Example sentences of "look [prep] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Indeed , Norris looks for a possible rapprochement between deconstruction and the Anglo-American philosophical tradition exemplified by Searle , though he finds that Derrida has more possible affinities with Searle 's master , Austin . |
2 | TIM SWALES : Looks for a good season |
3 | His home is presently in Kidderminster from where he weekly commutes while he looks for a new house in the local area . |
4 | In such a culture , knowledge is superseded by wisdom , which looks for a total view of life , seeking to come to terms with its essential suffering and aspiring [ in Goethe 's words ] to " live resolutely in wholeness and fullness " . |
5 | When a child looks for a particular size box or a piece of material of a certain colour or texture , he is taking early steps towards sorting . |
6 | Jemima Puddle-Duck looks for a quiet spot . |
7 | The second wave occurs at puberty when the young person looks for a sexual partner , and if there has been minimum conflict during the phallic phase this is of the opposite sex . |
8 | The researchers have looked for a specific decay of the proton , namely into a positron and a neutral pi-meson ( n ) . |
9 | When , in the manner of migratory buffalo , they moved elsewhere , its owner , an Indian businessman named Ram , who had spent £2m refurbishing the club , looked for a quick sale . |
10 | A couple who had looked after an elderly father in their home for many years , were persuaded at last to take one week 's holiday . |
11 | It looks towards a statutory requirement that representatives of trade unions should be appointed , in that capacity , to the directing boards of companies . |
12 | At first glance it looks like a straightforward consequence of overaccumulation ( chapter 11 ) . |
13 | With binoculars it looks like a faint blur , easy enough with × 7 , while with × 20 there is an indication of resolution into stars at its outer edges . |
14 | Thus laden , I rode the 20 miles to Picton and caught the ferry ; stayed overnight in Wellington and then took the train to Auckland — no problems in putting the bike aboard ; and this journey lived up to expectations and surpassed them ; the scenery through the ‘ King Country ’ in autumn is quite unrivalled , and again looks like a superb area for a cycle tour . |
15 | After starting out a special interest magazine , Skin 2 now looks like a mainstream style mag ( sometimes you feel it ca n't be long before S&M will make it into M&S ) . |
16 | Seen from its ten o'clock , the Apache looks like a modern twin of the late Fifties . |
17 | It looks like a modern photograph to me . |
18 | Hamburg 's decision to follow suit looks like a shining opportunity for venturesome British outfits , but there are snags . |
19 | ‘ And you have your clothes draped around so that the place looks like a hand-me-down shop , ’ he grumbled . |
20 | The pool filter usually looks like a deep tray . |
21 | Fader — Looks like a normal block , but crumbles away when you step on it ! |
22 | Chomper — Looks like a normal block , but it eats poor ol' Rufus alive ! |
23 | He looks like a nice feller . ’ |
24 | So erm mark your axes , work out what your scale is going to be , to fit it all on , I mean that that looks like a nice fit . |
25 | ‘ This looks like a nice spot ’ |
26 | Figure 2 in the paper looks like a classic example of unilateral reflux nephropathy rather than chronic pyelonephritis . |
27 | A duvet cover which looks like a contemporary painting , plain bright curtains and the whole effect softened with swooping net drapes . |
28 | Spread the American frosting over the body of the sheep and swirl with a palette knife so that it looks like a woolly coat . |
29 | And the Principal looks like a serial killer . |
30 | Again , it looks like a standard block . |