Example sentences of "[noun] to look at the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 An attempt to look at the overall picture was made by the Royal Commission on Legal Services : its recommendations were widely criticised and largely ignored .
2 My youngest son , Joseph , is very interested in history , and we are going to Hue to look at the Imperial City and watch the emperor perform the traditional ceremonies of Tet . "
3 With this in mind he has established a small scientific strategic and research programme to look at the analytical programme from a broader perspective .
4 DAVID HEWSON and GEOFFREY BOOT visited the Socata GA division at Tarbes to look at the French attitude towards making light aircraft .
5 It is about all manner of motoring matters such as improvements in vehicle safety and construction , raising of driving standards and an attempt to get the authorities to look at the whole business of motoring in a different way for the good of all .
6 Will the Leader of the House find time today to plan a journey from south Norfolk to north-west Norfolk to look at the local health services ?
7 I went behind the music-stool to look at the Greek pottery .
8 would prefer that too er partly because it would give everybody an opportunity to look at the particular problem er in , in , in , in , in a shorter period of time , erm we are also cheered by the recent visit to England by the minister there Mr who made certain promises , I think it would be useful if Mr who a candidate at the meeting would reiterate his promises publicly today , thank you Chairman .
9 Erm , if we are asking Mr to look at the long-term viability and the ways of preserving that , those options may be other than option one which was what you moved , and I think it 's rather premature to actually go down a road that says we preserve it in it 's present form with some disposals , when , we are asking for a report for it 's future viability , which may mean complete disposal , or may not , and I think , that , that 's why I 've seconded Mr 's amendment , because it 's right we should wait for that that report to come to property , know the full facts , and then we can make a decision as to which option we want for the County Farms estate .
10 One afternoon towards the end of the voyage , when the sun was beating down and a fresh northerly wind was speeding the ship southwards , she leant out over the gunwale to look at the low strip of land that was in sight on the port beam .
11 Putrefaction had set in around the nose and mouth , the skin felt cold and soggy as Corbett gently turned the head to look at the fatal weal round the neck , a broad , purple black gash with little round indentations which made it look like some ghostly parody of a necklace .
12 erm the west bank option for widen worsen road to be abandoned , that I quite agree with and design on , and then follow that , I 'd like erm do environmental report for members to be or for members to look at the environmental report before it comes here .
13 But there will be an opportunity for members to look at the present programme which will need pruning to get it down to those guidelines , and they can obviously make any comments they wish to , or any advice they wish to give the P A G in terms of individual schemes or the detail .
14 The easiest way to look at the wide variety of libraries in the list is to begin with the oldest .
15 Sacheverell Sitwell , a young aesthete from England , had crossed the Channel to look at the new painting in post-war Paris with a view to putting on a comprehensive exhibition in London .
16 Having covered these general principles it 's time to look at the various troop types in more detail .
17 The preceding section has emphasised the day-to-day actions in the money market , but it is also useful at this stage to look at the aggregate position in recent years which is shown in Table 6.2 .
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