Example sentences of "[conj] look [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Generally speaking they are the ones who do not wear suits — or look rather uncomfortable when they do . |
| 2 | Will they stand up to family wear and tear or look too sturdy for dinner parties ? |
| 3 | You can either stand on them , or look very stupid on the stage . |
| 4 | A curious mix of tried-and-tested subgames that look pretty damn poor on their own , but make up a reasonably playable package . |
| 5 | Certainly bits that look pretty interesting I should imagine and a report on the end of the day with a number of er proposals and actions for er hopefully , preventing this happening again . |
| 6 | However , if that racing game were to be as poor as the film ( it is ) with graphics that look positively antiquated ( they do ) , you 'd expect the rating to be about 34% , would n't you ? |
| 7 | In Finland local authorities are being turned into the purchasing agents — with a range of powers and responsibilities that look remarkably similar to those being assigned to the district health authorities under the Tory reforms . |
| 8 | Even more streamlined for marine life were the ichthyosaurs ( 'fish lizards ' ) , which , as their name implies , include species that look remarkably fish-like , although perhaps the better analogy would be with the porpoises , a group of mammals that ‘ returned to the sea ’ , and may fill a similar role in modern seas to that of the ichthyosaurs in the Jurassic . |
| 9 | He is also experienced in putting the family — especially children — at their ease , so you 'll get pictures that look completely natural . |
| 10 | Now you can make that look even smarter by making a second white line on the outside . |
| 11 | Bart Kahn 's numbers and technical detail appear to have traded on the well known human failing of putting undue faith in well presented figures that look convincingly precise . |
| 12 | the ends that look so odd now |
| 13 | Go to new lengths this summer in flowing dresses that look so cool |
| 14 | He had seen that look so many times . |
| 15 | Within a radius of ten miles of West Challow there are at least half a dozen houses that look so similar to this that they must surely have been built by the same hand . |
| 16 | And the self same people who shake their heads and utter these remarks are the ones who will be heading off to the Med or Florida on their holidays next year , doubtless piloted there by someone up front who began his or her career on a little grass strip flying those little aeroplanes that look so flimsy . |
| 17 | I knew that look too well to mistake or ignore it . |
| 18 | It 's got these tight sleeves that look too short and the bottom bit is all bunched up so when she turns it all billows out . |
| 19 | Basically a tour around London Airport this film shows various aspects of the airport 's services , passenger check-in desks that look very uncrowded , airport police and their various duties around the airport , repair and maintenance facilities and air traffic control and radar services . |
| 20 | The sleep-deprived person may feel terrible and look pretty ragged but is typically capable of achieving the same levels of performance on psychological tests as when rested . |
| 21 | Frills suggest informality and would complement curtains with a channelled , gathered or pencil pleat heading and look most appropriate in a pretty , feminine bedroom or a cottagey kitchen/breakfast room . |
| 22 | Table lamps are ideal for soft lighting and look particularly good in a traditional-style room . |
| 23 | The sash windows were put in at a later date but the glazing bars still follow the lines of the mullions and transoms and look particularly well . |
| 24 | As we have observed , distinctions between education and training are becoming blurred and look increasingly artificial . |
| 25 | and look generally pathetic and the , all the woman have peroxide blonde curly hair , shoulder length |
| 26 | Some people freeze up and look completely false . |
| 27 | Did saints ever bat their eyelids and look sleepily self-satisfied as cats ? |
| 28 | These exquisitely preserved gastropods are largely free of the enclosing matrix , and look now much as they would have done 60 million years ago . |
| 29 | They last longer and look more substantial than the singles yet are not prone , as the doubles are , to brown rot in wet summers . |
| 30 | I prefer crimson or deep orange rather than pillar-box red , as these colours show up better with a dark contrast colour and look more realistic . |