Example sentences of "to look the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I simply remove myself , calmly , and with a dignity that must be noticed even by those who would have to look the word up in a dictionary to get some faint glimmer of an idea of what the concept actually means . |
| 2 | I was born and grew up in Britain , I can appreciate the constant pressure to look the same , dress the same , forget your difference . |
| 3 | Mrs Browning had declared it was all too bad , too dreadful an imposition to have been responsible for and that she would not be able to look the Ogilvys in the eye ever again after causing them such vexation . |
| 4 | But I believe he is still seething about being dragged into the debate and left to look the villain of the piece . |
| 5 | You 'd never be able to look the ambulance men in the face , would you ? |
| 6 | IF you want to look the part in the nineties , do n't wear make-up . |
| 7 | YOU DO N'T HAVE TO BE A PROFESSIONAL TO LOOK THE BUSINESS . |
| 8 | It is important to note that homologous structures do n't have to look the same , and that structures that look the same do n't have to be homologous . |
| 9 | With Amdahl Corp faced with an uphill struggle to adjust its business so that it can thrive in a post-mainframe world , and all its other major investments — things like the former Poqet Computer Corp and HAL Computers Inc still in the development stage and demanding more capital , while its own core business is a victim of the mainframe malaise , Fujitsu Ltd 's 80% of ICL Plc begins to look the company 's most valuable asset , making it increasingly likely that the company will in due course want to float a lot more than the 25% it originally suggested on the London International Stock Exchange : Fujitsu 's biggest problem is the one now facing all big Japanese companies — that the days of cheap capital at home are gone with the bubble economy , probably forever , and many Japanese companies issued convertibles in the 1980s that are coming up to maturity ; with prices on the Tokyo exchange still bombed out , few holders are going to want to convert into shares , which means that issuers will have to raise expensive new capital on the international markets to redeem them . |
| 10 | The shoulder belays and cricket sweaters were intended to look the part . |
| 11 | I do prefer to wear smart clothes for work ; it 's still not easy for women in business to be taken seriously — I like to look the part . |
| 12 | Some cite the success of Raves and warehouse parties , for which it 's essential to look the part . |
| 13 | Instead of turning brick-red or prawn-cocktail-pink , as she had feared , she is turning a pleasant beige , a natural beige , she is beginning to look the same colour that people look in television advertisements . |
| 14 | Although many London pubs seemed to look the same when he first walked in , Dexter enjoyed collating the differences that set one apart from another . |
| 15 | One would have to say that the standard of dress on the European Tour is nowadays not too far removed from that in the States , bearing in mind that the climate on that side of the Atlantic makes it easier to look the part . |
| 16 | A farmer friend of mine came to look the place over shortly after we bought it and he gave me some useful advice : that , whatever happened , we must enjoy doing the work . |
| 17 | Because she has not been caught either , or not so blatantly that one has had to stop pretending to look the other way . |
| 18 | Anyway , I was interested enough in Roxie to look the case up again … |
| 19 | I had to look the word up , you know , look the word up in a dictionary to find out what it meant . |
| 20 | In fact , I think he was turning to look the other way . |
| 21 | The buildings will all look the same , the same companies will sell the same goods in all their shops , the people , apart from trivial physical differences and , possibly , their own languages , will all aspire to the same condition of affluence and to look the same as everybody else . |
| 22 | It was time to look the world in the face with her own image . |
| 23 | Poise was going to be the order of the day — poise and sophistication ; she had taken great care to look the part , now all she had to do was feel that way too . |
| 24 | It might come last on your list of necessities , but there is no need for it to look the least . |
| 25 | The needlework box clutched to her chest , she added , ‘ And did n't you want Terry to look the best she possibly could on her wedding day ? ’ |
| 26 | As a young romeo , Crawford had to look the part . |
| 27 | She would have had every reason to look the other way . |
| 28 | But I have to look the part . |
| 29 | May I suggest you do that then , I do n't like to look the other way . |
| 30 | When we looked at the Telegraph and the Times things seem so samey , there 's just this uniform effect everything seeming to look the same whereas here they 've really used such a variety of styles the curly , the straight , the blocked plus your black blocks across the bottom . |