Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] looking [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had also paid a substantial price for the pleasure , not merely of looking at the corpse of the idea of a centre party , but of stamping upon it several times over . |
| 2 | I would like you to get to know your body better by looking in the mirror and seeing the improvements in your shape as each day goes by . |
| 3 | The Beagle was on the point of leaving when he found out that the natives could tell which island a tortoise came from merely by looking at the shape of its shell . |
| 4 | It can not be said , merely by looking at the allegations in the statement of claim , which is all that is permissible under the terms of the preliminary point of law , that the council could not have considered the action expedient for the promotion or protection of the interests of the inhabitants of Derbyshire . |
| 5 | So by looking at the mates of the heavier hens , Petrie could discover what confers desirable quality in a cock . |
| 6 | Right , so by looking at the graph , I am just trying to impress upon you that structural change can not always be spotted simply by looking at the data right , anyway , let's now move on to estimate our first model . |
| 7 | If one was asked to produce a summary of the kind of case into which the tribunal was intended to inquire one would do so by looking at the situations which the tribunal has to determine which are mentioned in the statute . |
| 8 | But most of the Yorkist establishment had remained loyal to Edward IV and the rebels ultimately achieved a precarious viability only by looking outside the realm for support : to Louis XI of France and the exiled Lancastrians whom he harboured . |
| 9 | But most of the Yorkist establishment had remained loyal to Edward IV and the rebels ultimately achieved a precarious viability only by looking outside the realm for support : to Louis XI of France and the exiled Lancastrians whom he harboured . |
| 10 | You have free access to the family outside their house , but when they are inside you can investigate them only by looking through the windows of their house . |
| 11 | Some of these claims can be considered , and either allowed or disallowed , only by looking at the work as a whole ; others can be at least understood after reading only a few lines : |
| 12 | Anderson argues strongly that such patterns can be explained only by looking at the material advantages and disadvantages of people living together . |
| 13 | Only by looking at the fish from all angles can you be sure all is well : the belly is a favourite site for bacterial ulcers , for instance . |
| 14 | With all the previous intermediaries we looked at , we warned that we can not judge the volume of buying and selling of assets which an intermediary carries out just from looking at the inflow of new funds . |
| 15 | But any engineer can recognize an object that has been designed , even poorly designed , for a purpose , and he can usually work out what that purpose is just by looking at the structure of the object . |
| 16 | He can , apparently , date a picture precisely just by looking at the monkeys in it . |
| 17 | You could tell nobody was welcome just by looking at the building . |
| 18 | He says that it 's rubbish — the recession is n't over , and anyone can see this just by looking at the number of failed businesses . |
| 19 | He says that it 's rubbish — the recession is n't over , and anyone can see this just by looking at the number of failed businesses . |
| 20 | just by looking at the product . |
| 21 | Clearly in looking at the travel agent sector we have already been analysing something of the domestic arm of the industry since these agents also arrange domestic holidays or parts of them . |
| 22 | Accepting this state of affairs many women are actually grateful to ‘ understanding ’ employers who are ‘ flexible ’ about hours on site , or who provide them with homework , to be done simultaneously with looking after the children . |
| 23 | We will not spend more time here on looking at the problems , but go on to look at some generalisations about suffixes and stress . |
| 24 | Right , so by looking at the graph , I am just trying to impress upon you that structural change can not always be spotted simply by looking at the data right , anyway , let's now move on to estimate our first model . |
| 25 | And it is not surprising when one considers that normally one detects a first edition simply by looking on the title verso for information . |
| 26 | Next time a stranger tries to stop you in the street , perhaps you should think twice about looking at the pavement and brushing past . |
| 27 | I would say that it 's a general applicability and it er governs the erm size that one should have regard to potentially in looking at the matter from the local plan point of view . |
| 28 | This is the ice-cream tent and this is the Ladies and changing rooms for some of the performers and instead of looking at the back of the bar during the interval , the audience can look out over the rolling Oxfordshire countryside . |
| 29 | Instead of looking at the brochure why not come down right now and have a look at the surgery and building ? ’ |
| 30 | Apart from looking after the home and having babies , she is still expected to do most of the manual work on the land as her husband may be working abroad or in Funchal or just resting . |