Example sentences of "the [noun sg] looked at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The President looked at one of the papers before him . |
| 2 | The study looked at all areas of the natural environment , including the management of the diverse grasslands and associated rare species , for which the Park has been designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest . |
| 3 | After carefully exploring a variety of different theoretical approaches to explaining government growth , the study looked at seven different policy areas — public assistance , elementary and secondary education , higher education , environment , unemployment , libraries and fire protection — and examined who or what was important in the process of governmental growth . |
| 4 | The Home Affairs Select Committee report , when the Committee looked at sick leave , for example , found that some progress could be made in improving on the sick absence record of police officers . |
| 5 | Well as you know I think the committee looked at this erm in nineteen ninety one and er I think it is fairly true to say that by the time it was taken out of service blood hound did not represent a very high level of capability erm and the gap , there is a gap obviously between blood hound it 'll it 'll now be a rather longer gap between that and any A M S A M replacement , er but blood hound itself was judged to be frankly not worth having . |
| 6 | To compile the report the NAO looked at 120 road construction contracts and found costs increased by more than 30pc in 28 of the schemes and by more than 50pc in five of them . |
| 7 | Historically , the town looked at one time as if would become the main centre of Thames Valley affairs . |
| 8 | The enquiry looked at 1208 people who , in the application year ending 31 March 1980 , enquired , submitted application forms or dropped out at the various stages of the process of seeking to be matriculated , as well as those who matriculated and graduated . |
| 9 | Mr Utterson and the inspector looked at each other . |
| 10 | and , and , er of course that the commission looked at this as er , er , as a question to be looked at in the context of the market and of all facts , but they said you , if you want restrictions you can be sure that we wo n't give you any exemption for them , so you 'd better remove every single solitary objection , objec er restriction that we identify , that 's why at the end of the day they got er , it was a very , very strict approach by the commission , you can have nothing which is acceptable , you can get negative clearance but you 've got to be cleaner than clean , whiter than white , so remove every possible restriction . |
| 11 | The cook looked at one of the maids , " Jane , will you fetch Master Patrick a cup and saucer please . " |
| 12 | And they sat in the car with the windows down in the freezing dawn and they watched the distant city lights going out under the dawn at five in the morning , they sat there for a full half hour , looking , and thinking how beautiful the city looked at this time and at this distance … |
| 13 | The Report looked at nine case studies in Gloucestershire as a direct result of Beverley 's death . |
| 14 | The bank looked at 30 possible acquisitions there after the Bank of England opposed its 1981 bid for Royal Bank of Scotland . |
| 15 | The decision to sell was taken a year before the deal was done and the company looked at 11 different suitors before picking Shandwick . |
| 16 | The survey looked at 2,000 start-up businesses over 2½ years between 1988 and 1990 . |