Example sentences of "looking at the [adj] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If we examine what it is one participant is ready to see that other participants might read into a situation and what it is that will cause him to provide ritual remedies , followed by relief for these efforts , we find ourselves looking at the central moral traditions of Western culture . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | This is a complex table , because it contains four variables ; work through the effect of each explanatory variable systematically , looking at the relevant marginal relationships as well . |
| 4 | Then , looking at the deep blue trousers and top Lucy wore , she added , ‘ Nobody changes into anything dressy for dinner . |
| 5 | What I think my colleague is saying is that when the actuary is assessing the commitments of the funds , he is looking at the anticipated increased earnings until the person retires and I think when the calculation is made for somebody who is er a deferred pensioner of leaving er a pension fund to take his money elsewhere a similar calculation or the same calculation should be used , the one that the actuary last used in , in looking forward and saying what the commitments are . |
| 6 | At that point the machine can forget about B entirely ; looking at the other 30-odd replies to B is a waste of time . |
| 7 | 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 ? |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Looking at the major political movements in Latin America in the twentieth century , it is striking how all of the most successful have championed the ideals of integration , national unity and incorporation . |
| 12 | This month see the start of a new series , looking at the major national fishkeeping clubs and associations . |
| 13 | ‘ And for goodness sake , ’ she said , looking at the almost-empty Scotch bottle , ‘ bring something good and strong to drink with you . ’ |
| 14 | We can appreciate one reason for this if we examine the question , not from the viewpoint of symptoms used to try to distinguish schizophrenia from affective psychosis , but by looking at the underlying psychological processes that are responsible for the two states . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | ‘ Was it his ? , ’ looking at the large black back . |
| 18 | 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 . |