Example sentences of "looking [adv] to the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At first Roger , warmed by his work , confidence boosted by a bombproof hex in the base of the corner , was still looking optimistically to the crux , and seemed surprised by my shaken croaks of retreat . |
| 2 | Managerial behaviour was also introverted , reacting to actors and problems stemming from within the organisation instead of looking outwards to the needs and wishes of its users . |
| 3 | Third parties can not appeal against the grant of a planning permission , but they too are looking more to the courts for redress , usually by way of a declaration or judicial review . |
| 4 | And still without needing to turn my head , but looking straight to the front , and walking at the same even pace along the path , I was conscious of a man perched motionless on the top bar of the gate , one leg over , so still that he might have been part of the gate itself . |
| 5 | Indeed , I detect an increased effort all round to attract youth onto the side of the RNLI , and this shows the Institution is looking both to the present and to the future and that is admirable . |
| 6 | Clinging onto things , breathing little , inching a slow way forwards , I achieved again a sort of numbness to my basic state and in looking upwards to the stars at every pause felt lighter and more disembodied than before . |
| 7 | The place smelt of oil , paint , damp and slow failure , and Marriage himself sat with his back to it in the cold sunshine , looking across to the willows and alders of the far bank and the fields beyond . |
| 8 | Although in Britain to launch a new retrospective of her astonishing recording career , Greatest Hits 1965–1992 , Cher is looking firmly to the future . |
| 9 | He was looking neither to the right nor the left but out to sea , where a round ship was coming in from the south-east , her sails shuddering , her course designed to intersect with the Genoese just outside the harbour . |
| 10 | He stood for a moment , framed in the great gateway , and Fenella saw how the early morning light touched his dark hair and brought out red glints in it and saw , as well , that his eyes were shining , as if he was already looking ahead to the dangers and the adventures . |
| 11 | NATO 's objective would be to conclude the follow-on CFE and CSBM negotiations as soon as possible , looking ahead to the CSCE follow-up meeting in Helsinki in 1992 . |
| 12 | Looking ahead to the afternoon , and most of western and central Scotland should see some more of the sun , but for the east coast , it 'll continue rather cloudy and misty . |
| 13 | Looking ahead to the afternoon and evening , and the good news is that it will stay dry everywhere . |
| 14 | Now our final report looking ahead to the Chelsea Flower Show , which opens next week . |
| 15 | With both Holloway and national coach Ian Birtwell looking ahead to the England v Canada international at Wembley on October 17 it was natural to hope for a good start to the new season against incoming U.K. tourists . |
| 16 | MANCHESTER United central defender Gary Pallister , looking ahead to the Rumbelows League Cup semi-final clash with his old club last night warned his teammates : ‘ We 've a fight on our hands . ’ |
| 17 | hello there … yes we 've come to Prestbury Park as Cheltenham readies itself for Gold Cup Week … we 'll be looking ahead to the festival in a few moments and also giving you the chance to win two tickets for the big day … first the weekend action and the big race in football … the chase for promotion |
| 18 | Looking ahead to the game , well , here 's Mickey again . |
| 19 | Mark 's only mention of the Holy Spirit for Christians is , as we have seen , placed in the Apocalyptic Discourse in chapter 13 , where Jesus is looking ahead to the tribulations which will face his followers in the years running up to the fall of Jerusalem , and , interwoven with that theme , up to the end of the world . |
| 20 | Looking ahead to the AGM , nominations are needed now for class members or teachers to serve on the Executive Committee and play a vital role in deciding how the Society is run ON YOUR BEHALF . |
| 21 | She is full of admiration for the care and attention she is receiving at the hospital but is already looking ahead to the time when she is strong enough to go on to a convalescent home . |
| 22 | Looking ahead to the retirement of the baby-boom generation made the prospect even worse . |
| 23 | The prophet Ezekiel had given this oracle from God , looking ahead to the age of fulfilment : |
| 24 | Looking ahead to the ideal holding some years hence ( which , at best , is just a step on an endless ladder ) , as a new owner you will visualize your farm divided neatly into a number of well-drained , fertile fields , growing crops in a carefully planned rotation to feed both your family and livestock , with sufficient hay and grazing throughout the year . |
| 25 | Well looking ahead to the events er a month hence , but of course this week er , on the thirtieth of this month er we will be celebrating Saint Andrews day , or will we ? |
| 26 | Such a shame really , since I was so looking forward to the day . |
| 27 | We could n't do a thing about it , only get on with our jobs , living from day to day and , being young , looking forward to the day — surely not too far ahead — when things would start moving in our favour again . |
| 28 | Clearly , the writer is also looking forward to the day when the Word of God will become flesh and live among us . |
| 29 | He once said he was ‘ looking forward to the day I can go fishing without someone sitting in the back of the boat saying do n't I know there 's a war on ’ . |
| 30 | My reason for not having done it myself and my father 's reasons for not having done it with the National Gallery is that , in the case of Yale , I 'm looking forward to the day when there 'll be other people interested in English art who will give paintings or money to the Center for British Art just because it is the Center for British Art , where they would n't do it if it was the Paul Mellon Center for British Art . |