Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] looking [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A sentry let us in after looking at the Feldwebel s papers with a torch and we walked up a garden path towards a sort of suburban villa . |
| 2 | He had also paid a substantial price for the pleasure , not merely of looking at the corpse of the idea of a centre party , but of stamping upon it several times over . |
| 3 | leap in without looking at the detail of it , I think now the function heads namely you , |
| 4 | I would like you to get to know your body better by looking in the mirror and seeing the improvements in your shape as each day goes by . |
| 5 | Let me therefore start afresh by looking at the common law . |
| 6 | ‘ Let us all down by looking like the poor relation ? ’ |
| 7 | It can not be said , merely by looking at the allegations in the statement of claim , which is all that is permissible under the terms of the preliminary point of law , that the council could not have considered the action expedient for the promotion or protection of the interests of the inhabitants of Derbyshire . |
| 8 | The Beagle was on the point of leaving when he found out that the natives could tell which island a tortoise came from merely by looking at the shape of its shell . |
| 9 | So by looking at the mates of the heavier hens , Petrie could discover what confers desirable quality in a cock . |
| 10 | If one was asked to produce a summary of the kind of case into which the tribunal was intended to inquire one would do so by looking at the situations which the tribunal has to determine which are mentioned in the statute . |
| 11 | Right , so by looking at the graph , I am just trying to impress upon you that structural change can not always be spotted simply by looking at the data right , anyway , let's now move on to estimate our first model . |
| 12 | But most of the Yorkist establishment had remained loyal to Edward IV and the rebels ultimately achieved a precarious viability only by looking outside the realm for support : to Louis XI of France and the exiled Lancastrians whom he harboured . |
| 13 | But most of the Yorkist establishment had remained loyal to Edward IV and the rebels ultimately achieved a precarious viability only by looking outside the realm for support : to Louis XI of France and the exiled Lancastrians whom he harboured . |
| 14 | You have free access to the family outside their house , but when they are inside you can investigate them only by looking through the windows of their house . |
| 15 | Some of these claims can be considered , and either allowed or disallowed , only by looking at the work as a whole ; others can be at least understood after reading only a few lines : |
| 16 | Only by looking at the fish from all angles can you be sure all is well : the belly is a favourite site for bacterial ulcers , for instance . |
| 17 | Anderson argues strongly that such patterns can be explained only by looking at the material advantages and disadvantages of people living together . |
| 18 | How oppressive the satraps were in reality is a question which can be answered only by looking at the second area in which Persia impinged , tribute and military service . |
| 19 | The educational aspects of social change can be assessed only by looking at the local education authorities . |
| 20 | It 's not worth looking on the box for the news because it 's , they 'll be nothing new . |
| 21 | With all the previous intermediaries we looked at , we warned that we can not judge the volume of buying and selling of assets which an intermediary carries out just from looking at the inflow of new funds . |
| 22 | He can , apparently , date a picture precisely just by looking at the monkeys in it . |
| 23 | You could tell nobody was welcome just by looking at the building . |
| 24 | just by looking at the product . |
| 25 | But any engineer can recognize an object that has been designed , even poorly designed , for a purpose , and he can usually work out what that purpose is just by looking at the structure of the object . |
| 26 | He says that it 's rubbish — the recession is n't over , and anyone can see this just by looking at the number of failed businesses . |
| 27 | He says that it 's rubbish — the recession is n't over , and anyone can see this just by looking at the number of failed businesses . |
| 28 | They think that all knowledge is to be found by perusing him , and not by looking at the real world . |
| 29 | Thus I am dangerously near looking for the ready made composition that has been done to death by generations of landscape painters . |
| 30 | It is also worth looking at the smaller , regional building societies . |