Example sentences of "[adv] look to a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They will rightly look to a Labour Government who will not look at the matter in the narrow economic calculus that we have heard from Conservative Members but will recognise that , unless we are prepared to accept the role of women in the labour force , we will fail as an economy to receive and achieve our full potential . |
| 2 | He no longer looks to a divine plan to resolve the contest : ‘ the minds of men are the great wheels of things ; thence come changes and alterations in the world . ’ |
| 3 | We should also not rule out the possibility that one may properly look to a historical explanation , just as a historical explanation underlies the fact that the comparatives of tired and spoilt — derived from verbs — are analytic , as in : ( 56 ) Declan is more spoilt than Karen Declan 's mother is more tired than Karen 's mother rather than the synthetic forms — tireder , spoilter — which we should expect from the monosyllabic adjectives which they have become . |
| 4 | In the 1990s , British youth culture increasingly looks to a European milieu rather than North America . |
| 5 | For as the recession bites harder , people are increasingly looking to a rousing chorus line as a way to beat the blues . |
| 6 | Conversely , bitterly opposed schools can sometimes look to a common ancestor . |
| 7 | Either tour young and hope to survive , then look to a successful home season or tour old and plan to win at least half your games . |