Example sentences of "[verb] be [verb] look [prep] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Yet even within such an order there are enough complexities of signals , of a different kind — the ‘ command performance ’ , in honour of the already honoured ; the ‘ private view ’ — who has been invited to look in this privileged way ? ; the ‘ special performance ’ , for an audience of a socially selected type — to remind us of the always variable — historically and culturally variable-social organization and social function of art .
2 The purpose of our work has been to try to look at all aspects of sign language which might help those who make choices .
3 Each business area now has its own quality improvement manager , a Quality Strategy Group has been appointged to look at long-term policy making , and corrective action teams are busily at work .
4 What we have to do is start looking at all the things that make that possible and try and do something else for all the things that do n't help you fill it .
5 Within ten days , a special prosecutor had been appointed to look into criminal misconduct .
6 The Fates that are so careful to shut the doors of each successive life behind us had , in this case , been neglectful , and Charlie was looking , though that he did not know , where never man had been permitted to look with full knowledge since Time began .
7 In general , the baby 's wishes had tended in the past to be suspect , and the mother had been expected to look for some non-permissible motive behind them , in the form either of dangerous ( probably erotic ) impulses or of a rebellious determination to dominate the mother-in either case , constant control of the child was called for , and only the baby who had submitted himself completely to the mother 's control could be called a good baby .
8 Council officers have been instructed to look at new ways of increasing access to town for disabled motorists .
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