Example sentences of "[prep] looking [prep] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did n't think you 'd be that stupid , but I was curious enough to consent when Jones brought your name up with Giles Estwick when we started thinking about looking for a new programme manager six months ago . ’ |
| 2 | That is one reason for looking at a certain objection , that our conception of such connection is not fundamental to , or pervasive in , a certain body of knowledge and speculation , one which must have some pride of place in any informed view of reality . |
| 3 | In this context it is worth looking at a recent study carried out in California by Harbicht Research Inc for Southern California Edison , a local utility company who investigated how local residents felt about a proposed " wind-farm " project . |
| 4 | Erm I mean the if you , if you 're looking at erm at er at , at , at the costs on that erm I mean do you , do you think that er er that that 's a reasonable sum to , to actually put aside ea each month to provide that sort of protection or , or perhaps you ought to be thinking of , of looking at a higher figure . |
| 5 | As one observer noted , there is a need to develop democratic practice in the classroom as well as outside it , if people 's education is not to become simply ‘ a process of looking for a new set of right answers ’ . |
| 6 | Erm , we would n't want the policy to progress so far erm as to get to the stage of looking for a specific site and for us to pull the rug underneath the County , and for other authorities to pull the rug from underneath the County at that stage , erm to answer to Mr Heselton 's specific question , of course we would n't object to a new settlement er in Selby , but erm it does n't erm it does n't detract from our objection to erm the principle of the policy , the way the policy 's expressed . |
| 7 | He is also in the process of looking for a joint venture production partner who would be interested in taking a 49 per cent stake in MTM . |
| 8 | He is also in the process of looking for a joint venture production partner who would be interested in taking a 49 per cent stake in MTM . |
| 9 | Scott had the disadvantage , as commissioner , of looking like a civil servant in uniform , although in fact , with his powers of quick decision , he had no use for bureaucracy . |
| 10 | It is like looking through a magic window into the real world of natural irradiation . |
| 11 | To look up at the towering medieval universe is much more like looking at a great building . |
| 12 | It was the first chance to see Diana close up since the long honeymoon and it was like looking at a different woman . |
| 13 | If you examine these charities , and the pop stars who lend their support to them , it 's like looking at a giant human Venn diagram , with the same sets supporting different charities . |
| 14 | It was like looking at a miniature version of himself . |
| 15 | It might seem a bit like looking for a black cat in a coal cellar . |
| 16 | It is rather like looking for a single straw in a haystack . |
| 17 | The major television stations , in looking towards a mass audience , will inevitably focus on more dramatic events and issues in their depiction of the subject , and one 's only hope is that such depictions will be balanced and sensitively written . |
| 18 | So we get involved quite a lot in looking at teaching in various parts of the university where people want us to , very often involving the students as well as the other teachers in looking at a particular course and seeing if there are ways in which perhaps it might be taught differently or in a way that worked better . |
| 19 | Before looking at a numerical example , let's look at the principles ( see Figure 1 ) . |
| 20 | My story , A Pair of Yellow Lilies , came from looking at a double-stemmed lily in our conservatory . |
| 21 | Far from looking like a sterile laboratory , the new kitchen is attractive , light and pleasant . |
| 22 | Firstly , in addition to looking for a general description of the information available in the films , this study was concerned particularly with information which is related to risks and potential risks in the scenes . |
| 23 | It could aim to copy the Pentagon 's example , devoting a portion of the MOD 's budget to looking after a mothballed version of any production line judged a strategic asset . |
| 24 | This section will look at how this teacher involvement can be achieved , both in general terms and by looking at a specific example in detail . |
| 25 | The same can be done in miniature by looking at a sheltered housing group or an institutional home . |
| 26 | These types of questions can not be answered easily by looking at a conventional map . |
| 27 | Let's begin by looking at a well-known poem — William Blake 's ‘ London ’ . |
| 28 | It addresses this issue by looking at a large body of empirical evidence , specifically at examples of the relations between adjectives and other words in their phrases or sentences ( these other words by no means always being nouns or noun phrases ) . |
| 29 | One of the main ways of distinguishing a European mink Mustela lutreola from this American one is by looking for a white patch on the upper lip . |