Example sentences of "look [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They they probably though that your personality was so special that it would it would actually have made everybody else look rather stupid . |
| 2 | ‘ You look rather splendid together . |
| 3 | The window frames look rather nice with broken colour — shade and sun — so I do n't have them as solid pieces of wood |
| 4 | They look rather nice do n't they ? |
| 5 | they look rather nice , they look |
| 6 | Some are obviously very different but others look rather similar . |
| 7 | ‘ You look rather odd . ’ |
| 8 | ARGUMENTS against electoral reform look rather threadbare when looked at against the reality that our constitution has already failed to prevent ideologies of the extreme Right and Left from seizing power at both local and national levels . |
| 9 | ‘ They look rather simple-minded to me , anyway . ’ |
| 10 | These insights look rather small when set next to his previous books of revelations . |
| 11 | At first sight the children 's sizes look rather small but they are designed to shape not only the front neck , but also a few centimetres at the back . |
| 12 | So he went through all the glasses until finally they said to me , ‘ Take yours off , ’ and they fitted Rock Hudson perfectly , and he looked in the mirror and said , ‘ I think I look rather good in glasses . ’ |
| 13 | The soil between the long rows of vines is kept weed-free , so this early in the year the hills look rather bare . |
| 14 | Generally speaking they are the ones who do not wear suits — or look rather uncomfortable when they do . |
| 15 | Mind you , ‘ Westies ’ all look rather alike , so I might be wrong … |
| 16 | It matters because it means that a trust can be construed even from words which look rather unpromising . |
| 17 | They look rather sickly and there is rather a lot of black dust on the leaves and fruits . |
| 18 | Compared to the large , powerful bodies of the Orcs , Goblins look rather thin and skrawny with gangly arms . |
| 19 | Set against the British Rail 's as yet unapproved plans for a single specially constructed high speed line between the Channel Tunnel and London look rather modest although work is underway to electrify the three main trunk routes between London and Glasgow to take trains at up to 225kph . |
| 20 | ‘ They look rather sweet — Capability Brown would have approved , I 'm sure . |
| 21 | With this subject 's data removed the results look rather different ( the dotted line in Figure 3.3 ) , the three remaining occasions on which ratings of 19 or 20 were given ( now from three different subjects ) were actually never recalled , however , it would be unwise to base any firm conclusions on results from just these three situations . |
| 22 | ‘ I look rather different without my white coat ’ , she says , ‘ but unfortunately a dancer 's legs do n't last forever ’ . |
| 23 | The eclipse months of May , June and November are the most testing , and February , July and October look rather unstable . |
| 24 | The bright colours of the new leaves in spring can make the old ones look rather untidy , so neatly cut these off at their base . |
| 25 | His unbeaten 214 at Lord 's in 1984 made David Gower 's declaration , which had seemed a good one , look rather whimsical . |
| 26 | " You look rather pale , " he said to Sara , then , to Graham . |
| 27 | " You look rather pale . " |
| 28 | The braggart turns every question into an answer that makes himself or herself look incredibly good . |
| 29 | It is this sharp awareness of an inner process which will release men from the constraints of time , that makes those who make enormous emotional investment in material enterprises look incredibly foolish : Heaven is the only true object of human desire and it must be particularly and discreetly nourished in a continual process of growth . |
| 30 | Its feathers look remarkably healthy . ’ |