Example sentences of "looks [adv] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It looks suspiciously like knee-jerk retributivism , spuriously ennobled by reference to the ‘ community ’ . |
| 2 | The Gujerati community is fully aware of cases like that of Mrs X. Scandals such as hers are everybody 's business , but while in India or East Africa such situations would not have been tolerated , and sons would be forced to take their mothers back , in Britain the community looks on in fascinated horror but does nothing . |
| 3 | It is at his feet that we throw ourselves like the bound figures which form the pedestal of this statue ( one captive looks upward with adoring eyes ) . |
| 4 | What they drew up looks remarkably like any other adjustment programme . |
| 5 | Does your Lordship have the it should be er a small red file bundle that looks rather like that my Lord . |
| 6 | Stir until all ingredients are amalgamated and the whole mixture looks rather like thick honey , with about the same consistency . |
| 7 | FIG. 2 From outside , the Milky Way probably looks rather like this typical barred spiral galaxy , NGC4535 . |
| 8 | Once I 'd mastered a none-too-straightforward control panel , which looks rather like those muticoloured ever-flickering computers you find on the dashboard of executive cars , my test run got under way . |
| 9 | SPURS boss Terry Venables looks down at controversial new skipper Neil Ruddock , sent off during Saturday 's 2-2 draw against Palace . |
| 10 | God looks down at this cooperative effort of man trying to make himself god-like , and sees it as the beginning of worse rebellion against him . |
| 11 | He looks down on hi life . |
| 12 | It is not just that high myth looks down towards low present reality . |
| 13 | When recruiting , the Profitboss looks only for potential profit contribution , for profit-seeking attitudes and ability . |
| 14 | At first sight the Supervisor looks much like any other pair of sunglasses fronted by a mirrored , shatter-resistant polycarbonate shade . |
| 15 | One crushed car looks much like another and we were n't going to waste a completely new one . ’ |
| 16 | Although one bed looks much like another , it 's the one piece of furniture not to economise on . |
| 17 | ‘ One block capital looks much like another , upside down , from a distance , ’ sneered Dalziel . |
| 18 | ‘ After a while one dead body looks much like another . |
| 19 | The new method of showing the information for a VAT return ( it looks just like one of the horrid things ) is more than just useful , it 's a Godsend , and once you 've got into the methodology , invoice raising and bill paying as well as stock control become very quick and easy . |
| 20 | THIS LOGO 'S SEXIST RACIST AND LOOKS JUST LIKE TWO FINGERS ! |
| 21 | Grout is usually white , but you can buy coloured grout if you want to make a feature of the grout lines ( an effect that looks best with plain or fairly neutral patterned tiles ) . |
| 22 | I am not surprised that the Minister looks away with some embarrassment . |
| 23 | He looks up at her inquiringly and she looks away with another slight frown . |
| 24 | Under the microscope even the bone structure of these dinosaurs looks more like that of living mammals than cold-blooded reptiles . |
| 25 | In terms of war , AIDS looks more like one of those medieval struggles that dragged on for decades than a relatively swift modern conflict . |
| 26 | ‘ No she looks more like one of those cheap broads in the chorus . ’ |
| 27 | Her natural expression removes some of the horror of death and , with her floral tribute , looks more like Little Red Riding Hood asleep under the tree ; the same can not be said for the Hoskins child . |
| 28 | However , if , after casting on , you rearrange the needles on the ribber bed to a 1×1 , then you can use four-ply with the benefit of ‘ no floats ’ and a fabric that looks more like single bed Fair Isle . |
| 29 | There has , however , been very little research which looks directly at this issue and thus at this stage suggestions about the normal levels of memory performance or about the variables which may influence it remain largely speculative . |
| 30 | [ PAMELA looks far from pleased . ] |