Example sentences of "[pers pn] look to the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 I look to the current discussions , and also to the United States , to give the ground that is needed .
2 I look to the right hon. Member for Sparkbrook when I say that I am not clear about the precise intention that lies behind the phrase in new clause 2 , which refers to ’ satisfactory access to advice and representation ’ — this is for applicants — ’ from advisers and representatives of their choice ’ .
3 The trusts have clearly passed that test , and I look to the hon. Gentleman to admit that .
4 If someone is going to put off a lot of their own money in order to get into parliament , we can , then we can hardly trust them to look to the general interests once they 're there , they 'll want a return on their investment of some sorts .
5 She looked to the young man as if for reassurance , and he smiled back and nodded for Ellie to go on in , which she did without , much to her surprise , suddenly finding herself sitting upright at home in bed , clutching her thin bedding around her and wondering how her mind could imagine such things .
6 ‘ But it was n't him , ’ Winnie said , she looked to the upturned table .
7 ‘ We will continue … to pursue steadily the path of co-operation with China and we look to the Chinese side to do the same .
8 We look to the independent film-makers ’ movement to help us do that , and we welcome their work to the screen .
9 We look to the British car manufacturing industry and its European counterparts to do the same as quickly as possible .
10 So , many leading-edge manufacturers are searching for ways to enhance their workers ' capabilities and improve labour relations , even as they look to the new technology to cut labour costs as well . ’
11 With little possibility of much fulfilment in this world , they look to the next ; they are for ever visiting temples and mosques ( for this they are required to revert to their male clothes ) and going on pilgrimage to Hindu and Muslim shrines over the subcontinent .
12 They look to the local officer , Juan Vargas for help and advice .
13 Increasingly they looked to the central government for more grants and financial help .
14 Eccleshall appears to be on stronger ground when he looks to the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries for evidence of libertarian Conservatism .
15 Suppose that before he looks to the legal record he thinks it would be best to decide for the defendant in McLoughlin because it would be cheaper for the community as a whole if prospective victims insure against emotional injury than if drivers insure against causing it .
16 At the Centre Mondial , it looks to the outside observer as if the problem is reversed .
17 But how did it look to the light beams ?
18 He looked to the former ducal retinue , including such non-northerners as Pole , Tyrell and Houghton .
19 He looked to the former ducal retinue , including such non-northerners as Pole , Tyrell and Houghton .
20 In Nice , as in Paris , he looked to the impersonal comfort of the café and the solace of red wine for his escape .
21 He looked to the United Nations to devise a system of trusteeship which ( so it was very carefully phrased ) " would make effective the right of colonial peoples to choose the form of government under which they will live as soon as in the opinion of the UN they are qualified for independence " .
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