Example sentences of "[noun sg] [be] looking at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The research is looking at the issues from a variety of angles . |
| 2 | Water is normally paid for via the water rates , but the water industry is looking at the feasibility of water metering in the future . |
| 3 | So this boy is looking at the irises and I 'm doing the VAT on a multiple despatch but I 'm also looking out of the corner of my eye and thinking , ‘ You 're a Monday to Friday . ’ |
| 4 | Elsewhere both Sheffield and Leeds City Councils have actively considered schemes to set up local recording studios , while one London Borough Council is looking at the needs of its local black music scene . |
| 5 | This was discussed at Public Transport at its last meeting , and there 's quite a lot of preamble , but basically erm in response to this request , erm Mr Townsend said that he reported the bus and coach council was looking at the question of pollution and green issues generally , and was about to produce a document suggesting ways forward . |
| 6 | ok , this poem 's called erm A Pause In A Moment Worn out days dressed in damp wheat , heavy coat pulling at tired shoulders , memory pushed back , brought forward in the click of a stick , pause in a moment , sunset reflected in eyes offering the warmth of recognition , so that poem started with the overcoat and that was the mood as I say , that was the mood of rejection erm and there was something about the way the old girl was looking at the women on the bridge , almost as if there was this recognition and , as it brought back memories that perhaps went or as black as the overcoat , erm the next er painting which I 'm going to read to you about is erm have you |
| 7 | Another group is looking at the development of new modules to add to the current specifications for the general SVQs in care . |
| 8 | The major part of their enquiry is looking at the income to which a priest , be he active or retired , is entitled and whether when taken together with other sources there is a liability to tax arising on that income . |
| 9 | The American woman was looking at the rhino . |
| 10 | At one point an elderly woman was looking at the display when the two defendants starting tormenting her . |
| 11 | My surgeon was looking at the past , not the present . |
| 12 | This project is looking at the way in which plant-breeding at public sector institutes in Scotland , Wales and England has been influenced by various interest groups : government ( via the Agricultural Research Council ) , the private sector ( including farmers ' organisations and seed companies ) , and the academic community . |
| 13 | The European bank is looking at the use of soft loans to supplement the 10 billion Ecus ( £7.1 billion ) it has to commit to reform in the region . |
| 14 | A customer is looking at the display of saucepans . |
| 15 | Dad was looking at the fireplace . |
| 16 | It will be interesting to know how the wha how the minister proposes to define er materials er material significance , er who will issue guidance on that point er will it be the professional associations , is it something that the government is going to turn it 's mind to and what is , what does it actually mean er for example if the auditor was looking at the Maxwell accounts er what what is a matter of material er er er significance , er for example would it be materially significant that just about every one er er who you spoke to at the time thought that Maxwell was a crook although interestingly that was n't er apparently the view of the regulator or that are directly responsible for these matters , er but even before Maxwell was exposed for the the crook that he was er many , many people knew from him that his conduct , er the way his conducted himself , the D T I itself of course had said that he was a a a manifestly unsuitable person er to be in charge of a company . |
| 17 | maybe give it a class project in the six or eight weeks that that particular er class is looking at the environment , again , from school , cos remember we 've got the bins and we 've got little er |
| 18 | In other words , the designer was looking at the effect of the tucking when knitting in one colour , rather than concerning her or himself with the effect when striped . |
| 19 | Some of the views of this teacher were echoed by an Asian pupil in a Social Studies lesson , where the class was looking at the issue of ‘ prejudices in society ’ . |