Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] at the [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They give us a highly detailed picture of the initial occupational spread of graduates , and the extent to which they enter occupations which are cognate with their degree ( the mere number of type of work categories is a rather crude measure ; one has to look at the actual headings ) . |
| 2 | One only has to look at the diminishing casts in productions all over the country . |
| 3 | She stopped to look at the two houses , Brier and Rose , like identical twins wearing slightly different clothing so that one could tell them apart . |
| 4 | After discussion with the therapist , Tony agreed to start searching for another job more systematically ; he proposed to look at the local newspapers twice a week for possible job vacancies . |
| 5 | Do you know I ca n't remember the date , early part of March , early part of March , erm what she says at the moment is that er someone else from the college is going to Leicester next Wednesday when Helen 's going to Cardiff and this girl is then going to Cardiff when Helen should be going to Leicester , so Helen says , and she wants to look at the same subjects as what Helen does so Helen says that they 're gon na sort of go to the different colleges and compare notes when they come back from it so she might need n't want to go to Leicester |
| 6 | Ah , well , we want to say at the bottom items one five seven and twenty four are two piece construction . |
| 7 | This is a useful technique for systems designed to operate at the highest speeds , where the time taken for the initial current build.up exceeds the step period , so that chopping action does not have time to begin in an excited phase ( Acarnley , 1984 ) . |
| 8 | She climbed up again , and , refusing to look at the dangerous beams , began soberly to close the trunks , tidy up a little . |
| 9 | One evening Leopold Zborowski , a Polish poet , came to look at the modern paintings exhibited and was immediately taken by Modigliani 's remarkable talent . |
| 10 | Like all good Home Guarders a great deal of effort was made to arrive at the Five Bells , our unofficial H.Q. which was then being run by Mrs Friar , her husband Bill being away on service with the Navy , and a common joke of the day was " If the Jerries landed the Five Bells would be defended to the last half pint " . |
| 11 | I I th would prefer to look at the vacant dwellings as a single entity rather than necessarily splitting them down between the the the various types . |
| 12 | Mobuto climbed out slowly and turned to wave at the waiting photographers . |
| 13 | Right Suzanne , now we 're going to look at the various parts of the Topper and how they fit together . |
| 14 | But erm I I do n't , still do n't see from this how we 're going to look at the underlying systems because it 's the system that concerns me . |
| 15 | Well I 'd like to look at the national implications of this . |
| 16 | ‘ I turned to look at the retreating figures of my two friends , feeling unbearably isolated , and went to eat alone in the cafeteria . ’ |
| 17 | And , repeating this like a charm : ‘ It was n't me ; it was n't me , ’ she turned to look at the red splashes on the wall . |
| 18 | Its aim , according to Vice-President Al Gore , is to " ensure that environmental considerations are brought to bear at the earliest stages in the development of economic policy " . |
| 19 | In 1935 a Mr Cole of Middlesbrough complained to the Sea Fish Commission that they were still having to sell at the pre-war prices of a halfpenny fish and a ha'porth of chips . |
| 20 | The research is aimed at drawing on the history of Soviet economic relations with the LDCs as a basis for monitoring the changes brought about first by ‘ perestroika ’ and then by the disintegration of the USSR ; it will then analyse the effect on the developing countries concerned and evaluate the profit and loss account of their economic relations with the Soviet Union ; it will also look at the relevance of these relations to the Soviet economy and that of the constituent republics ; and finally it will try to look at the future prospects of the relationship between the less developed countries and the individual republics of the former Soviet Union . |
| 21 | With this résumé as a foretaste , let us proceed to look at the various components of Kuhn 's scheme in more detail . |
| 22 | She would have to look at the local papers . |
| 23 | I will try to slant my handwriting to be more adult like , I will try to get many merit points , I will try to get at the top sets for every lesson you are in the top sets for every lesson do well in them , I want to carry on my good progress in the sports area , I do many sports now and I want to do more |
| 24 | In the future , if ever my old feelings about Mr Rochester began to return , I would only have to glance at the two pictures to see the great difference between us , and in this way common sense would destroy my foolish dreams . |
| 25 | Coming back to what is er er greater what is greater York , you would need to have to assess to look at the socioeconomic linkages with with er with York . |
| 26 | Fran settled herself in the soft leather seat , not daring to glance at the two men in case she precipitated some sort of an adverse reaction . |
| 27 | She liked to look at the dreadful toxins through the jewelled prison of their coloured glass bottles : ruby red , peridot green , indigo blue . |
| 28 | Later we shall come to look at the practical areas where conflict is most often experienced and what can be done about it . |
| 29 | Normally I would have sounded like a tongue-tied half-wit , but that evening my response appeared to hint at the inexpressible depths and nuances of my infinitely complex relationship with the city , together with a gentle rebuke to a question which was either fatuous or unanswerable . |
| 30 | Her skin seemed to glow , and she discovered she only had to smile at the male members of the staff and they were immediately more friendly . |