Example sentences of "[noun sg] [is] [verb] at [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | So all lines of enquiry in regard to body stance are amenable to alternative explanations , perhaps because the issue is looked at from the wrong perspective . |
| 2 | The role of finds in dating is looked at in the next chapter , but perhaps the most obvious way in which finds can tell us about the past is by providing evidence about ancient technology . |
| 3 | Where standard discussions of the self talk about memory and unity , brain transplants , the rational agent acting on his beliefs and desires , or the self in its public aspect as citizen , here the self is looked at in the context of the past history of a person , unconscious or fantasy relationships with others , the importance of feelings , or the body . |
| 4 | Each covenant is looked at in the light of the people , the business or the profession and all the circumstances involved . |
| 5 | Account men make it their business to learn everything they can about the client 's product and how it compares with others on the market , and a strategy is arrived at with the help of the researchers and planners , and sometimes with the creative team on the writing and art side . |
| 6 | Sometimes the similarity is hinted at in the question itself ; for example , you may have looked at another passage involving characterisation and this will guide you in looking at this one . |
| 7 | The same kind of problem arises if the system is looked at from the angle of the natural sciences . |
| 8 | The problem is hinted at in the uneasy combination of the two descriptive terms , one signifying natural complexity and even contrariness , the other , mechanical order and simplicity . |
| 9 | But when the problem is looked at from the miners ' point of view a rather different history comes into view . |
| 10 | Sexual deviance is hinted at in the use of the term ‘ bachelor ’ which manages both to describe and to cast doubts on the celibate state of the priest , and the general honesty of Catholic priests is challenged by branding Murphy as a liar . |