Example sentences of "[pers pn] looks [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She looks at the three hands with detachment , as if they are a still life . |
| 2 | With one assistant , she looks after the legal work for the whole of the company , undertakes the company secretarial work and attends Board meetings . |
| 3 | And that 's where engineering you know , knowledge , comes er to bear because an engineer looks for that , he looks for the easy , simplest you know er method of production er which gives him an effective er machining operation throughout the whole job . |
| 4 | He looks through the little hammock in front of him . |
| 5 | Erm now he talks about the vanguards of revolutions i it 's just his distinction between the types of of peasant erm he looks at the rich peasants first of all and originally they 're , they 're not into revolution at all , you know , they do n't want to join peasant associations because they 've got nothing to gain erm as er er had said before , you know , p if you ask a rich peasant to join he 's gon na say well , you know , I 've never heard of such a thing before , you know , I 've , I can manage to live alright , I advise you to gi er give it up or alternatively he may just say , you know , good God no , you know , it 's too dangerous I , I do n't want to be knocked off by my landlord . |
| 6 | The author is on stronger ground when he looks at the technical characteristics of various modes . |
| 7 | Brian Robinson , I believe , has every right to feel aggrieved when he looks at the other members of the back row . |
| 8 | In the first of his ‘ State of Grace ’ reports he looks at the current crises in the Kirk . |
| 9 | They 're simply irresistible , says Graham Rice , as he looks at the best types to grow |
| 10 | Jack Spier has trouble keeping his emotions under control whenever he looks at the Red Cross letter from his parents saying goodbye . |
| 11 | How right you are Mr Deputy Speaker , of course I could n't go into this because it 's out of order but on the other hand I would simply say to the honourable gentleman if he looks at the basic policies , the basic flaw of the E C is it ca n't solve problems and all these new M E Ps we 're thinking of sending over I think we should bear in mind the problem , they 're going over to something where problems ca n't be solved . |
| 12 | Eccleshall appears to be on stronger ground when he looks to the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries for evidence of libertarian Conservatism . |
| 13 | Suppose that before he looks to the legal record he thinks it would be best to decide for the defendant in McLoughlin because it would be cheaper for the community as a whole if prospective victims insure against emotional injury than if drivers insure against causing it . |
| 14 | He looks like the spitting image of him I tell you . |
| 15 | From there it looks for the infra-red ‘ signature ’ of a rocket 's exhaust . |
| 16 | It looks for the Highest Common Factor ( HCF ) and seeks to promote that . |
| 17 | When the computer is trying to save a new file to a disc , it looks for the first available fragment of space , writes as much of the new file as will fit , then looks for another available fragment of space , writes a bit more , and so on until all the file is written somewhere on the disc . |
| 18 | It looks for the new round of retrenchments to have a positive effect on 1993 profits , but ca n't forecast them . |
| 19 | Basically a picture book , it looks at the great collections of Schukin , Morozov and Costakis , reproducing the well known photos of the interiors of their homes , but is probably more interesting for the lesser-known contemporary names . |
| 20 | It looks at the economic environment , end-use market and industries , and competition . |
| 21 | It looks at the ageing process with optimism and hope rather than despair . |
| 22 | It looks at the WORDY licence and sees that the licence does not prevent the transfer of the package to someone else . |
| 23 | At the Centre Mondial , it looks to the outside observer as if the problem is reversed . |
| 24 | Well , it looks like the only Leeds players in the US next year will be Kelly and maybe Beeney , along with ex 's like wor Jackie , Sheridan and Irwin . |
| 25 | It 's all a load of bull shit basically , it seems , it seems that the para 's were certainly under fire , with nobody knows and erm , it does , the only thing that is blatantly clear , all these lying transferred by the para 's and they were like dragging them away and stuff and the only , there 's only one member that 's had any thing to do with the I R A that they can find out about , that 's one so at least nine were n't firing definitely , erm , three may of done or may not of done so it looks like the only thing that basic the same is looks like at least nine were innocent , you know its all right for |
| 26 | ‘ It looks like the other side of the road to me , ’ murmured Bill Waddy . |
| 27 | A lot of time and thought has been given to this and it looks like the best way of dealing with it is … because … . |
| 28 | There may have been some weather impact in the last two months , but basically , it looks like the major U S oil companies that were going overseas are still spending money on buying leases and building up infrastructure . |
| 29 | It looks like the local supermarket , but it 's actually Britain 's newest prison . |
| 30 | It looks like the same sort of swarf that 's lying under Orrie 's bench . |