Example sentences of "brief [noun sg] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 've already had a brief look at the Arms Park and it seems a great ground . ’ |
| 2 | While this necessarily brief look at the IDB support for export development will give an overview of the services we offer , it can not hope to provide a detailed catalogue of the full range of support schemes which are available . |
| 3 | A brief look at the tables will give you an idea of the type of symptoms and detail that is required . |
| 4 | There are , after all , several senses in which a brief look at the Danish system may bring comfort to a beleaguered ‘ curriculum manager ’ in Britain in the early 1990s . |
| 5 | A brief look at the content of the women 's programme gives us a flavour of how homosexuality was represented : a good deal of time was devoted to an interview with Steve , a prospective female-to-male transsexual ( displaying a common confusion with homosexuality and transsexuality ) . |
| 6 | This brief look at the context of current consumer credit regulation suggests to us two lessons which seem important to any consideration of consumer credit now . |
| 7 | A brief look at the Topeka , Kansas , airshow includes an exciting in-cockpit sequence of the F-15's display showing just what the pilot sees during his demanding performance . |
| 8 | He said he had only a brief look at the course before the race . |
| 9 | We shall return to this issue later in this chapter , but before we do we need to take a brief look at the way in which ideas of change have influenced other aspects of education , in particular curriculum development and innovation . |
| 10 | In this section we shall have a brief look at the latter method . |
| 11 | Bowing deeply , and with one last , brief look at the albino , he turned and left , to do at once what the Overseer had ordered . |
| 12 | In this chapter , we will take a brief look at the variety of grammatical categories which may or may not be expressed in different languages and the way this area of language structure affects decisions in the course of translation . |
| 13 | The discussion concluded with a brief look at the structure of the Farnham Castle courses . |
| 14 | We begin with a brief look at the official figures , since , whatever the shortcomings of these statistics , and no matter how distorted a picture of ‘ real ’ crime they portray , they do nevertheless have real effects , since they are used , for example , in political debate and inform , at least partially , the public 's perception of the crime problem . |
| 15 | She felt fitzAlan glance down as she spoke and carefully kept her eyes lowered , not risking even a brief look at the pedlar . |
| 16 | Before describing and assessing the binomial and Black and Scholes option pricing models it is appropriate at this point to examine the factors which are expected to influence option premiums and in the next section to have a brief look at the various investment strategies that may be created with options and securities . |
| 17 | So having looked at the relationship between business and the voluntary sector today , let's take a brief look at the future . |
| 18 | With the exception of a brief sojourn at the Foreign Office , Major 's other posts have been economic ( chief secretary to the Treasury from 1987–89 and chancellor of the exchequer from 1989–90 ) . |
| 19 | Now , as a brief glance at the current catalogue will show , he is one of the most recorded composers of his generation . |
| 20 | After a brief glance at the two boxes of apples which were stacked in the corner , he sat on the end of the bed with Willie and talked about the poem he was writing . |
| 21 | She gave a brief glance at the screen , dropped her jaw by at least a metre , and walked backwards , first into the back wall , and then slowly and hypnotically down our aisle , past our row — in spite of our waving and hissing cries of ‘ Mummm ! ’ — then backwards again , eyes never leaving the screen , and past us in the other direction . |
| 22 | No one could have predicted then that the unrest in the West Bank and Gaza Strip would still be going on two years later , so Mr Rabin was playing fairly safe when he said in a brief interview at the end of Wednesday 's programme that the uprising would probably continue well into 1990 . |
| 23 | No one could have predicted then that the unrest in the West Bank and Gaza Strip would still be going on two years later , so Mr Rabin was playing fairly safe when he said in a brief interview at the end of Wednesday 's programme that the uprising would probably continue well into 1990 . |
| 24 | BISHOP Gray celebrated Mass and gave a brief talk at the final vigil of the Deanery Novena of Sanctity of Life Vigils , writes EDWARD WALKER . |
| 25 | A brief test at the end of this chapter has been designed to give some idea of how much of a ‘ lark ’ or ‘ owl ’ you are . |
| 26 | A brief feint at the opponent 's face may be enough to clinch the follow-up . |
| 27 | She said , with a brief nod at the file on her lap , ‘ I 've been doing what you asked me to do . |
| 28 | A brief halt at the Military Police Post to book out with the Belgian Military Policeman on duty , and they are off along the main road into Corlu . |
| 29 | This situation has not led to a decline in enrolments : except for a brief period at the beginning of the crisis , the demand for education has been sustained . |
| 30 | Only when this phase has been completed , and perhaps only for a relatively brief period at the height of a crisis , can a second phase of overt conflict between proletarians and capitalists become manifest ( Przeworski , 1977 ) . |