Example sentences of "[conj] looking [prep] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The alternatives are letter , fax , or looking for the British agent in the ads . |
| 2 | Because of the changed security situation and that type of er conflict not being envisaged in the same way now , what we felt was important was to be able to operate er apart from main operating bases , but also from sort of general purpose erm strips , flying clubs and those type of smaller airfields and therefore rather than looking at the damaged runway situation , we looked at the smaller strips and took a length that we could sensibly operate from erm and took that as the yardstick but clearly notwithstanding that , there is the prospect of damaged runways and therefore the slight relaxation would also apply to damaged runways but perhaps damaged to a lesser extent . |
| 3 | If Looking on the Bright Side ( 1932 ) is sometimes spoilt by the fact that the director , Basil Dean , seems to be under the impression he is making a sophisticated Hollywood musical , the scenes in the tenement block where Fields and her songwriter lover first meet are genuinely stirring . |
| 4 | ‘ Well ? ’ she pressed him , sitting up and looking at the broad back facing her . |
| 5 | And looking at the Palestinian revolution ‘ trom a viewpoint higher than my own ’ he regards it as ultimately a revolt reaching to the limits of Islam , a ‘ calling for a revision , probably even a rejection , of a theology as soporific as a Breton cradle ’ ( p. 88 ) . |
| 6 | Or maybe it was like the ball in a roulette wheel , bouncing around and looking for the right number … |
| 7 | I 'm living alone now and looking for the next relationship , which I hope will be the last one . |
| 8 | Pay good attention and show that you are listening by nodding and looking into the other person 's eyes , but not staring . |
| 9 | One at Duisker has a flat stone slab on the ground to the north of it some yards away ; standing on the slab and looking over the upright stone points to Kildalton but is there any significance ? |
| 10 | Perhaps much of what Sickert taught does not have relevance to all of us today ; perhaps many of his doctrines are outworn , his opinions unsystematic , but looking at the smouldering vigour of the painting , and the sinewy strength of the drawing in the works now on view at the Royal Academy , it is difficult not to feel that here is the work of a real artist , of a man who knew what he was doing — and why . |
| 11 | But looking at the whole thing from a higher perspective , it seems to me that the Leeds management may be thinking that we are not going to win the championship this season or at least they are prepared to wait another year to have a go . |
| 12 | But looking at the past track record of the present Government , one ca n't help wondering . |
| 13 | The tour was disappointing but looking to the longer term future of Scottish rugby it was certainly not a disaster . |
| 14 | Saint-Exupéry said that ‘ loving someone does not mean looking into each other 's eyes , but looking in the same direction together . ’ |
| 15 | In fact love has been defined as not looking at each other , but looking in the same direction . |
| 16 | Relax in our beautiful English Country Garden with a picnic , whilst looking across the lovely Sussex Countryside . |
| 17 | We always have to be aware of the kinetics of weathering reactions when looking at the mineralogical composition of weathering profiles . |
| 18 | When looking at the local underbelly of the centre initiative at Powick , it was seen that the provision of more than one psychiatric hospital within a district , after 1982 , meant certain death for one or other institution . |
| 19 | Kelly , for example , can hardly control his incredulity when looking at the mythological world of demons . |
| 20 | If you are single and ambitious , then your career pattern and development will be important to you , and any prospects for promotion in the longer term are a significant factor when looking for the right opening . |
| 21 | you could median split them at whatever the medium was and then you 've got two groups to compare erm because it usually looks quite nice if you 've got something comparative as well as looking at the average sort of , you know , pattern of responses on the questionnaire . |