Example sentences of "[noun] look [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The laughter and clinking sound ominous , however , and Mortimer looks exceedingly depressed . |
| 2 | The original outline for settlement looks both feudal and foolish — foolish because the men of importance were to be ranged in a tidy hierarchy with outlandish titles like cacique and landgrave , and feudal because it rested on the assumption that the proprietors would get a permanent rental income from politically loyal and economically co-operative tenants . |
| 3 | From the outside , the 200-year-old cottage looks fairly compact , but inside there 's a considerable amount of space . |
| 4 | This last provision looks so sweeping that there is a danger of supposing that it has swept away all difference between legal and equitable rights . |
| 5 | ‘ The Old Course looks even flatter than it does on TV , ’ was Mike 's initial response . |
| 6 | As with most fossils of this comparatively recent date , the shell looks now much as it would have done when the animal first died , except for the loss of pigment . |
| 7 | This size of miniature looks quite lovely when ranged together in small groups of two or three , and I think they look best of all when hanging in a straight vertical line ( see p. 101 ) . |
| 8 | ‘ Oh dear , Acropolis Park looks suspiciously dark ! ’ |
| 9 | need a new kitchen , du n no about need a new back door , our kitchen looks totally different to them , oh I know what it is , they 've got their door to the living room in the kitchen , that 's what makes a lot of difference do n't it ? but it could be designed better than that |
| 10 | Hair looks slightly damp . |
| 11 | In the office dear , where it need n't concern , your hair looks very nice . |
| 12 | You hair looks very nice does n't it , now ! |
| 13 | Your hair looks very nice ! |
| 14 | The Result : Hair looks very natural and in good condition . |
| 15 | If your hair looks much straighter and flatter than usual the conditioner is either too heavy for your particular type of hair type or it is not washed out properly . |
| 16 | Q Your long hair looks so healthy . |
| 17 | Snow looks less innocuous but is even worse than rain because it blots out visibility more . |
| 18 | Mum looks momentarily surprised ; I think she 's trying to integrate this with the plot of Happy bloody Families . |
| 19 | The new stand looks very imposing as you come down the M621 towards it . |
| 20 | Of course the text looks pretty rough around the edges at 72dpi and the technology costs an small fortune but it 's certainly enough to turn a few heads . |
| 21 | The word in the text looks quite straightforward , but the word chosen by the translator tugs the meaning this way or that , gently distorting the text into a shape preferred by one of its readers . |
| 22 | Relatively speaking , the West looks more attractive than ever . |
| 23 | Certainly the resulting curriculum looks rather dull compared with the initial considerations which offered the possibility of a refreshing new view . |
| 24 | The region near the zenith looks rather dull , because much of it is occupied by the vast , dim Hydra . |
| 25 | Well , you 're sitting looking very smart here in a suit , which I suspect is made out of organic fibres and the tie , which I suspect is made out or artificial organic fibres , and the shirt looks remarkably artificial too . |
| 26 | Put the reality next to the rhetoric and the case looks very different . |
| 27 | It is because the deficit looks far worse . |
| 28 | Now , with the Japanese brandishing megabucks under his nose , Christie looks increasingly likely to head off for the Far East en route to the World Cup final in Havana a week later . |
| 29 | Then he tells me about the clothes allowance , and then I know why Sue looks so dishy three times a week , and then I start to salivate because you get to keep them ! |
| 30 | The total wage rise of 6.25% built into the 1990–91 accord looks too high . |