Example sentences of "look [prep] the [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Look for the wood before the trees ! |
| 2 | Finally , look for the chapel of Sant Caterina that can be reached from the left transept . |
| 3 | In Al Ain , as everywhere , fathers normally look for the happiness of their children and hope for a compatible , genial match . |
| 4 | In very general terms , Marxist theorists look for the location of power in the wider social and economic structure of society There is continuing debate within Marxism over the exact role that the state ( or political level ) fulfils and whether it has any significant independence from the requirements of the owners of the means of production and the preservation of the system of capital accumulation In the long term , however , Marxists argue that the scope for human beings to choose freely and to shape their society as they wish is severely circumscribed by the private ownership of the means of production , the necessity of the state to respond to the crises and problems generated by capitalism as an economic system and the inequality of competition between different ideologies Elite theories do not go so far in limiting the scope for individuals to choose or to shape their societies They argue that individuals can choose , subjectively , to join , to maintain or to challenge the structure of power which exists . |
| 5 | On arrival in a strange city , if you are alone , if your friends fail to meet you , if you wish the address of a reliable hotel or boarding house , look for the woman at the station wearing the Travellers ' Aid badge . |
| 6 | The Good Wood Guide seal of approval is a voluntary labelling system that manufacturers are encouraged to take on board if they can honestly say that they use wood from sustainable sources — so look for the seal of approval . |
| 7 | I vote we walk into it and look for the summit under the water . ’ |
| 8 | I think it 's they look for the number of stamps used rather if it 's what you |
| 9 | Look for the answer in the next issue . |
| 10 | He 'd open the door , take a few sips , close the door and look for the principal in the toilet . |
| 11 | Look for the good in your stepgrandchildren and try not to compare them unfavourably with your natural grandchildren . |
| 12 | You look through the crack at the door hinge . |
| 13 | I canna look through the sun at it , but I see the the sh the shadow of the one on on the other . |
| 14 | If you look through the wording of that policy , it is all the same print . |
| 15 | Look through the list on the page opposite , select the fan club of your choice , send in the form with the remittance and receive six newsletters , six black and white photographs , plus a player biography , not to mention your free adidas accessory . |
| 16 | When this is done , you simply look through the pack for each of them to find their card . |
| 17 | Sometimes I look through the catalogue at the men 's clothes , or wander into shops like Principles and look at the menswear . |
| 18 | I look through the crowd at the steep stairs to the upper office . |
| 19 | Ursula was expected to do all the housework , look after the baby of the family and was paid 2/6d a week . |
| 20 | You are your own coach : look after the training of your favourite trainee ! ( 4 ) Always start a period on a particular topic with a review of that day 's lecture . |
| 21 | I well remember the late Dr James Durno saying to me : ‘ Ian , look after the stock as if they were your own ’ . |
| 22 | Ash-Wednesday , for all its renunciation , does at times look towards the childhood of the race , but more strongly it looks back to the poet 's own childhood with which this primitivism is associated , as Eliot looks back , in language mixing ‘ Gerontion ’ , Virgil , and a new interest in his own childhood . |
| 23 | Having openly expressed his dissatisfaction for the present lacklustre state of guitar music , does n't Alex seem suprised that young people still look towards the guitar for their musical kicks ? |
| 24 | We made a very definite decision some years ago to make the Gardener Centre look towards the community as a whole , rather than just make it a university toy , or part of the formal academic programme . |
| 25 | We look towards the painter from the painting 's point of view . |
| 26 | Look beneath the exterior of Birmingham before you condemn ; find the real Brummie spirit before you attack it . |
| 27 | But if you look behind the mirror in Harrods 's designer department changing rooms there are piles of security tags . |
| 28 | ‘ Look behind the display of Rio 92 , with its 50,000 representatives . |
| 29 | You look like the wreck of the Hesperus ! |
| 30 | ‘ Christ , Church , you look like the Spirit of Syphilis Yet to Come , ’ Lambert said . |