Example sentences of "[noun pl] are looking at 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 | 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 . |
| 3 | Both parties are looking at the project from different angles , so it is not surprising if each fails to see the other 's viewpoint . |
| 4 | 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 … ’ |
| 5 | With entries up 20 per cent , the organisers are looking at the possibility of using an additional hall for the event . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | No homes have been identified as such yet , the officers are looking at the homes in the east of the county . |
| 8 | ‘ Now the Civil servants are looking at the things we put forward before Christmas which they dismissed . |
| 9 | 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 |
| 10 | All those wankers obsessed with the shape of Ms Zeta Jones ' num-nums are looking at the wrong asset . |
| 11 | A mix of Republicans and Democrats are looking at the exemption . |