Example sentences of "or look [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | A familiar human example is the habit of sitting up , or looking towards the door , when you wish to leave the room . |
2 | When you are actually sort of writing er , say if you are , when you are doing your project or doing your work it 's not just sufficient to say always T ratio is greater than two , therefore , it 's statistically significant , you must calculate the er correct critical value you use , right , for th for each T ratio and also if you are looking at any diagnostics or looking at the significance of the regression which is an F statistic right you must give the five percent or ten percent whichever you choose . |
3 | Extending the curriculum to include a range of applications which more adequately than at present represents the kinds of human endeavour where mathematics is used would be another such change , with fewer examples involving ballistics and war , for instance , and more involving such activities as working with fabrics , designing appliances for the disabled or looking at the school canteen 's queuing problems . |
4 | His Lordship thought that it would be a strange doctrine of " looking for the substance " or looking through the documents which would produce a contractual intention so clearly negated by the documents and by oral evidence . |
5 | ( 1 ) attitudes towards the nature of representation , ( 2 ) behaviour within council groups , ( 3 ) preference for governing the city as a whole or looking after the interests of a ward , ( 1 ) preference for dealing with general policy issues or with individual problems , ( 5 ) preference for specialisms in one aspect of council work or generalizing over them all , and ( 6 ) attitudes towards the involvement of community organisations in the government of the city ( Newton 1976a:114 ) . |
6 | I had met him every day of my life in England : punching my ticket on a ‘ bus , cutting my hair , selling me an evening newspaper or looking after the engine of my aeroplane . |
7 | I would n't speak to him all the evening , or look at the things he 'd bought , even though I could see one of them was a picture-frame . |
8 | Another says : ‘ I pray best when I sit before the Blessed Sacrament , or look at the Crucifix without saying anything — just being with the Lord . ’ |
9 | To find out about Alexander Technique classes or workshops , ask your local-education authority for details , search your local ‘ what 's on ’ in the newspaper or look at the noticeboard in your library . |
10 | Now if you 're a majority party you can instruct officers to come up with a specially paid reduction pol you pay for the policy , so you can then structure the system or look at the service and come up with a reduction , come up with an expansion |
11 | Talk to your employer about this , or look at the leaflet ‘ Employment rights ’ mentioned above . |
12 | They could compare the weight of the irons and investigate what they were made of , or look at the energy source they needed and the implications of this — the electric iron is not much use without an electricity supply ! |
13 | But she did not open the door , or look into the passage . |
14 | But would n't it have been a good idea to ask a relative or neighbour to go with her or to look after the children who were not going to receive attention ? |
15 | None of the family spoke or looked at the others . |
16 | Data recording and assessment of results were carried out by a member of the unit who did not participate in endoscopic treatment or looked after the patients . |