Example sentences of "[am/are] look [prep] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am looking at the specific points that were made by the delegation to me earlier this month . |
| 2 | From here you are looking into the rear windows of Whitehall . |
| 3 | When money is tight , passengers are looking for the best deal . |
| 4 | Customer clinics have shown that executive car buyers are looking for the following factors : durability , style , comfort , performance and interior space . |
| 5 | ‘ But we continue to study it and are looking for the right vehicle . ’ |
| 6 | Parish council chairman Jack Holywell said it seems that the thieves are looking for the easy targets which they know will be left unguarded at night . |
| 7 | After all , we are looking for the same thing . ’ |
| 8 | If they are looking for the special therapist to ‘ cure ’ them , then , also they will be disappointed . |
| 9 | The fear of Cardiff 's rivals is that , without the same resources , they can only lose in a transfer war , and some are looking to the Welsh Rugby Union for legislative salvation . |
| 10 | Of course the elves are in a wood at that moment , and they are looking at the early evening stars , but that is not what they mean . |
| 11 | ‘ We are looking at the all-round development of the child , not just narrow academic achievement , ’ added Ms Robinson . |
| 12 | Please check you are looking at the correct part of the table for the day you wish to travel . |
| 13 | So contrasting is it that one may wonder whether its adherents are looking at the same thing at all : ‘ As the eighties unfold , humanity faces a worldwide shortage of productive cropland , acute land hunger in many countries , escalating prices for farmland almost everywhere … ’ |
| 14 | For example , if the adult holds an object , such as a doll , in the child 's line of gaze , the child is likely to look at the object and then immediately glance at the adult 's face to check that they are looking at the same thing . |
| 15 | Here we are looking at the same argument using the energy input in absolute terms . |
| 16 | Whenever you find an A.sessilis or A. reineckii you are looking at the same plant : A. rosaefolia . |
| 17 | Prize money in Britain covers only about one quarter of these costs , which is why some owners are looking at the larger prizes available in other countries . |
| 18 | All those wankers obsessed with the shape of Ms Zeta Jones ' num-nums are looking at the wrong asset . |
| 19 | ‘ The Comrades Club in Crosby is a better location and I think people can see from some of the names that we are looking towards the top acts . ’ |
| 20 | This is a unique feeling as instead of your arms pulling on the boom , you are looking from the other side of the sail and pushing . |
| 21 | Each year the amount has gone up by inflation , and yet we see something approaching thirty thousand underspent on previous years , and here we are looking in the first year of this council to a , a , at least a five percent overspend and er , I wonder if we 've erm , excluded the time when there were n't many meetings at the beginning if we would n't have seen a considerably larger overspend . |
| 22 | But perhaps we are looking in the wrong direction . |
| 23 | I 'm an administrator by background , and I think that 's interesting , because one of the things that we are trying to do in the health service is to open up our management posts to people of all professions , and to recognise that management is not the prerogative of any particular group , but that we 're looking for the right people to manage our services from wherever they might come , and I 'm one of three people who has a responsibility to the senior manager in the community at the top , for the managing on a day-to-day basis the health services in Oxfordshire . |
| 24 | I think that 's the one danger of all of this , is that both the County Council 's and the District Council 's aim perhaps or now are beginning to listen to the parish councils , but also , just really get an eye off the ball , cos they 're looking for the increased responsibilities for their own purposes , and I think that 's one serious danger that we c have to face , as a local community . |
| 25 | They 'll tell everyone that they 're looking for the stolen uranium . |
| 26 | If you 're looking for the perfect Valentine 's prezzie for your perfect man that 's just a bit different check these out ! |
| 27 | If you 're looking for the perfect summer dress , how about this flattering style with full skirt and neatly-belted waist ? |
| 28 | We 're looking for the local minimum and the local maximum . |
| 29 | So we 're looking for the ideal candidate . |
| 30 | You 're not looking at the stream , you 're looking at the bloody quality and you ca n't stop yourself doing it . ’ |