Example sentences of "[adj] to look [prep] [art] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was involved in the most important questions of policy — negotiations for the marriage of royal children : Eleanor in 1170 and John in 1173 But in view of Eleanor of Aquitaine 's masterful political activity in later years it seems superfluous to look for a power behind the throne . |
| 2 | With this explanation in mind , it is interesting to look at the accuracy of recall of clause ( 1 ) in the two conditions . |
| 3 | Where the shareholders also happen to be the directors , and a close personal trust and confidence is involved , the courts have been willing to look at the settlement of arguments on the basis of equity rather than strict legal principle . |
| 4 | We are anxious to have a small group of people who would be willing to look after the altar in the church , prepare it for special occasions and generally take a personal interest in its care . |
| 5 | But , though Nonni was willing to look after the babies for part of the day , even the dullest of part-time jobs was not easy to find . |
| 6 | After countless such visits he was afraid to look into the bowl in case something of himself had been lost in his body 's writhing struggles to empty itself . |
| 7 | He and Shinwell had told the Central Authority at their first meeting in September 1947 that , while general price rises could be ruled out , they were prepared to look at the possibility of controlling demand at peak times by differentially higher prices for peak use or by mechanical load-restricting devices . |
| 8 | The volunteers have to be prepared to look after the puppy for a year , although they do get an allowance for feeding the dogs . |
| 9 | This is seen as part of its policy to make citizens more self-reliant , and less prone to look to the state for financial and practical support when they are out of work , chronically sick , elderly and infirm and so on . |
| 10 | They were free to look over the top of the box to see what size the bricks really were , and they were quite aware that their own view was distorted because one of the portholes contained a magnifying lens . |
| 11 | So it seems to me if we can agree on what criteria might be appropriate to look at the location of the new settlement on a strategic level , the final version of H two will in fact probably be much shorter , more concise er than the policy H two that we have at the moment . |
| 12 | The impact upon investment appraisal will be left until chapter 6 , but it is appropriate to look at the effect upon costing here . |
| 13 | But before we move on , it may be instructive to look at the relationship between language viewed as a formal system and language as part of a wider social and psychological context , and to say something about the place of these two approaches in the development of ideas about language in general . |
| 14 | A youngish doctor employed full-time to look after the health of the Verfassung-schutz 's agents had been caught , by pure chance , passing on the details of those agents ' medical histories and personal problems to the Other Side . |
| 15 | But it is not possible to look beyond the world in order to see what it depends upon directly . |
| 16 | The fact that the London fair is comparatively small ( twenty-nine dealers compared to the eighty or so in New York ) also works in its favour : at this size it is just about possible to look at every print on every stand . |
| 17 | Having seen the function of the Bank of England in the sterling money markets carrying out its role as lender of last resort , it is now possible to look at the significance of its open market operations in relation to interest rate determination in the money markets and in the wider economy . |
| 18 | When you ‘ look ’ with sound you may discern things not visible with light or electron beams ; it is even possible to look inside a piece of material , whether a living cell , a printed circuit or a block of metal . |
| 19 | Thank you for your letter of 23rd May promising to look into the failure of Ribble to provide the above service on two occasions during May . |
| 20 | A unique service is being offered to people who are finding it hard to look after the graves of their loved ones . |
| 21 | If in doubt , it might be as well to look at a pattern for fabric or to measure the amount of depth on a hemline that is already a favourite . |
| 22 | Obviously the detailed nature of these checks depends on the material submitted , but we found it invaluable to look at the output from these checks before looking at the coursework itself . |
| 23 | If we wish to discuss changes in punishment it is perhaps more helpful to look at the percentage of those found guilty receiving different types of sentence . |
| 24 | It is useful to look at the spelling as a guide . |
| 25 | Rather than trace individual papers in detail , it is more useful to look at the development of particular classes of paper . |
| 26 | In the context of nurses and health visitors returning to work it might be more useful to look at the ways in which regrading affects your application and appointment , and to provide you with general advice on what to expect from employers in due course . |
| 27 | It 's very difficult , and I think that people involved in the Gardener Centre have , ever since its inception , found it quite difficult to work how quite how it fits into the overall Brighton scene , and I find it fascinating to look at the nature of facilities which exist in central Brighton and try and work out in one 's own mind how best he facility of the Gardener fits in with that . |
| 28 | There are no firm legal rules about the proper approach that a company should adopt , but often it will be reasonable to look at the organisation as a whole , without dividing it into separate compartments . |
| 29 | When we consider temperament in horses , and especially in families , it is most reasonable to look at the stallions in a family to get a more valid picture of the family characteristics , as stallions often exhibit traits of temperament to greater extremes than geldings and mares . |
| 30 | Meanwhile for the first time since 1863 , the needy of Herefordshire will no longer be able to look to the sisters of Bartestree for compassion and care . |