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

  Next page
No Sentence
1 A familiar human example is the habit of sitting up , or looking towards the door , when you wish to leave the room .
2 When you are actually sort of writing er , say if you are , when you are doing your project or doing your work it 's not just sufficient to say always T ratio is greater than two , therefore , it 's statistically significant , you must calculate the er correct critical value you use , right , for th for each T ratio and also if you are looking at any diagnostics or looking at the significance of the regression which is an F statistic right you must give the five percent or ten percent whichever you choose .
3 Extending the curriculum to include a range of applications which more adequately than at present represents the kinds of human endeavour where mathematics is used would be another such change , with fewer examples involving ballistics and war , for instance , and more involving such activities as working with fabrics , designing appliances for the disabled or looking at the school canteen 's queuing problems .
4 I had met him every day of my life in England : punching my ticket on a ‘ bus , cutting my hair , selling me an evening newspaper or looking after the engine of my aeroplane .
5 Another says : ‘ I pray best when I sit before the Blessed Sacrament , or look at the Crucifix without saying anything — just being with the Lord . ’
6 To find out about Alexander Technique classes or workshops , ask your local-education authority for details , search your local ‘ what 's on ’ in the newspaper or look at the noticeboard in your library .
7 Now if you 're a majority party you can instruct officers to come up with a specially paid reduction pol you pay for the policy , so you can then structure the system or look at the service and come up with a reduction , come up with an expansion
8 Talk to your employer about this , or look at the leaflet ‘ Employment rights ’ mentioned above .
9 They could compare the weight of the irons and investigate what they were made of , or look at the energy source they needed and the implications of this — the electric iron is not much use without an electricity supply !
10 But she did not open the door , or look into the passage .
11 GUIL stands up and looks over the audience . )
12 It is no exaggeration to say that tomorrow there will be many drivers who owe their continued good health and looks to the fact that they bought an airbag-equipped Honda today .
13 It says it comes out of the recession with important increases in market share and looks to the future with great confidence .
14 This Update draws together some of the achievements of ACDP , reflects on some lessons learned and looks to the future .
15 The sociolinguistic approach to peer communication records naturalistic dialogue and looks at the structure of conversation in terms of maintaining discourse effectively ( Garvey , 1984 ; McTear , 1985 ) .
16 While planning the gig , the agent works with the promoter and looks at the event 's costs .
17 Keith holds his head in his hands and looks at the floor .
18 Creditor management is based upon criteria supplied by the lender and looks at the credit behaviour of the individual , not just a single account .
19 As part of the investigation into attitudes to mass electricity , the project explores the reception by the public of plans for a National Grid and looks at the way in which this programme was presented to those most likely to be environmentally and economically affected by its construction .
20 On the first morning of their honeymoon , he wakes up early and looks at the lady , still sleeping on the pillow beside him .
21 Fred opens a can of beer , switches on the TV , groans as he slumps over the sofa and looks at the paint peeling off the ceiling .
22 The chapter goes on to outline the main purchase types , and looks at the importance of contract markets in many industrial buying situations .
23 Michele Hanson examines the problems imposed by budget cuts and staff shortages , and looks at the need for long-term strategies .
24 She goes up the fire escape and looks into the upstairs rooms .
25 Andy sits in an ancient bulging armchair , its fake brown leather rubbed through to the fabric net underneath in places and burnished to a deep black shine on the arms ; he nurses his whisky and looks into the fire most of the time .
26 I do , I think I 've got somebody buying me another so I go and look into that oh I do what Mavis does now , she goes and looks in the book shop
27 I flew down and looked at the computer screens to see what was written on them , and they all said in huge letters …
28 Mr Stych stopped in his tracks at the mention of such a sum of money , as Hank had hoped he would , and looked at the boy as if he might have gone dangerously mad .
29 We 've gone back and looked at the correspondence we 've had about the News Network .
30 Richard had nodded his head and looked at the floor and said nothing .
  Next page