Example sentences of "[conj] [vb mod] look [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 What we were looking for in Committee , and what the children 's legal aid centre was looking for , was a declaration that the Government 's signature to the United Nation convention on the rights of the child would be enshrined in the spirit of law in this country and that there would be independent panels that could look after the welfare of the children to ensure that their welfare was the primary consideration .
2 Mr Crowther is pressing for a judicial review of the whole Department of Transport that would look into the government 's road policy .
3 Let's , like , build our own company that will look after the interests of creative people like us .
4 Meditation is the just judge that can look at the present and put it into perspective ; the images of the past , the faithfulness , the many joys and sadnesses give to the present a continuity so that the nearness does not warp the judgement .
5 Well I suppose probably people li like nursemaids and er and er what they used to call in those days mothers ' helps , who used to sort of be a general skivvy around the house and would look after the children , and , and , and they were the same , they had to be in I think at , at sort of ten o'clock at night .
6 In this chapter we shall go deeper into the question of how limited that job is , and shall look at the results of some current formula-based work .
7 Bill Ward , assistant director of the department of environment at county hall , said : ‘ We know very well about local objections and will look at the scheme again to see if there is any way we can still have a scheme whilst taking account of local feeling . ’
8 A taxing master/district judge will pay little attention to your billing guide and will look at the file .
9 The Civil Aviation Authority has launched an investigation and will look at the pilots reports .
10 He also assessed that the BSP could no longer claim to be a party of the working class , but must look to the intelligentsia and young people as its main constituency .
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