Example sentences of "[noun sg] to look [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the examiner picks up your script to look for question 5 , for example , he ought to be able to open the book at roughly the right place and find question 5 . |
| 2 | Opening her purse to look for change , she crossed the road to the phone box . |
| 3 | It 's now my very great pleasure to look for Jacqui who 's our shop leader of Sherborne shop . |
| 4 | We therefore used data from a large case-control study to look at differences between Maori and non-Maori children and examine factors that might explain the higher mortality from sudden death infant syndrome among Maori children . |
| 5 | Disunity in Congress also compelled the administration to look for allies if it was to risk military involvement . |
| 6 | At Hambro Life Assurance new staff moving from rented property to rented property receive : the cost of moving to the new area and a disturbance allowance at the company 's expense to look for accommodation . |
| 7 | For new recruits who are selling their old property and are buying a new home , Hambro Life pays : the cost of moving to the new area ; a disturbance allowance of one month 's salary ( half paid when the employee joins the firm , the balance when the sale and purchase are completed ) ; two weekends at the company 's expense to look for accommodation ; estate agents ' , surveyors ' , building society and legal fees , including stamp duty and an allowance of £150 per month towards the cost of accommodation and/or fares for a maximum period of three months . |
| 8 | The full length mirror can be a great help by enabling the child to look at things he is wearing which he may be trying to describe . |
| 9 | Down to the seashore to look for mussels ? ’ |
| 10 | The classic one of the unmarried daughter who stays at home to look after parents for instance . |
| 11 | They used their extra income gained to stay at home to look after children . |
| 12 | ‘ It was ’ , observes Marchbank , ‘ the Bucky Fuller version of Architectural Review : ’ Bizarrely , but appropriately for the times , the management wanted AD to look like Oz and Marchbank had gone some way to meet their specifications , but was not altogether happy in his work . |
| 13 | Rohmer turned back from the window to look at Duvall . |
| 14 | For instance , on a down-to-earth , but very real , level , one partner to a homosexual union may forsake his work to look after house and home , or may become financially dependent on the other . |
| 15 | Ann Foster , the council 's food policy adviser , said : ‘ There should be the equivalent of a Warnock Committee to look at aspects of genetic manipulation other than simply matters of safety . ’ |
| 16 | It is a useful exercise to look in detail at a particular school with which one is familiar and ask how much of current practice would have to change for the policies listed to be implemented . |
| 17 | In order to circumvent this bias to some extent , let us first burrow beneath this middle level to look at grass-roots religious sentiment which for the most part in 1922 escaped party supervision , since the latter was restricted geographically to the larger centres of habitation and their immediate hinterland . |
| 18 | So haircare has to be a continuous process in order for your hair to look in peak condition . |
| 19 | The British also established an Imperial Bureau of Entomology to look into ways of dealing with insect pests in their various colonies . |
| 20 | John later came back to the box and searched around the land round the cabin to look for explanations but no solution presented itself and the mystery remains to this day and defies rational belief . |
| 21 | The answer is ‘ yes ’ , so this is a good opportunity to look at colour mutations — what causes them , how they affect the fish , and how they affect us as fishkeepers . |
| 22 | Pupils with defective sight are especially in need of the opportunity to look at objects at close range , holding them near to the eye and having time to gaze . |
| 23 | James McDermott , president of a bank-share specialist , Keefe , Bruyette & Woods , expects First Fidelity to look for branches and banks in Connecticut and upstate New York . |
| 24 | The two universities in Northern Ireland are pooling their expertise to look for solutions to the crisis . |
| 25 | To set up a working group to look at ways of achieving a reduction of differentials for next year . |
| 26 | He squinted out of the corner of his eye to look at Irina . |
| 27 | When Andrew returned to Dartmoor he rode out to High Tor to look for Topaz . |
| 28 | King Birendra also announced the setting up of a commission of inquiry to look into allegations of police violence and a commission on constitutional reform . |
| 29 | The Congress on May 27 approved the creation of a special commission of inquiry to look into allegations of corruption made by Pedro Collor de Mello , 39 , against his elder brother , President Fernando Collor de Mello , 42 , and Paulo Cesar Farias ( known as PC ) , his 1989 election campaign treasurer . |
| 30 | Stick some cotton wool round the top of the chimney to look like snow . |