Example sentences of "take a [adj] [adj] look " in BNC.
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| 1 | Punchy and powerful theatre by the country 's foremost mime company , incorporating rich comedy , music and expressive energetic performances in a show that takes a sharp critical look at society 's attitude to women and alcohol ‘ Shrewd detailed observation … disarmingly truthful ’ The Guardian ‘ Honest , humorous and compulsive ’ . |
| 2 | Instead of crying over the restrictions that are being ( thank goodness ) imposed , maybe they should take a good hard look at themselves and clean up their act , using aids like ‘ poop scoops ’ and long controlling leads . |
| 3 | But with more than 50mpg available and the possibility of good deals to reduce the outlay , the cheapest Fiesta has made me take a long hard look at the lavishly equipped hot hatch we use as a shopping car . |
| 4 | Cornelius turned and took a good long look . |
| 5 | Mathers took a long sideways look at Culley . |
| 6 | Is n't it about time someone took a long hard look at the laughable regulations on what riders wear and questioned whether they benefit the sport ? |
| 7 | and their Parliamentary advisors took a long hard look at the powers which they held and decided that the 1902 Act as it stood , could not make a viable tramway system , even when grafted onto the existing Corporation system . |
| 8 | Fishlock took a candid historical look at Sellafield from its early days when it was ‘ a motley collection of stained concrete hulks ’ . |
| 9 | Staff at Sellafield 's new THORP complex took a light hearted look at life when they welcomed their families and friends to the plant . |
| 10 | They have taken a long hard look at the way Japanese firms operate and tried to understand what it is that makes them so much more productive and successful . |
| 11 | We have just taken a quick overall look at the situation , one that I hope will enable the reader to form a clear picture of the scope of the French nuclear programme and the unique way in which we implemented it . |
| 12 | Take a good long look at yourself in a mirror , with and without the wrongly-sized items . |
| 13 | Next take a good long look at the existing motherboard . |
| 14 | Miss Danziger was not an ugly woman but the Colonel had had to take a long hard look to discover her good features : her bone structure ; strong fair hair streaked with less fair strands ; her pale complexion , unpainted . |
| 15 | In practice , many doctors are too busy to take a long hard look at every patient . |
| 16 | ‘ If firms want to take it seriously , they 'll need to take a long hard look at what sort of performance objectives are being applied and whether they are actually appropriate . |
| 17 | In much the same way , she suggested that in the aftermath of the tragedy at the Heysel Stadium in Brussels , the television companies might care to take a long hard look at themselves when seeking to account for the behaviour of the young fans at the European Cup Final : |
| 18 | Anywhere in between and you 'll need to take a long hard look or call in the professionals . |
| 19 | Someone needs to take a long hard look at what has happened to tennis in Ulster over the last 20 years . |