Example sentences of "[subord] it look [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although it looks from this as though each word has its own history , certain generalizations can be based on these figures . |
| 2 | Set against the background of inflation this rise is less impressive than it looks at first sight . |
| 3 | ‘ It has already been said that the Duchess of York will only make a fleeting visit with princesses Beatrice and Eugenie so it looks like that the two royal outlaws will now just be bringing the children to tea . ’ |
| 4 | You can perforate a Triplane until it looks like old net curtains , and the pilot will end up killing you and flying home . ’ |
| 5 | Well I think it looks good but like that cos it looks like clear water . |
| 6 | He decided to live in Dorset and chose this site ( where an earlier house had been ) , because it looked for all the world as though , when the house was built , it could sail straight out to sea . |
| 7 | Miss Bowes said : ‘ There has been an upward trend in rates in the last few weeks because it looked like Labour were going to win . |
| 8 | At that point , it could be doing all sorts of weird things , and you 'd think oh , I 've got this wonderful graph and I plotted a lot of points close together , so I know my sketch was right , because it looked like this funny W thing or M or something |
| 9 | It provides a good training for any biologist because it looks at living organisms from many different viewpoints . |
| 10 | Fault-tolerant Unix specialist Sequoia Systems Inc is sinking deeper into the mire and has had to fire 60 people in all parts of the company to cut cost while it looks for new funds to finance its operations . |
| 11 | Even though it looks at first it 's a ridiculous thing to do . |
| 12 | However , the state pension is still tied to the ages of 60 and 65 , though it looks like this will change after the next general election , as a result of pressure from the European Court rulings outlined above and , in particular , their impact on the private pension industry . |
| 13 | ‘ Not as bad as it looked on first assessment . |
| 14 | Because it 's not as simple as it looks on this sheet . |
| 15 | The style of the figures is manifestly provincial and need not be so early as it looks at first glance , but it can hardly be after the mid century . |
| 16 | As it looks towards 1996 , the BBC is open to the charge that its current strategy is an awkward amalgam of commercial and public service values . |