Example sentences of "[adv] look a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ABS Computers Ltd , formerly the Allied Business Systems small business computer manufacturer , has long looked a vestigial part of the Trafalgar House Plc empire , too small to turn up in the annual report , and giving the impression that top management was unaware of its existence . |
| 2 | ABS Computers Ltd , formerly the Allied Business Systems small business computer manufacturer , has long looked a vestigial part of the Trafalgar House Plc empire , too small to turn up in the annual report , and giving the impression that top management was unaware of its existence . |
| 3 | With Hitchock in this mood it already looks a good signing and Porterfield said : ‘ We are not bringing the Russian to take Kevin 's place . |
| 4 | She has very clear pale skin and so is used to having quite strong make-up ( ‘ so that I do n't just look a bland mass ’ ) . |
| 5 | It has to be said that the countries in this bit of the world , which were previously part of the Soviet Union , do not look a promising market . |
| 6 | But if the room is not to look a complete jumble you have to try to create distinct areas for relaxing , sleeping , eating and work . |
| 7 | This obviously works in the favour of RUN FOR FREE , who already looked a worthy favourite judged on his 12-length demolition of stable companion Miinnehoma here three weeks ago . |
| 8 | For example , the lesser celandine , which usually looks a uniform yellow , would develop a dark centre . |
| 9 | Superior still looks a long way off . |
| 10 | Gavin Lees still looks a sorry sight . |
| 11 | The shares are still looking a long way ahead . |
| 12 | The top still looked a long way away . |
| 13 | Light Veneer also looked a useful prospect when making his fencing debut in the Moseley Novices Chase . |
| 14 | It symbolises power and control , and also looks a great deal more chic . |
| 15 | The future is now also looking a great deal rosier for children with solid tumours . |
| 16 | Both teams have strenghtened their squads for this season and are looking for promotion … both look a good bet too … |
| 17 | The area now looks a total mess , as does the River Wey ( or should I say the dry bed of the River Wey ) that runs through the town . |
| 18 | He now looks a good bet to go through to the next stage of the competition tomorrow . |
| 19 | The most obvious is the lack of an auto trace feature and , paradoxically , the freehand tool now looks a little crude compared to its new rival . |
| 20 | It now looks a big mistake to have joined the ERM at all , at any exchange rate , without first having created political institutions capable of running monetary policy in a way that takes due consideration of the needs of all members of the European Community . |
| 21 | ‘ It would be stupid to rule out promotion because there is a long way to go and we are now looking a decent team , ’ he said . |
| 22 | Does n't look a brilliant day does it weatherwise at the races clouds . |
| 23 | Now that she bothered to look she saw he did n't look a great deal better himself . |
| 24 | To require six cities virtually to embark on building an Olympic complex , five of which wo n't be needed , does n't look a prudent way of managing things . |
| 25 | I told him he did n't look a wicked person . |
| 26 | They do n't look a bad colour as though do they ? |
| 27 | I 'm bloody sure I would n't of paid it no way , er , thing is though you see when you first look at it , it do n't look a bad car , but when you start studying it closely you start to see just exactly what problems it 's got with it did you point out the faults on it then ? |
| 28 | There were occasions yesterday when she did n't look a bad player , certainly trimmer and more mobile than when she played the game for real , and showing some nimble footwork which Lionel himself would have envied . |
| 29 | Incola did n't look a likely winner either when 25 lengths behind pace-setter Great Max rounding Tattenham Corner . |
| 30 | Its the pressure that er everybody 's under to look a certain way and the look tends to have you know lipstick or , and every thing else and that 's what 's expected of you , so most people do it . |