Example sentences of "[v-ing] at [art] [noun] [that] " in BNC.

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1 This year came Ella to Britain , with his three sons , Clymen and Wlenking , and Cissa , in three ships ; landing at a place that is called Clymenshore .
2 ‘ That 's obscene , ’ Ace growled , the hairs on the back of her neck prickling at the thought that a mother could do that .
3 They are living at an address that only I know .
4 The speakers have chosen their own topics , based on their own interests and enthusiasms , and it is important that they convey their zest for the subject to an audience , preferably establishing at the outset that the subject deserves the audience 's attention .
5 yes so will this be right , that somebody towards the end of the sale period er might be looking at a brochure that was printed at least eighteen months ago and maybe longer ?
6 Put another way , certain elements are common to the corporatist perspective on politics in the West , and so , although there are different schools of theory , it is possible to fuse some of these together in order to recognise that we are looking at a perspective that bears on interests and the state within the contemporary period of economic development .
7 The company is now looking at a future that is brighter than for any time in the past 20 years .
8 Maybe he was looking at a book that told you things like that .
9 It is strangely comforting , looking at an alphabet that is totally incomprehensible , a liberation from the strain of trying to understand .
10 You 're sometimes so busy looking at the wood that you do n't smell the trees are rotten . ’
11 Similarly , IPCC is looking at the possibility that sulphate pollution in the northern hemisphere is reflecting the sun 's heat and retarding global warming — another case where pollution control could raise fresh problems .
12 This seems a more satisfactory way of looking at the possibility that a society may be an organic unity than Moore 's principles allow .
13 Four months later her killer is still at large and detectives are looking at the possibility that she may not have been his first victim
14 We can test the fairness of the council tax by looking at the bill that the Secretary of State himself will face .
15 He had stood in the centre of the tiny , cluttered upstairs room , looking at the paintings that covered the wall above the bed .
16 You 're doing it wrong if you 're not looking at the person that you 're trying to persuade .
17 Their approach is to go back to first principles , looking at the constraints that link objects and events in the real world to what happens in the retinal image and then looking for rules that can be used unambiguously to recode retinal events in terms of the outside world ( Poggio , Torre , and Koch 1985 ; Ullman 1986 ) .
18 Before looking at the idea that the overpricing of underwriting contracts as payment for other services it is worth noting that Marsh observed that ‘ bear ’ markets tended to lead to marginally higher excess returns to underwriters , while no large or small company effects could be discerned .
19 The factors that helped to build them will be examined further in the next two chapters by looking at the forces that influence the making and implementation of social policy .
20 As Corrigan and Frith ( 1975 ) suggested , we should really be looking at the potential that is expressed in their deviant lifestyles and ‘ resistance ’ activities .
21 He was looking at the scar that ran from her hip almost to her knee .
22 So if y there would be the cognitive demon which was the letter A and what would happen is , it would start looking at the features that were coming into the system and it would say , are they the ones associated with A ?
23 The principal aim is to create the impression from just looking at the street that it is not , just there for cars but for pedestrians , cyclists and residents too .
24 What follows is a consideration of a few vital food elements outlining their importance to the health of older people , and looking at the effect that dietary deficiency might have on what have hitherto been considered normal factors in the ageing process .
25 Well certainly , you know , I think there there is work looking at the files that go through me , there is work for a second complaint examiner , because a lot of the files from investigators are actually fairly straightforward now
26 He looked up to see El-Jorr standing in the doorway , looking at the wire that connected the receiver to the tape recorder on his desk .
27 The good news is that you can usually tell which type of value a keyname experts by looking at the value that is already there before you start .
28 North sea operators are given dispensations , not only when there are equivalent or higher alternative arrangements in place but in some cases when it is well known to the authorities that the platforms are operating at a level that would not be allowed if they were completely new platforms .
29 This compendium of ‘ out-takes ’ , from the campaign trail in the pivotal 1992 New Hampshire Presidential primary , leaves the viewer wondering at the knowledge that one of these men will actually become president !
30 We considered that he ought to have taken these points during the hearing itself and , in so far as they were of a technical procedural nature , he had waived his right to advance them because he was content to allow the full two-day hearing to take place without complaining at the outset that he had been prejudiced by short notice of the hearing or by any procedural irregularity in the way the preliminary issue had been brought before the court .
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