Example sentences of "[adv] looked to the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the sectors under study here — the interface between the arms , aerospace and telecommunications industries and engineers — private as well as public sector actors long looked to the state to take the lead : for all the talk of profitability and competitivity in the international market place , procurement policies followed by the DGT with respect to public switching exchanges , or by the Ministry of Defence and the Civilian Space Administration ( CNES ( towards arms and aerospace equipment manufacturers , reinforced this dependent attitude . |
| 2 | Among the earl 's possessions there was the lordship of Spofforth , the home of the Middletons of Stokeld , who as a result naturally looked to the Percies for lordship . |
| 3 | Among the earl 's possessions there was the lordship of Spofforth , the home of the Middletons of Stokeld , who as a result naturally looked to the Percies for lordship . |
| 4 | Despite their attempts to express opposition many of these early papers still looked to the press of Europe as models . |
| 5 | The German middle classes had lost heavily in the slump that followed the Franco-Prussian war , and many , ruined by the collapse , now looked to the Junkers to restore their standing . |
| 6 | She shivered , then looked to the others . |
| 7 | Aggie again looked to the side as if to help check the escape of some quick retort from her lips . |