Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] to look [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 I have now had the opportunity to look over the attached and also asked a colleague to do a quick proof-read .
2 Mary took the opportunity to look around the small country fair .
3 Gloria lead Dot up the outside steps from the basement to look at the cotton flags flapping in the sun .
4 The decision to look outside the bank for a chief executive is likely to assuage some critics of Barclays in the City .
5 I went behind the music-stool to look at the Greek pottery .
6 He went through to the kitchen to look for the brandy bottle .
7 He says I 'd like the university to look at the problems , not just the symptoms .
8 She leaned over the fence to look through the glass of Constance 's back door , disappointed to think she might not be there .
9 ‘ Every day , the first thing I do when I wake in the morning is go to the window to look at the pond .
10 It is this popularity which has prompted the management to look at the possibility of introducing these fit bodies to the joys of tennis , by offering complimentary tennis tuition , a worthy initiative and one which can only enhance the game in the club and its surrounding area .
11 And , reflecting the now-familiar language of the GCSE criteria , he asked the committee to look at the extent to which A levels test knowledge , understanding , and skills , and the implications of the assessment procedures for teaching and learning .
12 Matters were not improved for the defence when the trial judge refused Mr. Small 's application for the judge to look at the January statement for himself pursuant to section 17 of the Evidence Act .
13 That morning , when the doctor saw I had to go with the pirates to find the treasure , he had left the squire to look after the captain , then took Gray and Ben Gunn with him to be ready to help us .
14 We stopped for a breather at Porthmelgan , a small sheltered beach tucked in on the south of the headland , before starting down the hill to look at the outline of St David 's Head with its craggy 500 million year old rocks .
15 But the trial shows the need to look with the utmost care at staff selection procedures .
16 Sickened by the endemic one-upmanship of a political system founded on resistance nomenklatura ( Pompidou was one of the few politicians who had not been in the resistance ) , he spoke of the need to look to the future and forget the time when ‘ Frenchmen did not love one another . ’
17 The realists have undertaken several crime surveys for London councils and have placed great emphasis on the need to look at the pattern of victimisation of the oppressed , claiming that :
18 And , indeed , the need to look after the twins , keeping them busily entertained and happy during the day , had obviously helped to keep both their minds off their troubled personal relationship .
19 One afternoon towards the end of the voyage , when the sun was beating down and a fresh northerly wind was speeding the ship southwards , she leant out over the gunwale to look at the low strip of land that was in sight on the port beam .
20 Putrefaction had set in around the nose and mouth , the skin felt cold and soggy as Corbett gently turned the head to look at the fatal weal round the neck , a broad , purple black gash with little round indentations which made it look like some ghostly parody of a necklace .
21 The Court of Appeal held that the ordinary rules of construction require the court to look at the section 's words and to give them their plain and natural meaning .
22 Peter nodded and drew her to the rail of the river-walk to look over the side .
23 She told him she would get a friend in the trade to look after the repairs , but when nothing happened Michael got the job done on his own comprehensive insurance policy with AGF .
24 Willie smiled nervously and leaned with his back against the counter to look at the other materials .
25 This approach also encourages the analyst to look beyond the basic procedure to the wider systems that it is part of and the environment that can affect both requirements and performance , in the process gaining an understanding of all the relevant factors that need to be taken into account .
26 But if he can manage it , may I please take him over to the island to look at the birds there ?
27 This allows the artist to look at the manager 's books , with reasonable notice .
28 Surrounding us on the beach were a large number of French civilians who had come down to the beach to look at the British Tommies .
29 People walking along the promenade were beginning to stop and lean on the iron bar at the top end of the beach to look at the Africans .
30 Er as a result of that , Lord Scarman was appointed by the the government to look into the problems .
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