Example sentences of "[be] looking at the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The department monitors the inmate population , offences against prison rules and the penalties awarded ; it assists management in determining security grades and in assessments on life sentence prisoners ; and it has been looking at the structures of meetings , the effectiveness of communications and the problems of stress in staff . |
| 2 | The faint-object camera has also been looking at the remnants of the supernova which excited astronomers in 1987 . |
| 3 | The tank provides what is known as a ‘ restricted environment ’ and researchers have been looking at the benefits of Restricted Environment Stimulation therapy ( known as REST ) for almost 30 years . |
| 4 | The intelligent amongst us have already been looking at the questions on page forty seven and realizing that despite the weirdness of the sound of this music there are some quite direct things that can be asked . |
| 5 | Not a classic illustration of the thesis of Aggleton and colleagues , who have been looking at the lifespans of cricketers and report a two-year gap in favour of right-handers , much of it ascribable to fewer deaths in accidents or in war . |
| 6 | been looking at the numbers . |
| 7 | ‘ We have been looking at the pictures of James and we are really upset because there is such a likeness . ’ |
| 8 | I have been looking at the wares offered at spring seminars by the Folger Institute , a consortium of 29 universities , with Yale and Princeton in , but Harvard out . |
| 9 | I 've been looking at the knives again . |
| 10 | In this chapter we have been looking at the details of the division of labour to which Ella was referring . |
| 11 | Q When I am looking at the ingredients in a hair product what should I be looking for to identify it as a quality product ? |
| 12 | I think we are looking at the advantages and disadvantages of erm various types of problems that might occur . |
| 13 | ‘ Now the Civil servants are looking at the things we put forward before Christmas which they dismissed . |
| 14 | There are no definite plans but we are looking at the options for the future . ’ |
| 15 | No homes have been identified as such yet , the officers are looking at the homes in the east of the county . |
| 16 | Shirley ( 4.6 ) and Trevor ( 4.8 ) are looking at the shells and their teacher , noticing their interest in the different kinds , joins with them to initiate a ‘ spontaneous ’ sorting activity . |
| 17 | ‘ We are looking at the possibilities of using other Guinness commercials which we can edit or modify using local models , ’ says , the Guinness brand manager at PTGI . |
| 18 | A. Our experience shows that many people are looking at the possibilities of working in this area and , therefore , with rules of supply and demand being what they are , a language ability is almost essential . |
| 19 | Now the planning application is for Waste Regulation rests with this Authority and I would emphasise that to members here that wh if you 're looking at the sites you must bear in mind that we are the waste Site Planning Application Authority and that you can not go and make progress in any direction without it coming to Committee here and I would hope that officers would bear in mind the sensitivity which has already been mentioned in agenda today but members will find that these applications er are addressed in their own district , in their own divisions . |
| 20 | In this short series we 're looking at the boundaries of science , and we 're asking questions such as ‘ How cold can we get ? ’ and ‘ What is the smallest particle that we can envisage ? ’ . |
| 21 | We 're looking at the roads er for North Yorkshire this Saturday afternoon . |
| 22 | We 're looking at the policies and procedures adopted by the local authority because decisions about those individual children are entrusted to the High Court , the family division . |
| 23 | that 's the abbreviation obviously , but if you 're looking at the areas , I mean there is , er , |
| 24 | So , so really you 're looking at the values in it you see |
| 25 | So so in a way , they 're looking at the levels we 're at now is an accurate level using a high price item . |
| 26 | Erm conversely that would suggest that erm you know , the one should n't automatically er be looking at the areas of of low l landscape value . |
| 27 | In next month 's Buyer 's Guide I 'll be looking at the pros and cons of third party maintenance contracts and insurance for your PC . |
| 28 | You were supposed to be looking at the clothes , ’ Paula said artlessly . |
| 29 | For instance , teachers involved in this scheme would know that the success of their female pupils would be very carefully monitored , and that senior people in the school would be looking at the girls ' test results . |
| 30 | Rather than looking for deviations from pattern , perhaps one should be looking at the patterns produced by the modes of rationality which agents typically find it conventional to construct . |