Example sentences of "to look at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | First , the Attorney General Sir Nicholas Lyell , must be persuaded to look at the case . |
| 2 | TODAY won a vital victory yesterday when the Attorney General agreed to look at the case of the evil Harley Street rapist , Dr Tom Courtney . |
| 3 | Yesterday we won a vital victory in having Attorney General Sir Nicholas Lyell agree to look at the case . |
| 4 | They 've asked him to look at the case because it makes a mockery of justice . |
| 5 | The names of those attending the wedding are usually known in advance but if not you may be able to look at the seating plan or guest list on the day and make some joke about the names , picking out amusing surnames such as , ‘ In this room we have a Black but no White , two Browns , some Blues , and a Green , but no ‘ reds ’ . |
| 6 | Having seen the function of the Bank of England in the sterling money markets carrying out its role as lender of last resort , it is now possible to look at the significance of its open market operations in relation to interest rate determination in the money markets and in the wider economy . |
| 7 | Erm , and to look at the stories which are of a different time but are still relevant to our time and place , they have a , have a message for us , even though they were set a hundred years ago , they 've still got something to say us , so I think that 's an area we need to explore . |
| 8 | We called at Penndon museum which was closed , but looks good , and then went to look at the Cholsey and Wallingford Railway which has plenty of rolling stock . |
| 9 | Yeah and the thing is also being new to driving you tend to look at the headlights rather than look away from them . |
| 10 | The evening will enable you to look at the paintings and sculptures in an atmosphere of unhurried calm : quite a contrast to the frantic activity that precedes the show , as veteran exhibitor Fred Dubery explains |
| 11 | She took her drink to the salon , where the remains of the fire still glowed , and after a while she put on the lamps and went slowly across to look at the paintings . |
| 12 | When he came to look at the poem Miss Gilberd had intended to teach , Toby rather wondered at her judgement . |
| 13 | It is now daylight and another new day , as we continue to trudge along the road ; there is no conversation , it 's just heads down and continue to look at the boots of the man in front . |
| 14 | PC Chris Eden said : ‘ It 's amazing how drivers ’ attitudes change when we ask them to look at the recording . |
| 15 | Unger herself argues that we need ‘ to look at the surroundings and systemic connections of a behavior before attempting to explain it ’ ( 1979 : 478 ) . |
| 16 | When fire protection officials came to look at the dump they discovered mattresses deposited by a bed company , furniture and even potentially hazardous oil cans . |
| 17 | Give him time to look at the word . |
| 18 | She liked to look at the visitors as they arrived and try to match them with the patients . |
| 19 | She came to visit Streatlam to look at the horses and I thought what a very handsome woman she was . |
| 20 | ‘ They have to look at the laws now . |
| 21 | Having early disposed of the false idea that in the Middle Ages people believed in a flat earth , Lewis tells us to look at the sky itself . |
| 22 | And as she raised her chilled , dripping face to look at the sky , the black clouds parted . |
| 23 | The family proceedings court has to look at the Welfare Checklist ( section 1 , 1989 Children Act ) and , as the writers say , the conflict between the child 's welfare being paramount and the need to protect the community present a real paradox . |
| 24 | Visits were also made to Canada , to see how the implementation of a national curriculum there was affecting work in English , and to Denmark and France , to look at the teaching of Danish and French respectively , and at those countries ' arrangements for bilingual children . |
| 25 | ‘ The most extraordinary thing happened , ’ he explained , ‘ I was sitting here ( at his desk in Kensington palace ) , and I happened to look at the bookshelf , and my eyes settled on a book about Paracelsus . |
| 26 | ‘ No , I want to look at the ponies with Ricky , ’ said Perdita , frantic not to miss a minute . |
| 27 | Lucille stopped , turned to look at the girl once more then , intuitively , she knew the answer and looked for confirmation into d'Alembord 's worried face . |
| 28 | And at that moment , as he turned to look at the girl again with a glint of admiration in his eyes , Ronni was aware of a reaction deep inside her . |
| 29 | Then she turned , willing Miss Harker , who was holding out the duster , to look at the board . |
| 30 | The group maintains that by the time Mr Outhwaite agreed to take on the US risks , the dangers of asbestosis were already known : a Lloyd 's working party had been set up in 1980 to look at the issue . |