Example sentences of "look [adv] [prep] a [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The answer is that they will become superfluous , to be replaced by a new prototype that looks remarkably like a rugby league player . |
| 2 | Physically , it looks much like a video cassette recorder with a matt black livery chosen , no doubt , to suggest its connection with the world of hi-fi audio , televisions and video . |
| 3 | And remember that the benefits wo n't usually change with inflation — so a figure that looks more like a telephone number now than a pension may be much smaller , in real terms , when you retire . |
| 4 | Sebastiane , the six-foot-two model who looks more like a champion hurdler than a clothes-horse , strides into the room in flat shoes . |
| 5 | Looks more like a cotton wool factory than a cherry orchard . |
| 6 | ‘ Looks more like a home prescription to me , ’ the man said gloomily when he returned with a phial of pills . |
| 7 | A far cry from her ‘ strong woman with positive aggression ’ image , the photo looks more like a family snapshot . |
| 8 | Those cropped military curls , that monumental neck and straight nose , would have looked well in a bronze helmet ; no doubt he recognised his own kind , and was at home with them . |
| 9 | Dave also played the old fashioned curved soprano sax , which looks almost like a toy instrument but it sounded clear and forceful in his hands . |
| 10 | Doherty now looks forward to a quarter-final clash with Steve Davis . |
| 11 | A small group ( two bulls and six heifers ) was exported to an English agricultural college in 1988 on an experimental basis , and here it was described as looking rather like a South Devon or a beefy Jersey ; the bulls are being used on the college 's Friesian dairy herd to produce beef calves . |
| 12 | Three weeks on , The Paradise Club proves the contrary : it is now looking less like a showroom model than a motor on which the clock has been wound back and the polish is beginning to fade . |
| 13 | If I am looking directly at a stick insect , 8 inches in front of my nose and in strong daylight , I shall not be fooled by it . |
| 14 | Often the local press are looking more for a photo opportunity than a story . |
| 15 | There 's always the danger of the learner 's experience looking more like a patchwork quilt than an ordered and informative sequence of events that builds knowledge on knowledge , experience on experience . |
| 16 | Now , seeing you sitting there , looking more like a film star than the Alice I used to know , I 'm not so sure . |
| 17 | The 27-year-old fashion queen ends up looking more like a cat burglar than a catwalk model in the 30-second ad . |
| 18 | but Swindon are on their way … and looking forward to a home tie against Oldham Athletic from the premier league in round three … |
| 19 | Friends for life , they 're now looking forward to a cruising holiday together in the Fiords — all expenses paid by Norwegian TV . |
| 20 | We are looking forward to a bumper entry . |
| 21 | They look rather like a music CD but they are kept permanently inside small plastic cartridges for protection . |
| 22 | it look just like a ski resort all the bright jackets and the woolly hats and it was lovely , I mean they made it into , into an absolute skating ring for driving on |
| 23 | ‘ Guido was right , you look just like a Botticelli nymph ! ’ |
| 24 | Contracts should be structured so that if the company does n't release any recordings during a certain contract year , the artist has the option to terminate the agreement and look elsewhere for a record deal . |
| 25 | Theorists tell us it ought to look more like a symphony orchestra or a hospital or perhaps the British Raj . |
| 26 | It 's not necessary to keep *me* happy — everyone is free to say what they like — my only concern is that if a complaint about serious abuse ( or whatever ) went in , those with their finger on the button might look dimly on a footie fan list . |
| 27 | Hewlett-Packard is beginning to look increasingly like a printer company that also makes and sells computers , so much of the focus was on printers , with Douglas Carnahan , vice-president and general manager of the printing systems group saying that the company hopes to beat the industry 's compound annual growth rate in sales dollars in the printer market over the next five years . |
| 28 | I can not conceive that the pathologist will trouble to look there for a puncture mark and indeed , prior to that eventuality , it does n't seem likely that the emergency team of paramedics they 'll send out from Brighton General will be well enough acquainted with the action of this drug to hit upon the right antidote in time to prevent her from expiring . ’ |
| 29 | If that 's the case then Down Royal can look forward to a bumper fixture and then maybe those small fields for the Ulster Derby will begin to be only a bad memory . |
| 30 | And then look forward to a winter date with the man in the flesh at the Ulster Hall on October 19 . |