Example sentences of "looks [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The natural diet ranges from small insects and crustaceans to large fish , amphibians , small rodents or anything that looks feasibly edible . |
| 2 | ‘ Oh dear , Acropolis Park looks suspiciously dark ! ’ |
| 3 | Instead choose something which is fairly formal , conservative and unstartling and which looks immaculately clean and tidy . |
| 4 | When artificially illuminated from below , the effect of the countershading is reversed — the trumpet fish looks strikingly solid and highly conspicuous . |
| 5 | Nearly 50 years later the language has altered but the substance looks strikingly familiar . |
| 6 | The Natural Law Party 's document looks jolly interesting . |
| 7 | The best Manchester bit is when he talks about still being with his wife — he looks dead guilty and starts feeling his nose in a very shifty manner indeed . |
| 8 | Even in these circumstances , where one might expect unemployed people to be net receivers , McKee shows that they give as well as receive and the list of what they give looks remarkably similar to the list of items which they receive . |
| 9 | Internationally , most trade union education looks remarkably similar , in its main purposes and structures , to the British pattern ( apart from in certain non-capitalist states ) . |
| 10 | It looks remarkably similar to the one in London ; the same pamphlets scarring the walls , the hard tile floor , an old copy of Mother 's World upon the table . |
| 11 | Well , you 're sitting looking very smart here in a suit , which I suspect is made out of organic fibres and the tie , which I suspect is made out or artificial organic fibres , and the shirt looks remarkably artificial too . |
| 12 | Coyle ( 24 ) looks remarkably trim but admits to being over his ideal playing weight . |
| 13 | Chairman David Crossland — who often looks rather pasty compared to his occasionally tanned colleagues — has to be positively dragged away on holiday . |
| 14 | But unfortunately the result — though its meaning is clear and analysable — now looks rather forced and frankly old-fashioned . |
| 15 | Looks rather expensive , I 'm afraid . ’ |
| 16 | The process looks rather laborious but at least it is not dangerous . |
| 17 | I looks rather good and each shelf holds one full-size or two half-size trays . |
| 18 | Looks rather good ! |
| 19 | He 's perfectly harmless , of course , but he — looks rather strange , and talks wildly at times . ’ |
| 20 | It looks rather splendid , but it attracted so much attention that after two days she took it all out . |
| 21 | I know it looks rather exaggerated but I wanted them back without a lot of questions . ’ |
| 22 | The region near the zenith looks rather dull , because much of it is occupied by the vast , dim Hydra . |
| 23 | Certainly the resulting curriculum looks rather dull compared with the initial considerations which offered the possibility of a refreshing new view . |
| 24 | ‘ Do n't you think he looks rather divine as an officer ? ’ |
| 25 | Its front is Georgian , and inside it looks rather ordinary , but they do an excellent pub lunch and in winter there are roaring log fires . |
| 26 | The wet skirt and jumper , and the black , curly wig now hang across two chairbacks , before the hearth ; their owner , I think , looks rather fetching if completely out of character — in one of Anya 's flannel shirts and a pair of faded denims with the cuffs rolled up . |
| 27 | It looks rather undisciplined . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ This one — the one in the portrait … well , he looks rather young . |
| 29 | With the increase in the price of oil due to the Gulf crisis , however , what was then an uneconomical proposition now looks rather healthier . |
| 30 | Oh that looks rather sensual Mick dun n it ? |