Example sentences of "a [noun sg] to look at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | We 're walking back from the shops — me and Marie — and we stop for a bit to look at the lights in the electric shop . |
| 2 | There 's rows of benches in front of it and I sit down for a bit to look at the tree . |
| 3 | In part this has been due to a failure to look at the right parts of the higher order visual cortex , using the right stimuli . |
| 4 | But it is going to be necessary because , by the time the later subjects come on stream , there will certainly be a need to look at the first ones again , such as maths and science . |
| 5 | She had n't much to tell him — merely that she had stopped on the bridge for a moment to look at the river , had been attracted by the gulls and then noticed what was exciting them . |
| 6 | As a result of this work the Coordinating Committee for Under Fives ( CCUF ) , an umbrella organisation of statutory and voluntary sector groups and individuals providing a service to under fives , decided to organise a conference to look at the issues of integration of special needs children within mainstream provision . |
| 7 | After Dan had drunk the hot sweet coffee that kept her awake at nights , they moved off , sitting in the small car for a while to look at the map . |
| 8 | I also suggested that Britons should be urged not to ask for a chance to look at the remains until the situation improves . |
| 9 | Has my right hon. Friend had a chance to look at the Order Paper recently ? |
| 10 | ‘ It would give a better idea of the effectiveness of co-operation if the public had a chance to look at the frequency with which bombs are transported into Northern Ireland in vehicles stolen in the Republic . |
| 11 | Graham Game , a full-time green activist , hopes to win a commission to look at the dangers of a spill along the coast of Essex , the county 's prime natural asset . |
| 12 | It is a mistake to look at the provisions relating to the passing of risk as in some sense enabling one party to score over the other . |
| 13 | If the shadow is yours , climbing up a ladder to look at the colony , they 'll land on you , and you can collect 100 or more fleas . |
| 14 | Given the poor publicity generated by the Soviet Union 's agricultural failings , it comes as something of a surprise to look at the statistics and see that the Soviet Union is still the world 's largest wheat producer , greater than the European Community ( which also made agricultural self-sufficiency a goal in its early years ) by about 10 million tons in 1989 , outstripping the United States and Canada , the world 's ‘ breadbasket ’ , by almost the same amount . |
| 15 | Slides were used to punctuate the talk , as well as to illustrate points , but he had a tendency to look at the screen while speaking , which is distracting . |
| 16 | For days Pamela had been planning a visit to look at the Beautiful People . |