Example sentences of "is [adv] looking [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | So , while McDonald 's is powerfully committed to its core values , it is constantly looking beyond the practices that made it successful in order to explore new opportunities . |
| 2 | While it has made no formal application to offer video-on-demand to customers — the official line is that it is merely looking at the technology 's potential — it is already clear that it faces a tough task convincing regulatory bodies that it has the right to do so . |
| 3 | is only looking in the mirror |
| 4 | Unix System Labs is apparently looking at the Tiny 386BSD boot disk ( the one that 's been circulating in the academia , which derives from Bill Jolitz 's work and is not from Berkeley System Design Inc ) checking that it does n't infringe their property rights . |
| 5 | Because if you read the motion she is just looking for the rights of an individual and rule , rule six in the rule book applies the laws of natural justice , which we 're all for , the C E C agree , we 're all for it . |
| 6 | I 'm taking here about pure , blind betting of someone who is not attempting to exercise any skill but is just looking at the odds offered by the bookies , and pointing out — and I 'll have a table to demonstrate this in the talk I give at the Open Day — the way in which the rate of return on bets made in this way decreases steadily the longer the odds are offered . |
| 7 | A special Home Office committee is already looking at the problem with orders to report back to Home Secretary Kenneth Clarke within the next few months . |
| 8 | In Steinam-Rhein , the past is always looking over the shoulder of the present . |
| 9 | The suspicious customer is always looking for the ‘ catch ’ . |
| 10 | ‘ County Durham 's constabulary has been increased since 1979 and the Home Office is still looking at the possibility of reallocating some of the 1,000 extra posts to the county , ’ he said . |
| 11 | For example , Citicorp Scrimgeour Vickers is still looking for the index to end the year between 2,300 and 2,400 . |
| 12 | Sun Microsystems Inc , is also looking over the November calendar trying to pick an appropriate date for a combined low-end Tsunami/high-end Sun Dragon rollout . |
| 13 | Colwyn Bay is also looking to the future with its brand-new Colwyn Centre , a superbly-designed covered shopping complex just a stone 's throw from the promenade and beach . |
| 14 | It is also looking at the interest being shown by producers in Yorkshire and Cumbria . |
| 15 | As well as ‘ reading ’ horizontally line one , it is also looking at the whole pattern at the same time . |
| 16 | Meantime Ing C Olivetti & Co — which has an interest in the ARM RISC via its 80% holding in Acorn Computers Plc , is developing its own personal communicator , but is also looking at the AT&T Hobbit , and may join the alliance with Eo ; its own product would be the next generation of the 2.2lbs Quaderno portable , which uses the 16MHz 8086-compatible NEC Corp V30HL chip . |
| 17 | Sheila Redmond is also looking at the possibility of arranging talks on the menopause for female employees . |
| 18 | For example infants should check that person being communicated with is also looking at the interesting object . |
| 19 | Former BAe executive Richard Hooke says he has been told Board of Trade President Michael Heseltine is also looking at the deal , along with Welsh Secretary John Redwood and Employment Secretary David Hunt to see if it is in the best interests of the shareholders and taxpayers . |
| 20 | Mr Hooke says he has been told that Board of Trade President Michael Heseltine is also looking at the deal , along with Welsh Secretary John Redwood and Employment Secretary David Hunt to see if it is in the best interests of the shareholders and taxpayers . |
| 21 | He is now investigating if leukaemia cases rose in Orkney and Shetland due to wartime incomers and is also looking at the effects of large construction projects in Britain in the post-war period . |
| 22 | But now the authority is also looking into the cost of modifying all of its windows . |
| 23 | The Shetland MP , Jim Wallace , is also looking into the fishermen 's claims . |
| 24 | OF course TODAY is pleased that the Attorney General is now looking into the sentence given to Dr Thomas Courtney , the multiple rapist . |
| 25 | In the past , the IFA has clamped down on such outbursts against referees and is now looking into the matter . |
| 26 | Broadening its target market from the five star category , it is now looking to the small independent hotel and restaurant , establishments which businessmen are tending to use more frequently . |
| 27 | That company is now looking across the Channel to extend the working life of its hire machines . |
| 28 | He is now looking at the win as the foundation to his future . |
| 29 | Exchange visits between company and school have kept the project going and Courtaulds is now looking at the possibility of helping them design a fibre spinning rig . |
| 30 | The kind milkman is now looking after the stray dog , which must have consumed more than 100 pints of milk , until a home can be found for him . |