Example sentences of "[pron] look at a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , if I look at a round globe then the image on my retina will be circular , and there will be no reason to suppose that the idea imprinted in my mind will be anything other than that of a flat circle . |
| 2 | When I look at a natural object for a long time , like looking into the burning embers and the flames of a fire , there appears a new vision or facet of that object or a new way of seeing it in relationship to some other world of thought . |
| 3 | Corporate audits , which look at a complete business and measure it against legislation and company environmental policy . |
| 4 | When you look at a complex sponge skeleton such as that made of silica spicules which is known as Venus ' Flower Basket , the imagination is baffled . |
| 5 | The next method that is used is a method which again is familiar to people on the earth — surveyors use it all the time — and that 's what we call triangulation , and the idea there is that if you look at a distant object against an even more distant background , then the apparent direction will depend on where you 're standing , and if you move from one end to the other of a baseline , then a distant steeple , for example , will appear to move against the hills on the horizon . |
| 6 | If you look at a small child 's eyes , they are always looking in the direction in which they are moving . |
| 7 | But if you look at a modern group like those Fishbone fellas , hell they 're really into my Funkadelic stuff : ‘ Free Your Mind And Your Ass Will Follow ’ ! |
| 8 | If you look at a full page when they happen , they do n't happen all that often on a schools portfolio which costs two thousand two hundred pounds , you 'll see there 's there 's already three different prices |
| 9 | Wittgenstein says ( 332 ) : ‘ Do not believe that you have the concept of colour within you because you look at a coloured object — however you look ’ and ( 659 ) ‘ But when I say ‘ It tastes exactly like sugar ’ , in an important sense no remembering takes place . |
| 10 | If you look at a new-born gorilla or chimpanzee they seem skinny little things compared with human babies . |
| 11 | You look at a so-called adult world , ’ she said , ‘ and people just behave ridiculously . |
| 12 | If you look at an American kit for say , £10,000 to £14,000 , which then requires in excess of 500 hours of sweat equity , the Chevron does n't look bad value after all . |
| 13 | MAKING TRACKS This month we have more on copyright , plus we look at a great new drum machine from Yamaha and an Alesis compressor to make your home demos sound ‘ pro ’ … |
| 14 | If we look at a typical Midland deserted village site with the aid of air photographs and maps , we can see that it is made up of certain features which occur again and again on such sites , the most distinctive being the sunken holloways marking the courses of old roads and paths . |
| 15 | Suppose that we look at a particular new mutant gene , out of the 2Nmf that arose . |
| 16 | If we look at a random list of typical game structures we shall find that they reflect some of life 's common interactions and are obviously just as important in drama . |
| 17 | We must consider that when we look at an alternative structure for the present arrangements for meat hygiene inspection . |