for other bombs after the second explosion.
carry
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After that they are free to carry out the search for their birth parents.
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Go to your library and carry out a literature search on that particular system.
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One of the students had tried to carry out a literature search during the summer, before coming on the course.
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It was Major Volpi who had been given responsibility for putting up road-blocks and carrying out house-to-house searches .
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They were supposed to be carrying out an arms search .
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So you knew how to carry out a literature search before you came on this course?
conduct
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They were nowhere to be seen, so I then conducted a search of all the store rooms and outhouses.
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I conduct executive searches for senior-level management, so I know a fair bit about how these companies are managed.
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Peacekeeping troops set up road blocks and conducted house-to-house searches .
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Police arrived within minutes and conducted a cursory search of the property.
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Appian Way, for instance, offer data disks that can conduct searches and produce material relevant to specific topics.
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Security forces were reportedly conducting a search operation to find the attackers.
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He was conducting yet another search of the quarter.
continue
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Discussion between football representatives and Brussels continued in the search for an agreement.
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I continued my search , working with delicacy, leaving the contents of each drawer undisturbed.
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After the soldiers had taken away all the men, they continued their search for valuables.
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If you choose to continue your genealogy search , I wish you happy hunting and good fortune.
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Isaacs, meanwhile, continues the search for places to hold his tournaments.
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Four people are missing, and the U. S. Coast Guard continued its search for wreckage.
help
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We are sorry there was no index to help in the search for these.
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Elizabeth Hurley helps him search for his brother, who might have wronged the wrong crowd.
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I declined requests from the Soviet Embassy to help them in their search .
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He found a business broker to help him in his search .
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She was helped in her search by her sister Nephthys, the wife of Seth, who could not condone his action.
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At one point, city public works employees were called away from their duties to help in the search .
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Several influences combined in this period to help him in the search for an alternative theological approach.
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Baer later told the committee he would help Beer in her search .
launch
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Theatres, cinemas and restaurants in the area were also evacuated as police launched a frantic search and found the B-registration van.
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At the same time, materials scientists launch an extensive search for other materials that might have similar effects.
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Police backed by a helicopter launched a search , but no arrests were reported.
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And perhaps he wasn't going to wait until morning before launching a search .
mount
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He phoned an animal helpline, which got the Devon moor's rangers to mount a search .
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Seventy five officers - some armed - mounted a search .
send
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Or send a search engine to forage for the best prices or availability across hundreds of shops simultaneously.
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Only to find that Barry Spence, the Warden, had sent out a search party for me.
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It should have sent a search program down the cable first.
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Your parents will be sending out search parties.
start
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The best general directories are: Yahoo is the best place to start any search .
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I started the search because I wanted medical information and heritage information.
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Perhaps it is but where in that world are you going to start your job search ?
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Mr Byers has started the search for his replacement.
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C., or another location, you should start your job search in the area you want to move to.
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It is not clear why the local police did not start the search immediately.
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You should also start your search at the top of any particular accounting firm.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
house-to-house inquiries/search/collection etc
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Another was a newcomer to our church and to our city, doing an Edinburgh house-to-house collection for the first time.
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It was Major Volpi who had been given responsibility for putting up road-blocks and carrying out house-to-house searches.
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Officers would also be making house-to-house inquiries, said a Hertfordshire Police spokesman.
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Peacekeeping troops set up road blocks and conducted house-to-house searches.
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Road blocks were set up and a helicopter brought in from Manchester as police began house-to-house inquiries.
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Some 200 militants were arrested in house-to-house searches beginning on April 13.
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The street collection raised £255.41 and the house-to-house collection realised £2,928.
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We will be making street and house-to-house collections during Battle of Britain Week.
look/search high and low
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We looked high and low for Sandy but couldn't find her.
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He had searched high and low for these.
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Throughout her letters, Clappe was searching high and low for a room of her own.
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You say you have looked high and low for new building sites but let me tell you there are some.
searching look/glance/gaze
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Crouched down beside it, Delaney took another searching glance behind him, at the lifeless, cluttered room.
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Guy led Chalon back on to the road, casting another searching glance up at Isabel's closed face.
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Soul searching Look no further for a hot new boy band.
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The searching gaze was too much for Denis.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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FBI agents carried out a search of all the nightclubs in the area.
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I did a quick search on the Internet and found three airlines with tickets available on that date.
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Police are carrying out house-to-house searches in villages near the scene of the murder.
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Rescuers are continuing their search for survivors of the crash.
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Their search for gold took them west to Washington State.
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When the men did not return, the commanding officer sent out a search party.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And each subsequent day, as the poignant search continued, she welcomed me back.
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Last June a judge dismissed the fine, declaring that the village must obtain search warrants before conducting the inspections.
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Many of its best-educated residents have been driven to neighboring counties in search of better jobs.
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Much has been spent, to little effect, on the search for a vaccine.
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The search for the seat of divinity in man and nature is only a prelude to the aspiration for transcendence.
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The multinational drug companies are often exploiting that knowledge in their constant search for new and more profitable drugs.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
frantically
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We sat around the table, searching frantically for explanations and hoping unavailingly for good news.
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Panic-stricken parents, their faces twisted in fear, ran to the school and frantically searched for their sons or daughters.
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As he did so, he frantically searched his mind for something reassuring to say to the maniac in the back.
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He had searched frantically for the hobby section.
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Suddenly, the Doctor stopped, frantically searching his pockets.
out
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It is certainly worth searching out .
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In searching out its wonders, we are learning simultaneously the wonder of ourselves.
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When you learn how to search out and retrieve information you are in possession of a golden key to doing successful public relations.
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Men prowled the motel like packs of wolves searching out easy prey.
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Most of the enemies of these insects are small birds out searching for a tasty meal.
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He sighted the bottle, searched out a glass, and poured himself some of the white.
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Trent dropped down into the galley and took his time searching out a tin of ginger biscuits.
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He does not know where his father was, perhaps out searching for food.
still
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One month after Pamela took her life, her family is still searching for a reason.
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Police were still searching , however, for 19 people who slipped the first dragnet.
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At 72 and in poor health, he suffered a heart attack while police officers were still searching for clues.
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Authorities are still searching for additional explosives in the area.
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Detectives are still searching for the murder weapon, probably a wooden handled knife.
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The guy is still searching for a style.
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The internal critique is more searching still .
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The Rachel, still searching for its missing whale-boat crew, rescues him.
■ NOUN
answer
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She searched for a suitable answer to Cyril's question, but could not find one.
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In Madras recuperating from the effects of dysentery self-induced by dietetic experiments, Gandhi searched for an answer .
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Any serious misfortune can leave a victim searching for answers and explanations, but polio was peculiarly unyielding to accountability.
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There is always a reason, and searching for the answer is part of the fun.
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It was a year when people searched for answers in odd places, from white-male militias to Million Man Marches.
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HelpDesk requests are stored in an historical database, which can be searched for effective answers to future reader queries.
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He startled her by asking, by searching for an answer through her eyes.
area
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The pilots were able to search some areas below the fog, but said visibility was almost nil at higher levels.
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Two people walked through calf-deep water, searching the crash area .
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The thought occurred to him that he'd have to search the garage area for a hammer.
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By Sunday, volunteers had gathered and searched the area in cars, on foot and by airplane.
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A team of police have spent the day searching the area surrounding the house.
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She searched the area for three days and verified all my descriptions but found no wreckage of the transport and gave up.
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Rescue teams used everything from golf buggies to a sea king helicopter to search the area adjoining the golf course.
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The injured Adams did not search the area .
clue
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The police have been searching the site for clues , and talking to eye witnesses.
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Instead, I searched everywhere for external clues to my feelings.
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At 72 and in poor health, he suffered a heart attack while police officers were still searching for clues .
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Without records, investigators are interviewing workers and searching for physical clues to what happened.
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Bewildered and uneasy, she searches the past for clues .
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She regularly tramped remote areas searching for clues .
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Police, forensic and bomb squad officers are still searching for clues to the cause of that blast.
database
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Suppose now that we wish to search the database for axes similar in shape to some given axe.
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Curious, he searched through his database of about 1, 000 people screened for similar mutations.
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The third screen gives some useful hints and tips for searching the database .
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You're merely searching a database of Web pages located on the search engine's server.
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Users can now search the database by entering whole words or parts of them.
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These features are of secondary importance in searching the database in this assignment.
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Anyone searching the resultant database by means of a computer terminal has almost instantaneous access to every item in the newspaper.
face
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The blue eyes searched her face with a dispassionate curiousity.
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He stood over Byron, searching Byron's face .
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Worried, Delaney followed, searching her face , fearing the tell-tale signs of toxicity.
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For a moment he held her head in his hands, searching her face with a strange expression in his eyes.
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He was attentive and thoughtful, without fussing over her or searching her face for signs of tiredness or ill-health.
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She searched his face for just the slightest hint that there might be the chance of some give in his rigidity.
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He was regarding her questioningly, searching her face as if it could tell him something.
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Topaz searched his face for some indication that her mission would be successful, but she found no hint of benevolence.
file
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It eliminates the need to search the file sequentially.
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Users typically download free software that allows them to search for files on the computers of other participating users.
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In particular, a database user may want to search a file in a number of ways, according to a particular application.
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The microcomputer then searches the file to discover any entries indexed using both keywords.
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A second technique that greatly improves the speed of searching a sequential file is to use a logarithmic search.
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Also, you should never waste time and money searching for files or papers.
house
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Then one stood guard over her while the other two searched the house .
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There was no way I could search the entire house , but I could certainly comb a couple of places.
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A warrant had then been obtained to search Mr Righton's house .
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Jimmy went back in and searched the house .
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He thoroughly searched the house and came up with some startling and damning evidence.
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Moving through the rooms stealthily, he searches the house for the kit Skeeter must use to fix Jill with.
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They then searched the house to find out whether Bland, of Prior Dene, Darlington, was inside.
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They searched the house , emptying drawers and kicking in a wall in the process.
information
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The ability to search for supporting detailed information as time and necessity dictate. 11.
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More narrowly, purchasing departments inside organizations search for information about specific courses of action, such as the purchase of equipment.
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First, you can use the Yahoo! database of categories to search for the information .
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He pored over geography books in the Richmond library, searching for information on climate, soil conditions, and crop yields.
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When you learn how to search out and retrieve information you are in possession of a golden key to doing successful public relations.
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Thus, visitors save on the costs of searching out good information .
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This can make markets more efficient, and lets investors spend less time and money searching for information .
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Because of the limits, individuals search for information in a highly selective way and operate within simplified models of the world.
officer
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At 72 and in poor health, he suffered a heart attack while police officers were still searching for clues.
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Hundreds of police officers are searching the territory.
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Fire officers wearing breathing apparatus searched the building but there was no one trapped.
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A spokesman told us: The officers who searched the house were using their statutory powers.
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Mr MacDonald has been taken to Banbury for questioning and scenes of crime officers have been searching his house this afternoon.
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A postmortem examination is being carried out to find the cause of death and forensic officers have searched the surrounding area.
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Police, forensic and bomb squad officers are still searching for clues to the cause of that blast.
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He'd been beaten about the head. 60 police officers are now searching for his killer.
place
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Today they came to search the place .
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We can get a warrant to search your place at any time.
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Next evening Dad drove the hired car round Mosta, searching for the meeting place .
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She knew Doyle would do his best to protect her but what if they decided to search the place anyway?
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It is a bit strange you only searching this place now, isn't it?
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You spend less time searching for a place to work and more time actually working.
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He knew what he'd find in the wardrobe upstairs if he ever had to search the place .
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He moved to the small table, put down his glass and searched in his pockets for his cigarettes.
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He searched every pocket , and the pockets in the buff-colored vest, for a garage ticket, but he found none.
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Then she searched his other pockets .
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He restrained himself from searching the pockets until he arrived home, in case it mightn't work in the open.
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Then he searched his pockets and took out a cigarette packet and shook it, but it was empty.
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Suddenly, the Doctor stopped, frantically searching his pockets .
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Pollsters have searched in vain for pockets of disloyalty.
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Maxim had time to search the man's pockets - and then suddenly he hadn't.
police
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Daytona Beach Police started searching for Seay on Dec. 23, 1988, when she was reported missing.
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The police searched surrounding buildings and then asked some staff to return to shops and begin their own search.
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Cuyahoga County judge Patrick Curran ruled police had no right searching Mesa's car and dismissed the gun charge.
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Hundreds of police officers are searching the territory.
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Arlington police spokesman Dee Anderson said police began searching for the truck moments after Kevil called but found nothing.
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Patient is strangled POLICE searched a hospital yesterday after an ex-patient was tied up and strangled with a scarf.
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Would we allow the police to search the sacred precincts of marital bedrooms for telltale signs of the use of contraceptives?
room
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She didn't know whether or not he was sniffing but when I searched his room I found empty aerosols.
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I held on to him while my eyes searched the room .
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Curious, she went upstairs and searched the rooms .
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She searched the room for Claire.
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His eyes searched the room rapidly, then fell on the door leading to the connecting bathroom.
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He searched the room for cigarettes.
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They searched all the upstairs rooms .
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Although she and Jane searched the room for an hour there was not a trace of blood.
soul
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In him she had found something her Libran soul had been searching for.
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This leads Azucena on a search through the universe to reclaim her twin soul .
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To a point at least, you can take each moment of inner soul searching as a sign that you are winning.
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The environmental movement is long overdue for some seri-ous soul searching and reconciliation with reality.
user
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Signs are constantly available to help motivated users who are actively searching for some form of information.
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Printed guides are used by the motivated user who is actively searching for information.
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Usually an index will be arranged so that the user can search for articles by both subject and author.
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In particular, a database user may want to search a file in a number of ways, according to a particular application.
warrant
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Had they got a warrant to search the cottage?
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A young soldier said that he had a warrant to search the house.
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We can get a warrant to search your place at any time.
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Without a warrant they also searched St Mary's, another church within Mr Mackenzie's parish.
ways
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Whitehall sources say Treasury officials are searching for ways to save money, with spending cuts a likely option.
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Reinharz said the university will continue to search for ways to be more efficient and innovative.
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Although printed indexes tend to be either controlled or natural language, many large databases can now be searched in both ways .
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The school desegregation crisis persisted after Little Rock, as southern states searched for ways to maintain de jure segregation.
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Frustrated educators search for dramatic new ways to get at one root of the problem: language skills.
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Defensive stocks generally found themselves in favour as investors searched for ways of minimising the risks of the economic cycle.
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The objective was, however, to search for ways of modelling to improve the rigour of strategic analysis.
word
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Meaning lies in the mind, beyond words - just as one may search for a word to express one's meaning.
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I watched him searching for words that would split open my silence.
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Within seconds Harry was sitting in the rear seat, searching for his next words .
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More generally, it is quite difficult to find sensible ways of combining phrase searching with word searching.
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Phrase Searching Perhaps the easiest of the advanced techniques, phrase searching lets you search on multiple words for one topic.
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Search can also be used to search for a single word or a string of words and letters.
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The program maintains standard and customisable glossaries and can search for commonly used words and phrases and offer the glossary's translation.
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Alexei seemed to search for words and Rostov waited to see what he would say next.
■ VERB
begin
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Everyone in the class started laughing and the teacher began searching for the culprit.
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Nell turned away and began to eagerly search the mass of notes, manuals and graphs stacked on desks.
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But they began searching for a distant location to store duplicates of some of the more vital records and equipment.
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He began searching through the house gathering clothes and other things he wanted to take with him.
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Jack and Rita began to search for a business of their own that could help them claim a life of their own.
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For example, she begins to search for objects that she sees disappear.
continue
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Briefly, she wondered if this weren't the sort of thing the Doctor was after, but decided to continue searching .
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McKennitt continues searching for their traces today.
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They plan to continue searching the River Severn and the Gloucester to Sharpness canal tomorrow morning.
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A prostate cancer patient, Milken continues to search for cures for the deadly disease, Reese said.
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But to stop us continuing to search the computer scrambles the wires.
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Reinharz said the university will continue to search for ways to be more efficient and innovative.
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Ron and I continued to search for races.
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They came away empty-handed, but one Tucson psychic, Joyce Martin, said she plans to continue searching on her own.
spend
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A team of police have spent the day searching the area surrounding the house.
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I spent two days searching for warm clothes.
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I spent four days searching for something about her.
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You spend less time searching for a place to work and more time actually working.
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So they spend less time searching for you and more time in your company.
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Poorer airports, many of which have not introduced the necessary technology, will have to spend longer searching luggage by hand.
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I spent a little precious time searching for a telephone, but couldn't find one.
start
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But enough, I hope, to start you searching for more.
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Daytona Beach Police started searching for Seay on Dec. 23, 1988, when she was reported missing.
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Very hurriedly he started searching through the unopened mail.
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Charlie broke con-tact with us, and we started searching bunkers.
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Blunt gratefully recognized that they were losing height, and rested his neck; then felt guilty and started searching again.
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When the Farmer has finished counting he wakes up and starts to search .
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An algorithm which performs this trick before it starts searching is said to be goal directed, or a backwards searcher.
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He could hear vehicles moving along the road, dropping storm-troopers off at regular intervals as they started to search the forest.
stop
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What the team has not done is interview individual officers who have stopped , searched and arrested the couple.
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When, oh when, are you going to stop searching ?
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At this stage I stopped searching to have a little think.
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But to stop us continuing to search the computer scrambles the wires.
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If it's necessary, the warship has orders to shoot, to stop , board and search suspect vessels.
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Any coach leaving the city at this time of night should have been stopped and searched anyway.
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They are more likely to be stopped and searched , and to be the victim of mistaken arrest or conviction.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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All visitors to the prison are thoroughly searched.
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All visitors will be searched before entering the prison.
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At the site, rescue workers have been searching systematically in the hope of finding more survivors.
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I searched a few websites, but couldn't find the information I was looking for.
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I did a search for any articles by Varenqe on the web, and I found quite a few.
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Local people are still searching woods near the victim's home for any clues to help find her killer.
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Our leaders will have to search their consciences before agreeing to this deal.
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Police have searched the area near his home, but have so far found nothing.
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The men were all searched for weapons and then allowed to enter.
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To find a book on our site, you can search by author, title, or subject.
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We searched the whole house for Diane's ring.
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You can search on the Internet for the names of dealers in your area.
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You can search the document for particular words or phrases, in order to get directly to the information you need.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Bidwill is notorious for his secrecy while searching for a coach.
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Elizabeth left me and I searched every corner of the hotel - every dark doorway and staircase.
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Frantically he cast about, searching the ground.
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Relations in databases are designed to be searched by the primary keys.
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The 73-year-old Republican standard-bearer took time out of his busy campaign schedule last week to search for those roots.
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The company, named for a friend who died from an infection, would search for new targets for antibiotics.
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The crow bar raised over his head, he searched the water for the keg among other things.
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They could search a thousand years and they'd not find it.