Example sentences of "[be] looking [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I have been looking through the private Ledger , ’ Bragg said amiably . |
| 2 | And PC Week has been looking at the pre-release development kit for Windows NT , shipping this week , and finds that the new NT File System is not yet complete , and neither are the security features that are tied to it . |
| 3 | In Chapters 3 and 4 we have been looking at the major groups of institutions that participate in the financial system . |
| 4 | I have been looking at the following : two very ‘ liquid ’ liquid acrylics are Winsor & Newton Designer 's Liquid Acrylic Colours and the new ACP ArtistColour Professional by Rotring . |
| 5 | At the official press conference today , Brian Horton said he 'd been looking at the young twenty-one year old for quite a while . |
| 6 | Our environment reporter Harriet Ryley has been looking at the changing attitude to what we throw away and how we deal with it . |
| 7 | I have been looking at the Labour party document for health in Scotland , ’ A |
| 8 | Over the last few months I 've been looking at the different types of files you 'll find on a PC — here 's a quick recap to refresh your memory . |
| 9 | So that we 're prepared within the Rural Housing Trust to look at all these ideas , and we 've been looking at the whole question , we feel that this has got to be one for the planners , the planners must be involved in identifying where these problems lie , they 're not uniform , all across the country , er and it 's something that er we therefore need to use the planning er scenario entirely and fully in order to identify where the problem lies . |
| 10 | Alistair and Wayne show they have appreciated that the addition of one tower to the other will create a new tower that is taller than either of its component towers , whereas Matthew and Claire have been looking at the inverse operation — one brick less and the tower is lower . |
| 11 | We 've been looking at the contrasting features of these two . ’ |
| 12 | IN view of all the talk about a resumption of political talks , I 've been looking at the last word of the Ulster Unionists on the subject , delivered just before the plug was pulled last October . |
| 13 | Following our discussions , I have been looking into the financial aspects of the timeshare proposal . |
| 14 | You may lose some credibility with the clientele if you demolish him or her with a blitzkrieg attack only to find later that they had been looking for the nearest toilet ! |
| 15 | ‘ Then obviously I 've been looking for the wrong qualities in my secretaries . ’ |
| 16 | Although he has been looking for the little creep to beat him up for having steered him wrong , he realises that it is better to be with someone , even someone like Ratso , than to be alone . |
| 17 | The third time she saw it Allen was with her but he must have been looking in the wrong place , for he did n't see it although she did n't understand how that could be . |
| 18 | This suggests , once again , that comprehension experiments may have been looking in the wrong place for evidence of young children 's linguistic competence . |
| 19 | ‘ Now I have got that first win I am looking for the second . ’ |
| 20 | I am looking at the specific points that were made by the delegation to me earlier this month . |
| 21 | From here you are looking into the rear windows of Whitehall . |
| 22 | When money is tight , passengers are looking for the best deal . |
| 23 | Customer clinics have shown that executive car buyers are looking for the following factors : durability , style , comfort , performance and interior space . |
| 24 | ‘ But we continue to study it and are looking for the right vehicle . ’ |
| 25 | Parish council chairman Jack Holywell said it seems that the thieves are looking for the easy targets which they know will be left unguarded at night . |
| 26 | After all , we are looking for the same thing . ’ |
| 27 | If they are looking for the special therapist to ‘ cure ’ them , then , also they will be disappointed . |
| 28 | Several of our brightest chefs , often trained in French methods , are looking to the Mediterranean for inspiration . |
| 29 | The fear of Cardiff 's rivals is that , without the same resources , they can only lose in a transfer war , and some are looking to the Welsh Rugby Union for legislative salvation . |
| 30 | Of course the elves are in a wood at that moment , and they are looking at the early evening stars , but that is not what they mean . |