Example sentences of "[noun pl] are looking [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is also known as the purposive approach , since the courts are looking at the purpose for which the Act was passed . |
| 2 | But after 40 years of post-war public sector housing there is now evidence of widespread rejection , and some community groups are looking to the promise of community architecture ( Wates and Knevitt , 1987 ) . |
| 3 | His benevolent brown eyes are looking at the floor to Shirley 's left , about five feet beyond her , and he appears to be thinking not about the flute as a career , but about the problems and opportunities of kitchen floor tiling . |
| 4 | Both parties are looking at the project from different angles , so it is not surprising if each fails to see the other 's viewpoint . |
| 5 | This is particularly bad in London and , as a result , dissatisfied clients are looking to the merits of regionally-based firms . |
| 6 | So contrasting is it that one may wonder whether its adherents are looking at the same thing at all : ‘ As the eighties unfold , humanity faces a worldwide shortage of productive cropland , acute land hunger in many countries , escalating prices for farmland almost everywhere … ’ |
| 7 | Customer clinics have shown that executive car buyers are looking for the following factors : durability , style , comfort , performance and interior space . |
| 8 | Charity workers are looking to the boys to set an example when they return to Beirut . |
| 9 | The cause of the fire is n't yet known , but fire investigators are looking into the possibility that it may have been started deliberately . |
| 10 | The cause of the fire is n't yet known , but fire investigators are looking into the possibility that it may have been started deliberately . |
| 11 | Now that help is urgently needed to stem the threatened spread of AIDS , some governments are looking to the churches to put forward a limiting view of sex . |
| 12 | Lenders are looking to the level of profits now seen rather than on the prospect of ‘ jam tomorrow ’ . |
| 13 | With entries up 20 per cent , the organisers are looking at the possibility of using an additional hall for the event . |
| 14 | Prize money in Britain covers only about one quarter of these costs , which is why some owners are looking at the larger prizes available in other countries . |
| 15 | No homes have been identified as such yet , the officers are looking at the homes in the east of the county . |
| 16 | Trading standards officers are looking into the matter following complaints . |
| 17 | Just as on the domestic front , firms are exploring new ways towards greater efficiency and profitability , so too larger firms are looking beyond the frontiers of the UK to the opportunities which present themselves overseas . |
| 18 | At the moment , consultants are looking into the matter in detail , and their report will be put before the Broadcasting Committee for its consideration . |
| 19 | When money is tight , passengers are looking for the best deal . |
| 20 | ‘ Now the Civil servants are looking at the things we put forward before Christmas which they dismissed . |
| 21 | for no one concerned with education could deny that , in teaching , teachers are looking to the future of the child . |
| 22 | Four months later her killer is still at large and detectives are looking at the possibility that she may not have been his first victim |
| 23 | Will he further accept that service men are looking for the opportunity to obtain a rung on the ownership ladder and that the Housing Corporation and its satellite housing associations can most assuredly provide that ? |
| 24 | All those wankers obsessed with the shape of Ms Zeta Jones ' num-nums are looking at the wrong asset . |
| 25 | ‘ The police are looking for the woman . |
| 26 | Parish council chairman Jack Holywell said it seems that the thieves are looking for the easy targets which they know will be left unguarded at night . |
| 27 | A mix of Republicans and Democrats are looking at the exemption . |
| 28 | Ian White says he 's not surprised that his colleagues are looking into the matter . |