Example sentences of "looking at the [adj] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 'd have spent all his time looking at the bloody birds in the Jungle instead of reading his cue-cards . |
| 2 | I ask these questions because of course article five of the treaty of Rome basis a burden on this court , it does n't er create rights in itself , I think everyone agrees with this , but it certainly er imposes a duty on this court erm to apply with er community laws , purposes and principals and I 'm wondering whether erm , that , that is why I 'm looking at the possible consequences of this er the inter relationship between the , for example , the directive and article eighty five , er and bearing in mind as I said to Mr the other day , the consequences erm of er these fees |
| 3 | Quite often , this begins with looking at the enticing pictures in the catalogues . |
| 4 | This tin of Day and Martins metal polish gave me some trepidation looking at the vast areas of iron ferrous . |
| 5 | Now we continue by looking at the inside workings of the process at the national level , beginning with a discussion of executives and assemblies . |
| 6 | No longer can the worth of an investment proposal be evaluated by looking at the immediate terms of the deal : the longer lasting impact of the structure of alliances must also be taken into account . |
| 7 | Well looking at the individual breeds of animals that we 've got here , tell us about the basic breed line that you you keep on the farm here . |
| 8 | The associated jargon and rates may be introduced by looking at the following figures for 1984 extracted from Tables D1.1 and D2.1 of the 1984 Annual Report of the Registrar General for Scotland . |
| 9 | In particular , it would be a mistake to suppose that the causes and remedies of the prison numbers crisis are to be found simply by looking at the final stages of the process , namely the custodial decisions of the courts . |
| 10 | Since history includes all that has ever happened , you will concentrate on two main areas — looking at the ancient civilisations of Egypt and Rome , before moving on to the Middle Ages . |
| 11 | Although in Burmah Oil there was a reluctance to accept the " class " arguments without looking at the actual contents of the documents in question , subsequent cases have accepted class arguments without question . |
| 12 | The bulk of the research will be carried out at the Public Record Office , looking at the internal workings of the policy-making machine , though also with an awareness of the theoretical issues which are raised by the pioneer attempts to manage the economy in this period . |
| 13 | As Pyke got me a half of bitter I stood there regarding the rows of inverted bottles behind the barman 's head , not looking at the other actors in the pub , who I knew were all staring at me . |
| 14 | I spent the rest of the evening pretending riveted attention on the discussion while all the time practising ways of looking at the two women without them catching me . |
| 15 | I stand in the doorway of the front room , looking at the two bundles against the far wall . |
| 16 | Before looking at the two conferences under consideration , it is useful to construct an outline income and expenditure account , which might look something like |
| 17 | A causal explanation for these events is not to be found by looking at the mental processes of particular social groups or categories involved in them since any traits so identified are as likely to be effects as causes . |
| 18 | I 'm looking at the framed portraits of the stars : Anna Neagle , Liz Taylor , Dirk Bogarde , hand coloured like the photographs that Mr Fuller tints , an elderly artist who lives across the road from my grandparents . |
| 19 | In Chapters 3 and 4 we have been looking at the major groups of institutions that participate in the financial system . |
| 20 | Brenda Denvir takes up one of the most pressing contemporary issues , that of the multiple roles of assessment in schools , by looking at the intimately-related questions of ‘ what are we assessing ? ’ and , ‘ what are we assessing for ? ’ |
| 21 | But if it 's a world problem , if there are international dimensions to our problems in Britain , or to Kenya 's problems in Kenya , or to Mexico 's Mexican problems in Mexico , then somehow we 've got to have international groups looking at the international aspects of those problems . |
| 22 | " I do n't want to go , " I said childishly , looking at the sad bits of cut-off hair lying like a dead bird 's feathers on the floor . |
| 23 | This is the fourth in a series of articles looking at the forthcoming changes to community care |
| 24 | This is one of a series of articles looking at the forthcoming changes to community care |
| 25 | This is one of a series of articles looking at the forthcoming changes to community care |
| 26 | This is one of a series of articles looking at the forthcoming changes to community care |
| 27 | This is one of a series of articles looking at the forthcoming changes to community care |
| 28 | Looking at the near-sensational claims in the press release — whoring ? smuggling ? — I see that Mary Kingsley is not alone in being economical with the truth . |
| 29 | I have no doubt that , in the light of developments , the Government and our Community partners will be looking at the very matters to which my hon. Friend has drawn attention . |
| 30 | Notice that , although I have just summarized some of the teacher 's predicament that I described in Chapter 2 , we have arrived at the summary by a different route : not by reporting what people say , but by looking at the inevitable consequences of working in a demanding situation . |