1.   Arcadipane said that his firm has met with various New York firms for two years, looking for a suitable partner.

2.   Consequently, chief executives of most oil companies have had to swallow their pride and look for suitable partners.

3.   How can I find an adviser who knows the financial community well enough to suggest some suitable partners?

4.   In an interview with French daily Le Monde, Meyssonnier said a suitable partner might be a German savings bank or a U.K. building society.

5.   In France, BNP Paribas has been on the prowl, although finding a suitable partner has proved difficult.

6.   It assumes some singles lack the most rudimentary social skills while others have the gumption to peruse obituaries and contact survivors in their search for a suitable partner.

7.   It also seemed unlikely that he would find a suitable partner in that kind of atmosphere.

8.   Most well-educated women met their husbands at university, where there was an ample supply of suitable partners.

9.   Peugeot has said that it is investigating the possibility of producing such cars in the United States, if it can find a suitable partner.

10.   Should the government fail to find a suitable partner for Foncier, the officials said, the government would move to help Foncier rethink its strategy entirely.