Example sentences of "[adv] look [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 However , a few managers , probably because of the pressure of work , had only looked at the business plan the night before . ’
2 Signor Matarazzo personally looks after the comfort of his guests , and , if you decide to sample his restaurant , you can be certain that whatever is on the menu of the day will be well worth eating and reasonably priced .
3 Er no I think it wa I think it was our , our mistake er , there was there were sixteen of us there and seven of us had sort of clubbed together looked at the menu and it 's it 's fifteen ninety five , to , the rich main course banquet
4 At very least this habit will get us out of a rigid frame of mind which only looks at the problem in away determined by experience .
5 We can not tell which it was by merely looking at the facts ; we have to ask what his purpose actually was .
6 Er and therefore it looks at erm the indirect impact of development erm and it 's it 's more sophisticated one might say than merely looking at the quality of the land .
7 While it has made no formal application to offer video-on-demand to customers — the official line is that it is merely looking at the technology 's potential — it is already clear that it faces a tough task convincing regulatory bodies that it has the right to do so .
8 and that the learning situation itself needs to be examined for its possible contribution to children 's learning difficulties , instead of merely looking in the child for causes .
9 Anxiously , he spent the days watching and waiting , constantly looking down the road , longing for his return .
10 So , while McDonald 's is powerfully committed to its core values , it is constantly looking beyond the practices that made it successful in order to explore new opportunities .
11 Some analysts were gloomily looking to the FT-SE 100 index to fall below the 2,200 level if the 15 per cent base rate is maintained for any length of time .
12 No have a look , you 're only looking at the beginning of it here try again
13 He 's only looking at the pictures , he ca n't read really Eh what did you think of the dancing concert ?
14 On an acquisition level , it means only looking at the assets , market valuation and cash-flow rather than at the nature of the business .
15 ‘ Oh , God help him , poor gentleman , ’ Kate laughed , pleased at male incompetence , ‘ he was only looking for the oven when I got in .
16 But this premise was there at that time and by oh I had to go to a great extent on a number of visits and they er granted it me on compassionate grounds and there 's er I was only looking in the back of there the other day and there 's one there now .
17 is only looking in the mirror
18 Erm right so looking at the details of those , right what we 've , what we 're actually saying then is that if erm you , you would want to provide that income or want to make sure that that , that income was available should you die tomorrow ?
19 Therefore , they were left with the option of investing millions of pounds or closing them , and perhaps looking at the building of a new reactor .
20 Shrewsbury stood around there , apparently looking for the offside and in the end it was an awful effort at goal .
21 There was one vehicle there , a car with two figures sitting in the front seats and apparently looking at the road ahead of them .
22 Anybody who believes that Yugoslavia could be dealt with as Saddam Hussein 's Iraq was dealt with had better look at the terrain .
23 ‘ I better look at the ones you found , then . ’
24 The reformers would do better to look at the health-care regimes they oversee .
25 With such a man as their representative , Albanians can only look to the West for help before it is too late .
26 We can only look to the practices within which we treat animals , be it as pets , racing animals , food , experimental subjects , or denizens of the wild , tempered by our natural disinclination to cause them needless suffering , or treat them with disrespect .
27 Many growers , not only in Champagne but throughout France , still innocently cultivate Pinot Blanc Vrai believing it to be Chardonnay , although anyone with doubts need only look at the leaves on the vine .
28 We need only look at the institutions .
29 ‘ I have nothing any more I can only look at the pictures
30 I can only look at the pictures .
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