Example sentences of "[prep] look at a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | One class , after looking at an old muster roll and hearing how men in their county were called up to fight in the militia , made a cut-out army of 150 cardboard soldiers . |
2 | That is one reason for looking at a certain objection , that our conception of such connection is not fundamental to , or pervasive in , a certain body of knowledge and speculation , one which must have some pride of place in any informed view of reality . |
3 | In this context it is worth looking at a recent study carried out in California by Harbicht Research Inc for Southern California Edison , a local utility company who investigated how local residents felt about a proposed " wind-farm " project . |
4 | Erm I mean the if you , if you 're looking at erm at er at , at , at the costs on that erm I mean do you , do you think that er er that that 's a reasonable sum to , to actually put aside ea each month to provide that sort of protection or , or perhaps you ought to be thinking of , of looking at a higher figure . |
5 | To look up at the towering medieval universe is much more like looking at a great building . |
6 | It was the first chance to see Diana close up since the long honeymoon and it was like looking at a different woman . |
7 | If you examine these charities , and the pop stars who lend their support to them , it 's like looking at a giant human Venn diagram , with the same sets supporting different charities . |
8 | It was like looking at a miniature version of himself . |
9 | So we get involved quite a lot in looking at teaching in various parts of the university where people want us to , very often involving the students as well as the other teachers in looking at a particular course and seeing if there are ways in which perhaps it might be taught differently or in a way that worked better . |
10 | Before looking at a numerical example , let's look at the principles ( see Figure 1 ) . |
11 | My story , A Pair of Yellow Lilies , came from looking at a double-stemmed lily in our conservatory . |
12 | Now with it being , we 're not gon na look at a high margin straight away cos I know that 's a waste of time . |
13 | This section will look at how this teacher involvement can be achieved , both in general terms and by looking at a specific example in detail . |
14 | The same can be done in miniature by looking at a sheltered housing group or an institutional home . |
15 | These types of questions can not be answered easily by looking at a conventional map . |
16 | Let's begin by looking at a well-known poem — William Blake 's ‘ London ’ . |
17 | It addresses this issue by looking at a large body of empirical evidence , specifically at examples of the relations between adjectives and other words in their phrases or sentences ( these other words by no means always being nouns or noun phrases ) . |