Example sentences of "not look at the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 It would be surprising if Tolkien had not looked at the calm face of Tollund Man , or the hideously frightened one of ‘ Queen Gunhild ’ ( all too obviously still struggling as she was pinned down alive ) , and reflected that these were the true lineaments of his pagan ancestors .
2 And Tory arguments that the tax would make companies uncompetitive were not looking at the whole picture .
3 He did not look at the still bowing surveyors as he spoke , but at Alexei .
4 She did not look at the old man , so she failed to see the shrewd yet kindly glance he gave her .
5 The first is whether in construing ambiguous or obscure statutory provisions your Lordships should relax the historic rule that the courts must not look at the Parliamentary history of legislation or Hansard for the purpose of construing such legislation .
6 The carcass , unfortunately , was in quite an advanced state of decomposition by the time we got to it , so we could not look at the detailed histology ( cell structure ) of the internal organs or the central nervous system .
7 We did not look at the histological correlate of the inflammatory mediators as for ethical reasons we did not perform sigmoidoscopy and rectal biopsy .
8 And then it was over , and they were coming out into the grey , windy day , the mothers trying not to look at the white-capped sea beyond the point , the boys suddenly gruff and silent now that the moment of parting was come .
9 ‘ Do we need some help with our washing ? ’ , all the while desperately trying not to look at the forbidden sight of father naked in the bath .
10 But something about your comments worries me a great deal , and that 's the fact that many women tutors , you say , have been looking at this issue , but they have n't looked at the major part of the issue , which is from the students ' perspectives and the problem that goes on between students .
11 ‘ I have n't looked at the high scoring yet but there are no surprises at what you are going to get out there . ’
12 So I suppose whatever area you went into , erm you might find it a bit frustrating to start with , because you were n't looking at the big picture .
13 If you w u unfortunately we did n't look at the financial commentary as the first item .
14 Do n't look at the whole answer and then cover it up again and think right okay that 's a start and then try and do all I mean you 're not going to have the book to help you in the exam .
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