Example sentences of "of [noun] to look [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 And I will also give you a good deal of freedom to look at the sea . ’
2 Oliver wondered why the old man lived in such an old , dirty place , when he had so many watches , but then he thought that it must cost Fagin a lot of money to look after the Dodger and the other boys .
3 Farmers , too , need to understand more about the social impulses which prompt an increasing number of urbanites to look to the countryside for relaxation and enjoyment .
4 I began 1982 with a series of visits to look at the issues which were facing the health service .
5 Yes , we set up a unit affiliated to the University of Salzburg to look into the question of stress in music-making ; and also the influence of music on the mind and the body , of healthy people and sick people .
6 The WRU has appointed a four-man committee of inquiry to look into the events surrounding the centenary tour of South Africa last August .
7 The fourth and final section takes leave of society to look at the realm of theory .
8 In 1987 the Department of the Environment set up a national review of homelessness to look at the implementation of the law relating to homelessness and to consider whether it needed changing .
9 He listened to the door downstairs close and slipped out of bed to look through the window .
10 I have asked my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State to look into the matter and to contact the hon. Gentleman .
11 A committee of experts has been set up by the Russian Ministry of Culture to look into the problem of such articles within its borders .
12 The Attorney General would spend hours poring over the evidence before asking the Court of Appeal to look at the Courtney case .
13 At a time when we are on the threshold of change , indeed very considerable change , in local government and when our burghs which have been with us since the earliest times are about to disappear , it may be of interest to look at the burghs of Scotland prior to the passing of the Reform Act and their position in the election of Members for the Westminster Parliament .
14 We landed in Bangkok this is where we had to change planes , there was about an hour and a half wait so we had plenty of time to look around the duty free .
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