Example sentences of "[noun sg] to look [prep] the [adj] [noun] " 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 | More will have to go in order to recruit the highly-paid staff from the nuclear industry to look after the nuclear installations ’ inspectorate 's work on Britain 's revived nuclear power programme . |
| 5 | She was consoled , too , to have them in her house where they made an uncommon amount of noise and were certainly not easy guests but their beaming countenances and determination to look on the bright side of everything lightened the atmosphere immensely . |
| 6 | Then they felt that the most effective way of dealing with it would be for each main committee to look at the various aspects in detail , rather than take the and miss everything , best for each of the main committees to look in detail at each part . |
| 7 | I went behind the music-stool to look at the Greek pottery . |
| 8 | A number of that 25-35 age range were brought in as one of two groups who had an opportunity to look at the various stages while the possible designs were still being examined . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Mary took the opportunity to look around the small country fair . |
| 11 | They have got the platform of competence and confidence to look beyond the day-to-day realities of school and classroom life and ask themselves hard questions about it . |
| 12 | The best place to look for the substantive law relating to citizenship is not under ‘ citizenship ’ in law books . |
| 13 | The shallow bays may be a degree or two warmer , and are always the first place to look in the early days , but the deeps will stay cold until real strength returns to the sun . |
| 14 | ‘ That 's part of the adventure , ’ Carrie 's mother had said , and not just to cheer them up : it was her nature to look on the bright side . |
| 15 | But the trial shows the need to look with the utmost care at staff selection procedures . |
| 16 | But it is going to be necessary because , by the time the later subjects come on stream , there will certainly be a need to look at the first ones again , such as maths and science . |
| 17 | In part this has been due to a failure to look at the right parts of the higher order visual cortex , using the right stimuli . |
| 18 | The public will get their first chance to look around the twelve acre gardens . |
| 19 | Charles Fleming and I had a chance to look around the beautiful shops , and eat out at the RED SEA PALACE HOTEL ( pure magic by the way ) . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Lifting further , he bent his head to look under the broad limb , once so thrilling with power . |
| 22 | Serve them right , he thought vindictively and then , imitated at his own childishness , turned his head to look at the other people arranged alongside him , the desk 's shining expanse of polished wood reflecting their faces as twisted white blobs . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Nebiolo has set up a commission to look into the thorny question of World Championship prize money . |
| 25 | Willie smiled nervously and leaned with his back against the counter to look at the other materials . |
| 26 | This approach also encourages the analyst to look beyond the basic procedure to the wider systems that it is part of and the environment that can affect both requirements and performance , in the process gaining an understanding of all the relevant factors that need to be taken into account . |
| 27 | It also wants the Government to look at the wider issue of what happens to British aid and credit going into Ghana . |
| 28 | At 200 metres you could be reasonably sure of a killing hit , or , if not , a wound which would cripple and which would therefore require the services of another man to look after the wounded soldier . |
| 29 | Before analysing the role of the A&R department in both record and music publishing companies , it would make sense to look at the other areas which create a fully operational major record company : manufacturing and distribution , recording studios , marketing and promotion , sales , professional advisers , and the international division . |
| 30 | ‘ It makes sense to look beyond the limited circle which chairmen and their boards normally have in mind . ’ |