Example sentences of "but look [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But looking at the past track record of the present Government , one ca n't help wondering . |
| 2 | ‘ I still think the carrot of a final at Wembley is terrific but looking at the gates , especially in Italy , I do n't know if the fans want this competition . ’ |
| 3 | Perhaps much of what Sickert taught does not have relevance to all of us today ; perhaps many of his doctrines are outworn , his opinions unsystematic , but looking at the smouldering vigour of the painting , and the sinewy strength of the drawing in the works now on view at the Royal Academy , it is difficult not to feel that here is the work of a real artist , of a man who knew what he was doing — and why . |
| 4 | Wales have yet to qualify for the first round of the NatWest Trophy , but looking at the results from this year 's competition , perhaps they were well out of it . |
| 5 | I did n't notice it myself but looking at the people at school you think how babyish . |
| 6 | When I move on to three eight one , three eight two there 's a lot of things been said about these benefits this morning which does n't leave much left for me but looking at the situation of the way this Tory government has in the last thirteen years , certainly since nineteen eighty two crucified the benefits paid genuinely to people is in itself a crime upon society and it reminds me of the the words of the song it 's the rich that get the gravy and it 's the poor that get the blame and nothing , but nothing has changed since those words were written many many years ago . |
| 7 | Now I in terms of the fine letter of P P G twelve erm erm er that is not entirely consistent , but looking at the special circumstances of Greater York , erm erm and the long time you 've spent on this , trying to reassure the public that we will do this properly , we think it 's the best way to proceed . |
| 8 | But looking at the diagram in Fig. 8.4 we can identify two general methods of keeping the search space small : |
| 9 | But looking at the whole thing from a higher perspective , it seems to me that the Leeds management may be thinking that we are not going to win the championship this season or at least they are prepared to wait another year to have a go . |
| 10 | Three and half hours , but looking at the time log , and it 'll say I was on there for an hour actually speaking on the phone . |
| 11 | That 's an area of course that we would wish to increase eventually but looking at the protected figures , a large increase in the primary schools delegated budgets this year could result in , in a de facto cut to the secondary schools next year . |
| 12 | It 's taken 85 years for the Goodman family name to appear on one of their motorbikes , but looking at the HDS 1200 on the road , the wait has been well worthwhile . |
| 13 | I 've heard from people who have visited Brussels that meetings were being cancelled because the British Delegation were not even members of the trade union , but looking at the structure of the works councils in the U K this is no wonder . |
| 14 | The tour was disappointing but looking to the longer term future of Scottish rugby it was certainly not a disaster . |
| 15 | George Marshall , head of human resources , said : ‘ In spite of our current employment difficulties , but looking to the future of our business , I am announcing we will have an intake of 20–30 first year apprentices in September . |
| 16 | But looking for the truth in nature walks ? |
| 17 | But looking into the future , well , that 's like looking for the bottom of the river , is n't it ? |
| 18 | But looking beyond the short to medium-term there are more serious challenges . |
| 19 | Since they are both high-class batsmen this comes as quite a surprise , but looking through the records one sees that one of them has failed fairly often ; their strength is that when that has happened the other has usually gone on to a big score , thereby relieving the pressure on the middle order . |
| 20 | Saint-Exupéry said that ‘ loving someone does not mean looking into each other 's eyes , but looking in the same direction together . ’ |
| 21 | of a person and need to write how important it was , the little ones in the accident book , but looking in the erm erm the handbook for the company it says that an accident form should be filled in and |
| 22 | In fact love has been defined as not looking at each other , but looking in the same direction . |
| 23 | But looking after the stock does n't only mean handling it carefully ; it also means planning stock levels , ordering goods and storing them . |
| 24 | ‘ But look across the river there . |
| 25 | But look to the right , where the walls of Schloss Freudenfels ( 1359 ) are white against the green of the descending woods . |
| 26 | ‘ Senior management must , therefore , not only be safeguarding today 's profits , but look to the long-term to ensure future success . ’ |
| 27 | But look on the bright side : we 've finally found a way of getting rid of Liverpool , too . |
| 28 | I 'm sure you must feel pretty bloody at the moment but look on the bright side , you could be Belgian . |
| 29 | ‘ Nothing is more remarkable ’ , wrote Wellesley , ‘ than the apathy of the people who have taken neither side of the question but look on the quarrel as to be one between the army and the king . ’ |
| 30 | I 'm sorry if I 'm taking up your valuable time , but look on the bright side , ’ she said with unarguable logic . |