Example sentences of "[verb] look at the [noun] [conj] " in BNC.

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1 With regard to the Bill before us today , education is a most important issue and I doubt whether the House , despite the intentions of the few who are actively interested , has looked at the problems that have arisen .
2 Mr Benn , who often comes to our help at these moments , has promised that as soon as a Labour government under Mr Kinnock has looked at the books and realised the true extent of the crisis , it will realise the need for serious measures .
3 East Devon District Council has looked at the paperwork and has realized that the Community Council is going to match anything that they give , so I 've spoken to their recycling officer and he thinks that the way the budget is , we 're very likely to get one of the containers from them , which would be matched by another from the Community Council .
4 The physical and analytical chemistry department at DSM has looked at the distribution and migration of salts in limestone .
5 a standard Anglepoise lamp er which it 's been going for a number of years , you can get it in about six different colours to match different designs of , er put colour into your room , now if somebody was spending a lot of time sitting knitting and has to look at the knitting or has to look at the pattern then er a good strong light which wo n't get in their eyes but goes straight on to what , whatever they 're doing , is by far the best thing for them , er but they say oh I do n't like it , it 's a bit angular is n't it , erm , modern sort of thing , er but because it 's angular it does n't mean to say it 's not gon na fit into the room it 's the right thing for it , er for the person doing that work .
6 I erm unfortunately , er , agree with the previous speaker that a very strong calvinistic streak runs through me and I believe in the two parent family and also in the efforts that you should make to keep the family ge together , but I think too , there 's sp , er , perceptions of individuals and particularly , younger generations now in society , are so much different from my own perceptions when I initially became married and started my own family but what society has to look at the perceptions and expectations of the individuals in society .
7 Now in this first session I really want to look at the way that er er financial planning will affect you once you , once you retire , it may be that 's the sort of area you 've not looked at in detail .
8 ‘ You want to look at the toys while I go in here ? ’
9 You 're supposed to write the minutes for this meeting on the back of the agenda , now , I know very few people who ever actually do that , er , I always want to look at the agenda when I 'm taking my notes .
10 I think you 'd really have to you 'd probably need to look at the booklet and then speak to erm one of the Prudential people about you know the amount of time you were considering paying contributions and the probably just weigh up the benefits of of each scheme .
11 we went to Trafalgar Square and we stopped to look at the pigeons and we 'd moved on and I , I suddenly realised I had n't got Vicky with me , so I looked all round , could n't see him , had to go right back to Trafalgar Square and he was still looking at the pigeons
12 He stopped to look at the house and saw below it , on the shore , a large rectangular basin which seemed to have been blasted out of the rock at the foot of the cliff .
13 The programme was designed to look at the skills and knowledge needed by hospitality industry managers , at all levels in every sector of the profession , to operate successfully within Britain and Continental Europe .
14 Dr Hunter came to look at the neck and shoulders .
15 The BRDC directors , urgently seeking to fund improvements at Silverstone , asked to look at the deal and went ahead without consulting their members .
16 There are still areas where we tend to look at the other as ‘ the resident expert ’ , or at least more expert than we consider ourself to be .
17 So one turns to look at the statute that governs the practice on the criminal side , section 23 of the Criminal Appeal Act 1968 :
18 Returning to the Rossiya and not daring to look at the men and women who stood and swayed beside him .
19 This is the first of a series of programmes in which we 're going to look at the computer and its impact on our lives .
20 I believe that er we did n't er consider going to look at the development because it was quite clearly in the minds of a large percentage of us that it was contrary to the town plan and so we did not think it was necessary to do that .
21 She turned to look at the registrar as he strode smiling into the room , and her bemused expression must have registered .
22 Then she turned to look at the Frenchman and spoke softly in his language .
23 His Mum turned to look at the car that had crushed the arrow bits .
24 He had a rudimentary training in science and probably offered to look at the virus and given an opinion as to its value in order to gain information .
25 We 've got to look at the recession that we are in .
26 But Larry declined to look at the tapestry and turned his head up towards her instead .
27 Your , your best bet would be to go up and sort of you know look at the tents that are up there so that you would know whether they went about
28 Soldiers were beginning to look at the clock and fumble with equipment , apparently preparing for a guard change .
29 Well I think it 's very important Robert because , I mean as the charter for the arts indicated look at the money that local authorities are spending upstairs to us and really you know we , we are
30 Having looked at the equipment and principles involved in setting up the tank , we now approach the art ( and science ) of aquarium decor .
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