Example sentences of "[vb -s] forward to a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their business , a factory making patio doors for the trade , was initially based in Newton Abbot because of economical site and labour costs ; now Peter Aldam looks forward to a mere 30-minute commute there along the soon-to-be finished A30 extension . |
| 2 | He concludes that the event demonstrates only the ‘ growing pains of a young republic ’ which ‘ after 5000 years of conquerors … looks forward to a prosperous and peaceful future . ’ |
| 3 | Indeed the Director of Kenya 's Institute of Education looks forward to a time when a syllabus may be devised which , in addition to a national ‘ core ’ , has specific defined areas where programmes devised at district or local levels will be developed and implemented . |
| 4 | This looks forward to a future phase of professionalism . |
| 5 | British qualifications in public health medicine fully meet the requirements of the directives and the faculty looks forward to a time when the specialty will be formally recognised in all member states and not only in Britain , France , and Ireland . |
| 6 | It looks forward to a greater gift in the future while stressing a real gift in the present . |
| 7 | Doherty now looks forward to a quarter-final clash with Steve Davis . |
| 8 | Brian looks forward to a fresh challenge |
| 9 | Now with 10 years in top flight football behind him , he looks forward to a 32nd birthday in November as Northern Ireland wind up their World Cup campaign . |
| 10 | By contrast , in the present example , the pronoun is used cataphorically ; it points forward to a reference or references in a subsequent portion of text . |