Example sentences of "looking at the [adj] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A senior minister , looking at the vast new platform which turned the Winter Gardens into a television set , suggested that it really ought to contain a pantheon for past leaders . |
| 2 | Historians looking at the early tenth century find it difficult to identify the Vikings any longer as an " external " force . |
| 3 | Looking at the remaining 16 error cases from our system ( see table 5.4 ) in more detail , it is clear that some of these can in fact be solved by applying some simple substitutions where the recognition has failed . |
| 4 | And erm he actually , he , he started off and , and was very nervous but the summing up of it was , was brilliant erm and I , I would n't put it across as well as what he did but the principle of it was that he , he suddenly turned round and said right I have now changed my job , right , you are now looking at the new managing director of Friends Provident , he says , and the first thing I am going to do is I 'm cutting all your wages to eighty five pounds a week , what are you going to do about it ? |
| 5 | Comparing his grey frozen features with the carved stone angel beside the lectern , looking at the long lit-up scar , and the furrowed forehead as he wrestled with the difficult words , Daisy thought he did n't need to humble or prove himself any more . |
| 6 | Looking at the graceful lofty sweep of the stone finger now it only takes a slight imaginative leap to picture the majestic beauty of the abbey in its former entirety . |
| 7 | I can see that perhaps if they want to have a er they may feel they need to stray into other boundaries but I did feel that when I read what Huntingdon district council proposed which was if you like , to completely re-drawing the electoral map for the entire county I was n't actually looking at something that was designed to deal with the interests of the citizens of Huntingdon district council , I was looking at the straightforward political proposal which would be far better to come from a political party than from a district council . |
| 8 | This month see the start of a new series , looking at the major national fishkeeping clubs and associations . |
| 9 | At the official press conference today , Brian Horton said he 'd been looking at the young twenty-one year old for quite a while . |
| 10 | ‘ And for goodness sake , ’ she said , looking at the almost-empty Scotch bottle , ‘ bring something good and strong to drink with you . ’ |
| 11 | Looking at the superior economic performance of the northern United States compared with the south , political economists had a simple explanation ( now vigorously disputed by economic historians ) : slavery . |
| 12 | Making a sound in his throat , he turned his head away , then said , ‘ Funny thing , but neither am I ; yet I 've had to get used to it ; ’ and on this he went out , leaving Millie looking at the big fat woman and feeling she must make conversation : ‘ It 's a beautiful morning , ’ she said . |
| 13 | ‘ Was it his ? , ’ looking at the large black back . |
| 14 | Looking at the branched hanging lamp of teak and smoky glass , the velvet curtains and the big colour television set , Wexford decided that Hatton had done his wife proud . |