Example sentences of "looks like a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At first glance it looks like a straightforward consequence of overaccumulation ( chapter 11 ) . |
| 2 | With binoculars it looks like a faint blur , easy enough with × 7 , while with × 20 there is an indication of resolution into stars at its outer edges . |
| 3 | Thus laden , I rode the 20 miles to Picton and caught the ferry ; stayed overnight in Wellington and then took the train to Auckland — no problems in putting the bike aboard ; and this journey lived up to expectations and surpassed them ; the scenery through the ‘ King Country ’ in autumn is quite unrivalled , and again looks like a superb area for a cycle tour . |
| 4 | After starting out a special interest magazine , Skin 2 now looks like a mainstream style mag ( sometimes you feel it ca n't be long before S&M will make it into M&S ) . |
| 5 | Seen from its ten o'clock , the Apache looks like a modern twin of the late Fifties . |
| 6 | It looks like a modern photograph to me . |
| 7 | Hamburg 's decision to follow suit looks like a shining opportunity for venturesome British outfits , but there are snags . |
| 8 | ‘ And you have your clothes draped around so that the place looks like a hand-me-down shop , ’ he grumbled . |
| 9 | ‘ The ECC looks like a practical , realistic design incorporating features that must be worth pursuing further , ’ said one judge . |
| 10 | There 's a half-open hatch there leading into what looks like a deep , oddly cube-shaped cupboard ; it 's a dumb waiter . |
| 11 | The pool filter usually looks like a deep tray . |
| 12 | Fader — Looks like a normal block , but crumbles away when you step on it ! |
| 13 | Chomper — Looks like a normal block , but it eats poor ol' Rufus alive ! |
| 14 | Beta , at a distance of 78 light-years , is of special note because it seems to be associated with material which could possibly indicate a planetary system , and has actually been photographed from the Las Campanas Observatory in Chile , though to the ordinary observer Beta looks like a normal white star . |
| 15 | He looks like a nice feller . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ This looks like a nice spot ’ |
| 17 | So erm mark your axes , work out what your scale is going to be , to fit it all on , I mean that that looks like a nice fit . |
| 18 | What looks like a nice smooth field to you could be a field of barley or hay . |
| 19 | It looks like a nice er subject for the campaign for May . |
| 20 | Figure 2 in the paper looks like a classic example of unilateral reflux nephropathy rather than chronic pyelonephritis . |
| 21 | A specimen of basalt taken from a cold lava flow , however , is not a particularly inspiring object at all — in most cases , it probably looks like a dirty black lump of clinker . |
| 22 | A duvet cover which looks like a contemporary painting , plain bright curtains and the whole effect softened with swooping net drapes . |
| 23 | . Where we have a client who has a need for the first ten years for it looks like a hundred and ninety thousand pounds worth of life cover , at the end of the ten year period , the need is reduced , maybe the children have left home , so sum assu , assured reduces down to , in this case , it looks like to be about fifty thousand for the rest of the time . |
| 24 | And this scenario , we 've got a client who started with er , it looks like a hundred and fifty thousand pounds worth of life cover , after five years he had a further need , perhaps erm , a further child or , as I say , er , a lifestyle increase or whatever . |
| 25 | Spread the American frosting over the body of the sheep and swirl with a palette knife so that it looks like a woolly coat . |
| 26 | And the Principal looks like a serial killer . |
| 27 | Again , it looks like a standard block . |
| 28 | The mosaic of the cut looks like a great distribution of attractive holes . |
| 29 | It looks like a great deal to ask of our underpaid and undersupported teachers . |
| 30 | Otherwise I if it 's appropriate I 'll say it looks like a great newsletter . |