continuing search for
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcontinue,searchandfor
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continue
verb
uk/kənˈtɪn.juː/us/kənˈtɪn.juː/
to keep happening, existing, or doing something, or to cause something or someone to ...
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noun
uk/sɜːtʃ/us/sɝːtʃ/
an attempt to find someone ...
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for
preposition
uk/fɔːr/us/fɔːr/
intended to be ...
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(Definition ofcontinue,searchandforfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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In theircontinuingsearchfor best value for money.
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It will mean acontinuingsearchfor efficiency.
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After finding one solution, more solutions can be produced when backtracking andcontinuingsearchwith other variable choices at choice points.
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I have not been able to find evidence that any of the 1625 corporations were actually established, despite mycontinuingsearch.
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But, nevertheless, we search—and it is acontinuingsearch—for agreement and common ground.
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This is done as part of ourcontinuingsearchfor better value for money.
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But, of course, we will not eliminate thecontinuingsearchfor other possible sources of infection.
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I trust that they will not now take an unyielding, inflexible stand in thecontinuingsearchfor a solution.
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I have already mentioned the mobile squads maintaining the temporary repairs and theircontinuingsearchfor new technical solutions.
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Acontinuingsearchfor more accurate, and therefore more economical, means of application of pesticides is necessary.
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There must be acontinuingsearchfor economies so as to get real value for money out of the large sums involved.
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I believe that there will have to be acontinuingsearchfor new methods, not just the setting-up of centres in hospitals.
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As part of thecontinuingsearchfor economies in the support area, we are reducing the expenditure devoted to the recruiting of staff, advertising and recruiting premises.
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As part of thecontinuingsearchfor better value for money in the defence services, a review of dental ancilliary support for all three services was undertaken in 1983.
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The conference was part of acontinuingsearchfor ways to support teachers and pupils working in circumstances of disadvantage so as to make their joint task more successful.
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