Example sentences of "[adv] to look [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The reformers would do better to look at the health-care regimes they oversee . |
| 2 | One has only to look across the Atlantic to Canada , where similar government policies shattered a once-successful Canadian pharmaceuticals industry . |
| 3 | One has only to look at the regularity with which courses on modelling now appear on the MRS lists . |
| 4 | Once at the Tate , they usually had time only to look at the sea and river pieces , the Turners and the Whistlers . |
| 5 | You have only to look at the shape and solidness of a barbel to see where he gets his speed and power . |
| 6 | But this is only to look at the question as a matter of law . |
| 7 | It brought both of the Lorrimores to their feet in an incredulous rush , but they had only to look at the faces crowding behind her to know it was true . |
| 8 | ‘ SSDs need only to look at the legislation to see they should be meeting the needs of the black community through mainstream budgets ’ . |
| 9 | I had only to look at the farmer 's face to know that the cow was worse . |
| 10 | This is n't the case at all , and to see why , one need only to look at the composition of the rocks involved . |
| 11 | To see and support British effort , one has only to look at the Chelsea Show which starts on May 25 , where the National Farmers Union stand is so impressive with the huge pyramid of vegetables , fruit and flowers . |
| 12 | One has only to look at the United States , where they take sex education very seriously but seem to have got everything wrong , with the most appalling results to the nation 's health . |
| 13 | We have only to look at the animal kingdom ; a creature in the wild will never overeat and , even if it has had to put effort into the hunting and killing of its prey , it will stop eating when it has had enough and walk away from the food . |
| 14 | We have only to look at the string of sell-offs of assets of the former National Bus Company groups after privatisation to demonstrate conclusively that those are not far-fetched fears or exaggerated concerns . |
| 15 | One has only to look at the contradictions between the rich north and the starving south ; between capitalist industry 's ceaseless drive for higher productivity and the health of the biosphere ; those contradictions at the heart of the EC ( the ERM , the battles over farming and fishing , etc ) ; and the fierce struggle over world trade in GATT , which will soon break out again . |
| 16 | The illegals have only to look at the plight of the large Korean minority — 690,000 of Japan 's 1.1 million registered foreign residents — to know they will never be accepted in this xenophobic land . |
| 17 | To illustrate this one has only to look at the account of a pupil pursuit in a school which had thought through clearly its broad curriculum and made plans accordingly . |
| 18 | You have only to look down the hall at this moment . ’ |
| 19 | We have only to look around the Chamber to know that this Parliament is finished ; it is dead . |
| 20 | ‘ Is n't it enough to look at the work I 've produced and leave it at that ? ’ |
| 21 | It is not enough to look at the company 's accounts : the nature of the market , the stance of competitors , likely technological changes have all to be considered . |
| 22 | Erm obviously to look for the start of a campaign team as soon as possible . |
| 23 | A small team of business experts have been gathered together to look at the ways new markets and business prospects can be fully exploited . |
| 24 | It was certainly and opportunity for the churches together to look at the world situation in conversation together and thus , to deepen the faith which have to proclaim at arriving at a common understanding of the situation . |
| 25 | If Liz and Owen had n't had that accident , which brought us together to look after the twins , we might never have found each other again ! ’ she cried , feeling almost faint as she fell back on the pillows , hardly able to bear the thought of how narrowly they had averted a lifetime of unhappiness . |
| 26 | Well , you would n't think so to look at the photographs , would you . |
| 27 | Chairman , if , if I may and it is just basically to look at the recommendation and wonder you know perhaps if we 've got it the right way round er that 's all , where we 're saying er there are certain things still outstanding wh which we would need to re-relate before er issuing er general conformity notices I understand b but we 're almost taking that they 're going to do that without any doubt , now I do n't know maybe there are things not said in this report which are well understood , but and members of are quite happy to accept erm er s some more more changes to , to the local plan so that it does conform with with the structure plan , but I just wondered whether round the wrong way . |
| 28 | Others walked away to look at the island , and two men stayed to watch the boat . |
| 29 | Just to look at the cradle he had ready and waiting with its green cover there in the living room transported him , ‘ though it was only a hospital where she was lying and where I sat near her . ’ |
| 30 | Then I wandered outside to look at the wreaths and the Salvation Army Captain touched me on the shoulder . |