Example sentences of "closely at [det] " in BNC.

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1 To understand the precise position of the movies in this whole process we need first to look more closely at that activity which , at least superficially , seemed to be the direct ancestor of the cinema , that is music-hall or vaudeville .
2 But the development of the idea of a ‘ nation ’ and the formation of nation states in Europe began at a much earlier time , and in order to understand the vigour of later nationalist movements in Europe and elsewhere we need to look more closely at that historical process .
3 If your eyesight is good you might look closely at that Haitian face on the cover between the lip and the chin ( just above Samuel Johnson ) .
4 ‘ Nasty bump — I think we need to look more closely at that .
5 If you look closely at that to what depth to what depth do those senses reach in your church ?
6 At these moments he looks closely at each inch of her face , like a valuer frowningly examining some precious object .
7 To find out I looked closely at all the reptile faunas known from the Triassic ; that is , I looked at each separate assemblage of reptiles that was known to live in any one place at any one time .
8 Will look more closely at all the girls in future .
9 But we need to look closely at such a rhetorical tool .
10 The chapters which follow look more closely at some of the relevant legislative changes that took place during this period , and the background and responses to these reforms .
11 Here we look more closely at some of the building blocks in the creation of the sex beast or , more accurately , the way that suitable building material is being shaped for possible use if an opportunity occurs .
12 Looking more closely at some of the ideas associated with each approach may help to clarify further the differences between them ( see Table 8.1 ) .
13 When I enlarged and looked more closely at some of the diagrams in the book , I noticed that they also carried marks indicating where an Edwardian cyclist would have encountered a crossroad , a sharp bend , even a humpback bridge .
14 ‘ We looked closely at some of the more successful sales and customer organisations — typically found in consumer rather than industrial markets .
15 Let's have a look more closely at some of the changes that have taken place in the past few decades .
16 However , when we look more closely at this period familiar declarations and allegations appear .
17 We must now look more closely at this cabinet — at its activities , its prominent personalities , its eventual fate — and at the process whereby circumstance , history and Saint Paul conspired to consign it to oblivion .
18 When you look more closely at this apparently innocent use of words , it is easy to see that it is all part of a very carefully engineered process .
19 Let us look more closely at this explanation .
20 where 's the beef ? so , so I 'm dubious about this in terms of quality of nutrition , in terms of choice being offered and I think we need to look a lot more closely at this before we jump into agreement , change or in the system .
21 And , indeed , if we look closely at any of the explanations which have been offered , we are forced to admit that we actually know very little beyond the bare statistics of attainment in public examinations or national surveys .
22 I did n't look too closely at any of the bits and pieces lying around , squinting at them from the side of my eye , wanting and not wanting to see bloody meat or tattered clothing .
23 In the next section we will look more closely at these apparently conflicting claims in relation to one particular disorder , irritable bowel syndrome or IBS .
24 So let's look more closely at these three ‘ S ’ factors , as they are often called .
25 ‘ I like to look closely at these things myself , ’ he said .
26 When we asked staff to look closely at these figures , it turned out that about half in each case , 5% ( June ) and 45 ( November ) , were what the staff would classify as ‘ real truants ’ .
27 The NAO also said : ’ The assessment of intangibles is an inexact science and we are sure the Ministry will look closely at these aspects . ’
28 They were going to be surprised when they looked more closely at those canteen eggs .
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