Example sentences of "[vb -s] forward to a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their business , a factory making patio doors for the trade , was initially based in Newton Abbot because of economical site and labour costs ; now Peter Aldam looks forward to a mere 30-minute commute there along the soon-to-be finished A30 extension . |
| 2 | Now with 10 years in top flight football behind him , he looks forward to a 32nd birthday in November as Northern Ireland wind up their World Cup campaign . |
| 3 | This looks forward to a future phase of professionalism . |
| 4 | It looks forward to a greater gift in the future while stressing a real gift in the present . |
| 5 | Brian looks forward to a fresh challenge |
| 6 | He concludes that the event demonstrates only the ‘ growing pains of a young republic ’ which ‘ after 5000 years of conquerors … looks forward to a prosperous and peaceful future . ’ |
| 7 | THE hard luck story to emerge from this year 's Martell Grand National surely can not come from David Stoddart , the man who sold Party Politics 48 hours before the big race and now looks forward to an agreed bonus of £15,000 on top of the original £80,000 price tag . |
| 8 | MOTORCYCLING : Harold Crooks looks forward to an action-packed weekend FANS SPOILT FOR CHOICE |
| 9 | John Ley looks forward to an international showpiece in which opening and closing ceremonies could rival the main event |
| 10 | Still , the two parties have moved towards the round-table talks that both want — although the government calls them a multi-party conference , whereas the ANC looks forward to an all-party congress , to be followed eventually by an elected constituent assembly . |
| 11 | Wordsworth looks forward to an ideal Welfare State where all are entitled to ‘ maintenance by law ’ feeling of degradation . |
| 12 | There seems nothing in the present arrangements to prevent two similarly disabled old people being in adjacent rooms in a nursing home , one of whom has her lifetime earnings bled down by ‘ community care ’ while the family of the other looks forward to an undiminished inheritance courtesy of the NHS . |