Example sentences of "[vb mod] look [adj] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 All the equipment is concealed so all you see is your fish — which should look great in the water conditions provided by the builtin filtration system .
2 To understand the conceptual framework of his contemporaries , we must look first at the efforts being made to uncover a pattern of development among the fossils .
3 Oh , I 'll have to see wh she 's going to ring me this afternoon and say whether they can do it in the S C R. I 'm gon na try and persuade her that they can , because there are only forty people at this dinner and they 'll look stupid in the middle of the dining hall .
4 It 'll look great on the beach , as an evening top under a pretty blouse or under a jacket for work .
5 oh this 'll look nice in the summer like , yeah yeah I know , and we were in bed .
6 It might look nice on the shelf , but it 's a real
7 They might look cool in the pub and strutting around the car park at Ogwen Cottage , but when the chips were down you got wet .
8 Your gelled and moussed-up creation might look stunning on the day , but how will it be when you wake up next morning .
9 Let's look first at the system as the source of the problem , he says .
10 Let's look first at the requirements .
11 It may look easy from the safety of the burn 's heathery banks , but you would be wringing out your underpants if you found yourself clinging to near-vertical rock at the crest of the ridge by pursuing such a daft route .
12 The Pearl 's decision not to buy estate agencies , with hindsight , may look smart in the wake of the collapse of the housing market but it was failing to take advantage of other changes .
13 In other words , Laura 's idea of the working woman was one who worked at home , and her needs should be catered for so that she could look attractive in the environment in which she naturally flourished .
14 They 'd look better with the egg white in
15 John would look good as the guitarist .
16 There were n't really any flowers in the garden that would look good on the table .
17 No one has ever tried to edit a Viennese waltz : all those inflexions of tempo would look terrible on the page .
18 That would look great in the tabloids .
19 It was the only one he had , and would look shabby in the office with a mended tear .
20 Of course , Therese would look ridiculous in the part — nothing they could do about that , a boy 's costume was a boy 's costume — but the voice , that electrifying voice rippling up and down through the registers without effort .
21 ‘ It would look bad in the Accounts .
22 In this chapter , we shall look first at the laws that were available to the authorities in the years before Mrs Thatcher 's Government came into office in 1979 .
23 These wooden-framed prints will look great in the kitchen .
24 As well as being a perfect cover-up for the beach , it can also be worn as a top or skirt which will look great in the evenings too .
25 For example , Laura Ashley or Next shops will look similar throughout the country , and will stock the same range of goods .
26 We will look first at the words made with affixes ; these will be called affix words .
27 An elegant lampbase , such as a shapely ceramic one with a fringed , pleated or floral shade , will look good by the bedside .
28 For example , the structure , flow and sequence of events expressed in a computer program may be copied and , if a different computer programming language is used , the listing of the second program will look dissimilar to the listing of the first program .
29 For example , do n't choose a raw silk with large slabs , or a handmade paper containing big flecks , as they will look enormous by the time they are enclosed in a tiny frame and will ruin the proportions of the picture .
30 ‘ Shimmery shadows can look lovely in the evening as long as they 're subtle , ’ she said .
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