Example sentences of "[vb pp] to look [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had come to look forward to the intervals between tenants , for at such times she would sit at the bedroom window that overlooked the street , which sloped swiftly to the main thoroughfare ; and guided by the landmarks of St Dominic 's church and , beyond that , St Ann 's , she could look over the chimney pots and catch a glimpse of the river gleaming between the busy traffic on it . |
| 2 | And he 's promised to look again at the case for allowing British Rail to bid for franchises . |
| 3 | So far she had n't dared to look directly at the Bentley . |
| 4 | Now the Home Office has agreed to look again into the circumstances surrounding Wiltshire 's death . |
| 5 | The Home Office has agreed to look again at the case of two men serving life for the murder of a drug dealer . |
| 6 | The State Department noted that a weakened Britain , with no immediate restoration of the balance of power in Europe in prospect , might feel compelled to look initially to the United Nations ( UN ) for help in the defence of her interests . |
| 7 | While advised to look outwards , and open their economies to trade and investment , they will feel compelled to look inwards as the competition on international markets appears unequal . |
| 8 | Subjects were asked to look either to the left or to the right while choosing the odd one out from among three Hebrew words . |
| 9 | Erm you were asked to look carefully at the music of the first two bars then write the music of bar three . |
| 10 | Desmond Barker was however , appointed to look afresh at the Constitution in general . |
| 11 | However , he had continued to look regularly at the newspapers for other vacancies . |
| 12 | Since then only a few have carried the flame in Europe and India , but recently the worldwide growth of homœopathy has started to look again at the LM potencies which Hahnemann describes , in a footnote to 270 as being ‘ the most powerful and at the same time mildest in action i.e. as the most perfected . ’ |
| 13 | FACED with the need for a quick method of raising revenue , the Chancellor must have been tempted to look closely at the energy sector in finalising plans for tomorrow 's Budget . |
| 14 | Several other countries have either scaled down their original expansion plans for nuclear power , delayed the continuation of their nuclear power expansion or begun to look seriously at the phasing out of existing nuclear power stations . |
| 15 | A working group under the chairmanship of Robin Beechey ( Chief Executive , East Sussex CC ) has been established to look closely at the effect 1992 will have on local government and organise an effective response . |