Example sentences of "look at [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Here is a man who strides about purposefully , hits the ball a long long way , and looks at first sight like a competitor capable of a certain bumptiousness . |
| 2 | His infinite universe , with its infinite worlds , looks at first sight like the apotheosis of free thought — untrammeled by theological constraint . |
| 3 | Set against the background of inflation this rise is less impressive than it looks at first sight . |
| 4 | The argument in favour of plumping looks at first sight convincing enough : in the later stages of the count your own party will stand a chance of benefiting from the transferred lower preferences expressed by supporters of other parties , whilst those parties will not benefit from the transferred lower preferences of your own supporters since they wo n't have expressed any . |
| 5 | The style of the figures is manifestly provincial and need not be so early as it looks at first glance , but it can hardly be after the mid century . |
| 6 | Even so , it is possible for a court to interpret a statute as covering what looks at first sight as a casus omissus if it can find or invent some plausible general principle of interpretation , an exercise that may call for a little ingenuity . |
| 7 | Although this looks at first to be quite incomprehensible , it is actually quite a friendly little creature and most willing to assist you with either your work or play , as long as you take a short amount of time to learn a few basic commands . |
| 8 | ‘ The scouts say it looks at first glance as if thousands are leaving . |
| 9 | Even though it looks at first it 's a ridiculous thing to do . |
| 10 | Internal movement within the worst-affected areas should be looked at first . |
| 11 | Hobbes 's systematic conception of politics as dependent on ethics and then , via ethics , on physics , means that his natural philosophy must be looked at first and in most detail . |
| 12 | The nurse said of course they could use the phone , but they should have themselves looked at first . |
| 13 | I 'm not saying the defence was crap , just not as good as it might have looked at first glance . |
| 14 | After looking at first reactions I shall sketch the main lines of theological comment and response , and then liturgical , practical and ecumenical developments ; then some ‘ growing points ’ and problems in areas both of praxis and of theological reflection . |
| 15 | But the number of police constables that we can have available , would make a big difference to the lives of the very ordinary people , and that 's where we should be looking at first . |
| 16 | She had that envelope out again , the one that his Dad had been looking at last night . |
| 17 | Yeah , we do n't , we do n't seem to have a Vice Chairman , looking at last years |
| 18 | Now what were we looking at last time ? |
| 19 | Tt er if , if , if you go back to some of the things we were looking at last term er er this idea of commercialization tt er argue that the south was a very different type of country to the north , that it is commercialized at least to a much greater extent |
| 20 | And remember , although it 's a ‘ valve ’ preamp it 's not an ‘ all-valve ’ preamp like the Mesa Boogie TriAxis ( which we will be looking at next month ) . |
| 21 | In the study of crime , particularly with respect to its predictability ( and manipulability , which I will be looking at next ) , the more moderate versions of these two positions have shown some potentiality for convergence . |
| 22 | People were already tending to ignore these very works we 're looking at , theomonoism we 'll be looking at next week , gon na tell us about that , are n't you . |
| 23 | This research evidence seems contrary to common sense , but such findings are not as incomprehensible as they look at first sight . |
| 24 | Depreciation 's been falling now for two or three years as our capital expenditure of depreciable assets has been falling indeed if you look at last year 's net of the nine million pounds purchase of the freehold to fourteen million the year before was only sixteen million erm so as the as the depreciation as the capital expenditure falls the depreciation will also fall that 's one reason . |
| 25 | In terms of the social system , for example , one might look at first degree courses in terms of social selection and access — one of the functions identified in Figure 1.1 . |
| 26 | Who 's did she look at first ? |
| 27 | By the way they 're also made up for the following week as well in case , if it 's Tuesday night , oh , let me just look at next week , what have I got ? |
| 28 | The well-organised firm does not just look at last year and add ten per cent . |
| 29 | Will he look at last Monday 's Adjournment debate and see that there is another side to the story , before we start , heaven knows , on sanctions that will hurt the 36 British companies in Libya , which are led , by for example , Brown and Root , and which could lead to something worse in the form of another strike ? |
| 30 | It is this aspect of the craft that I want to look at first this month . |