Example sentences of "[prep] looking after [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think they 're being selfish , they 've had their careers , so how about looking after the children and home , and giving youngsters a chance ! |
| 2 | It is difficult to understand how the Government can claim to be concerned about looking after the welfare of citizens when there has been a fourfold increase in the incidence of food poisoning in the past 10 years . |
| 3 | I question my medical knowledge for looking after a child that fits . |
| 4 | By whatever means possible , will the right hon. Gentleman get in touch with Ministers to ensure that , if it is right for the Government to gain publicity over Christmas for looking after a few hundred homeless , it should be right to do something about them now so that they are not turned out on the streets ? |
| 5 | But the executive is responsible for looking after the safety of 6 million more workers . |
| 6 | Managers are required to put down a small security deposit , but all equipment is provided by the company , which also pays staff wages and overhead expenses , together with a small additional honorarium ( currently 5 per cent of husband 's salary ) to the manager 's wife for looking after the domestic accommodation . |
| 7 | The consortium responsible for looking after the women 's housing and financial affairs , as well as providing some monitoring of the quality of service , had temporarily to reduce its operations because of staff shortages . |
| 8 | When the Royal Africa Company collapsed under the weight of its fixed costs , the need for permanent bases on the West African coast — essential if only because half-a-dozen other European countries were setting up forts there — led the government first to try to organize the slave-trading merchants into a loosely organized company which would be responsible for looking after the forts , and then to provide a subsidy to keep them going . |
| 9 | Foster parents can often claim fostering allowances of 2–3 times the Supplementary Benefit that the natural parent would have received for looking after the same child … which is peculiarly ironic when one considers that some children might not be in foster-care at all if their parents had adequate incomes in the first place ( Fairbairns , 1976 ) . |
| 10 | After a new client was ushered onto the market by the AE , the SAE would then assume responsibility for looking after the client 's market positions , and for obtaining future business . |
| 11 | However , in the majority of households , responsibility for looking after the family and home goes hand-in-hand with money management . |
| 12 | Thanks also to all the other organizations that helped , the Vale of White Horse District Council who allowed us to use their land , the National Rivers Authority for the use of the river , Thames Water for the use of their island and for generous sponsorship , an extra special thanks to Roger Steer , the lock keeper , for much help , kindness and understanding and to his wife for providing a seemingly endless supply of ice-cream , to Jim Croft of Slalom Sports for unfailing help and loan of computer hardware and to our local Scouts for looking after the campsite and for organizing effective first-aid cover . |
| 13 | And at her puzzled expression , ‘ For looking after the dogs while my housekeeper was away . |
| 14 | I would n't have done , if I had n't felt you deserved to be thanked for looking after the dogs . |
| 15 | Mr Kellett calls for a major shake-up in the system for looking after the elderly in an article in the British Medical Journal . |
| 16 | also accompanied the group and special thanks are due to him for his organisation and for looking after the Grantham pensioners welfare . |
| 17 | With staff who are expert in many fields — from woodland , farmland and river management to socio-economics and interpreting the countryside to visitors — the RSPB can give valuable , practical and commonsense advice to those who have a responsibility for looking after the countryside . |
| 18 | Thanks for looking after the cab for me . |
| 19 | Over the centuries , the Superintendents who 've been responsible for looking after the garden , have each played a major part in it 's growth and development . |
| 20 | The Bank of England is responsible for looking after the government 's finances . |
| 21 | In fact you sound as if you 've hardly a minute to yourself between looking after the grandchildren and caring for your husband . |
| 22 | The pleasures and rewards of looking after a loved one can be immense . |
| 23 | On the one hand , I want fatherhood to make me a better person because I believe that , once I have the responsibility of looking after a child , giving up smoking and drinking and spending money on the motorbike will be a doddle . |
| 24 | This holster will allow it to be carried by a few of those who presently have no means of looking after a throwline . |
| 25 | The magistrates told Odey that at present he 's incapable of looking after a dog , and banned him from doing so for 3 years . |
| 26 | To take on the responsibility of looking after a frightened and disorientated family of five , who speak not a single word of English , would be an overwhelming chore for the most seasoned carer . |
| 27 | They had both agreed to adopt after two years of unfruitful marriage , but decided to bypass the responsibilities of looking after a baby . |
| 28 | It does not move them that the cost of looking after the hundreds of thousands of Thais who are likely to be infected by 1995 will far exceed that of a few cancelled holidays . |
| 29 | Suttons of Reading brought 138 greenkeepers to Henley to play after a conference — perhaps their year of looking after the course was done with this in mind . |
| 30 | If you feel you can not do this , or if your relationship before the stroke or head injury was hostile anyway , you should discuss this problem with the doctor before undertaking the responsibility of looking after the patient . |