Example sentences of "look [prep] [subord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | He 'd been pleased with his magnanimous administration of justice , but this new development looked as if advantage was being taken of weakness . |
| 2 | You 're alright at maths , so it looks as if maths might as a scientist possibly might be |
| 3 | Looks as if Lotus Development Corp is being shopped around as a merger partner : according to the Wall Street Journal , Borland International Inc 's Philippe Kahn discussed a possible merger with Lotus 's Jim Manzi last month , although the talks were inconclusive , and elsewhere Manzi was seen to have been in deep discussions over dinner with Sun Microsystems Inc 's Scott McNealy ; Lotus of course tried and failed to merge with Novell Inc . |
| 4 | Now it looks as if history may be repeated . |
| 5 | It looks as if sex evolved because it 's in the interest of genes to constantly be re-combined self interest not always in company with the same others may want to be er mixing themselves up , so they launch themselves in continually different combinations , and this presumably each gene what , what , what is happening is a constant filtering process all the time , by means of which natural selection is working on basically random changes in the final point I want to make and that 's |
| 6 | It is well known that the pressure inside a star resists the gravitational collapse , and yet it now looks as if pressure can , by virtue of contributing to a component of the stress-energy tensor , hasten gravitational collapse . |
| 7 | This is startlingly lower than the figures of over half reported from eastern Europe and the Far East ; and it also looks as if co-residence was much more common in southern France , and also in post-colonial America . |
| 8 | It now looks as if membership of the slate is rapidly becoming a disadvantage . |
| 9 | However , when you meet Sean Young she 's disarmingly polite and looks as if butter would n't melt in her mouth . |
| 10 | It looks as if agreement with someone is near , though , because Phillips hopes to have a deal ready for presentation to a vital meeting of the Second , Third and Fourth Division clubs at Walsall on April 27 . |
| 11 | The law needs to be looked at because glue-sniffing is an appalling addiction . |
| 12 | ‘ I adore little Madge , ’ said Dame Edna , glaring after she closed the door and looking as if murder was more on her mind , ‘ but frankly , she gets too big for her boots sometimes . |
| 13 | the work will be still continued on that , but also in terms of Bungay itself , we 're looking at whether county management can look at this and sort of if you like identify it , so we have n't abandoned Bungay , far from it , we 're still concerned with the , we 've got the , the base of the facts still go on er and , and we 're gon na continue on Monday . |
| 14 | No , I would n't say I did , and I would n't say that 's what I was looking for , particularly , because again I mean it 's a much abused notion that perhaps that class disappears in postwar Britain , I think that 's a political issue that was an attempt to make it look as if class was disappearing , class differences rather , but I think there is a lot of evening out , there 's not the stark differences of the quality of life of furnishings that you would have found say in homes before the war . |
| 15 | But , in an attempt to make it look as if democracy were alive , Iran 's clergy were urged to form political parties . |
| 16 | Paula might look as if butter would n't melt in her mouth but when her mind was made up to something it took a stronger woman than Grace to talk her out of it . |
| 17 | ‘ But if you ever need to borrow money , Jo , do n't forget this ; look as if money is the last thing you need . |
| 18 | Tutor Viv Shelley will look at whether manufacturing industries are living up to the green images they promote , the adequacy of monitoring processes and ask what responsibility lies with the public . |
| 19 | Then , just before the final turn and with four fences to take , it looked as if Mandarin might yet run out , and Winter had to put all his strength into forcing the horse to the left , the correct side of the course marker . |
| 20 | Viola Machin , nevertheless , seemed impervious to it : she stood in bosomy grief , in a becoming coat of umber shade , dabbing her eyes at the pathetic bits of the service ; Desmond , in a heavy black coat , managed only an insurance agent 's decorous grief ; and Hilary looked as if cheerfulness might keep breaking through — which would probably , after all , be what Hilda would have liked most . |
| 21 | For a while it looked as if pity would be in order for Nadeem Shahid , and for that your correspondent must shoulder some of the blame . |
| 22 | Crossley had to move quickly to save a glancing header from Sharp and just when it looked as if Forest might be more grateful for a replay Chapman won the tie . |
| 23 | At one stage , as the game evolved from a purely Corinthian pastime to an internationally recognised entity , it looked as if student rugby , once a valuable missionary force , was destined to oblivion . |