Example sentences of "[vb pp] by looking [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 This has to be approached by looking at the expert clause and other instructions given to the expert .
2 This was done by looking at the spectrum of laser light scattered off the electrons in the plasma .
3 In many cases the question will be answered by looking at the terms of the contract between the parties although a description of the parties as " employer " and " employee " is not conclusive .
4 Sargent 's suggested solution to this problem can be seen by looking at the simple n = 3 case , which led to the restrictions of equation ( 3.50 ) .
5 No longer can the worth of an investment proposal be evaluated by looking at the immediate terms of the deal : the longer lasting impact of the structure of alliances must also be taken into account .
6 What this entailed for civil liberties may be gleaned by looking at the way in which Dicey dealt with traditional freedoms in the body of his work .
7 In trying to understand its other functions we shall be helped by looking at the Bank 's balance sheet as set out in Table 3.2 .
8 The net effects are best demonstrated by looking at the population .
9 The height of the embankment can be judged by looking at the elevated section of the M6 which now runs beside the canal but which can be seen moving away to the northwest as a two tier motorway junction viaduct on spindly columns .
10 " Obvious " has no special meaning but is judged by looking at the invention as a whole and considering the entire state of the art .
11 It is entered by looking for the entrance : by looking for opportunity .
12 An additional measure of glycaemic control was provided by looking at the mean of all the glycated haemoglobin results for each patient since the date of randomisation and then calculating the mean of means for each group .
13 The very considerable size of this achievement can be appreciated by looking at the hydrostatic pressure undersea cables may have to endure — up to 4t/in2 , at a depth of three miles .
14 A causal explanation for these events is not to be found by looking at the mental processes of particular social groups or categories involved in them since any traits so identified are as likely to be effects as causes .
15 What is the solution to these problems of unity and sustaining interest ? I think it can best be found by looking at the visual arts , and having myself once been an architect I would like to use an architectural illustration .
16 At this point , ‘ Dr Johnson observed that there had been great disputes about the spelling of Shakespear 's [ sic ] name : ‘ At last it was thought it would be settled by looking at the original copy of his will ; but , upon examining it , he was found to have written it himself no less than three different ways . ’
17 The associated jargon and rates may be introduced by looking at the following figures for 1984 extracted from Tables D1.1 and D2.1 of the 1984 Annual Report of the Registrar General for Scotland .
18 This chapter will be concluded by looking at the so called " rescue cases " and seeing how the various doctrines apply .
19 An individual facilitator 's performance can be viewed by looking at the percentage of ideas that move successfully from one stage to the next ( see Figure 2 ) .
20 The first point can be illustrated by looking at the history of thought about the hippocampus .
21 The extent to which the organisational changes affected referral patterns was first investigated by looking at the proportion of referrals which crossed district boundaries before and after the implementation of the reforms in the two groups of practices ( table II ) .
22 For those who are weekly paid , normal earnings are estimated by looking at the last five weeks pay , or the last two months for the monthly paid .
23 For those who are weekly paid , normal earnings are estimated by looking at the last five weeks pay , or the last two months for the monthly paid .
24 For those who are weekly paid , normal earnings are estimated by looking at the last five weeks pay , or the last two months for the monthly paid .
25 These histories , it was believed , could be constructed by looking at the available information on primitive peoples , past and present , whether from archaeological remains , from classical accounts of early institutions , such as those given by Tacitus concerning the German tribes of Roman times , or early Greece and Rome themselves , or , most importantly , from the reports of travellers , explorers , colonists and missionaries , describing contemporary primitives .
26 The way in which he helps will be best discovered by looking at the text , not by speculating about the meaning of the term .
27 This " shape " is determined by looking at the range of first step behaviours open to the process .
28 She had a computer actually on the it was on the side of a surveying instrument , so she was probably working out how far down she 'd actually dug by looking through the sights and reading the numbers and then she was entering up the numbers on the computer .
29 There is no foolproof way of determining if a Turkish knot has been used , but a fair indication can be obtained by looking at the back of the rug .
30 Erm they 're obtained by looking at the results of the labour force survey which is a very small proportion of households surveyed each year .
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