Example sentences of "look [adv] at the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The tin-hatted soldiers who were sent into to quell riots on the troubled streets of Londonderry and Belfast must look enviously at the gear provided for the modern soldier .
2 I bear fully in mind Mr. Philipson 's salutary warning , based on statements by Sir Nicolas Browne-Wilkinson V.-C. in E.M.I . Records Ltd. v. Spillane , at p. 973 , that where the court is considering powers of a draconian nature , which gravely impinge on the citizen 's ordinary rights , the court should look jealously at the legislation , and if there is any ambiguity , resolve it in favour of existing legal rights .
3 These Koi may not look much at the time you part with your cash , but then , certain varieties never show their full potential until they are mature .
4 She seemed flabbergasted , but rallied and asked me if I would look in at the Gray Mare in Kilburn and say ‘ hello ’ to her son Joe Kelly who worked there .
5 All the same he felt that he must look in at the hall before going to his hotel .
6 ‘ Would you care for a bit of supper , and then we could look in at the Area Ball .
7 I 've got an appointment with Shrimpton , the lawyer , at four and I shall look in at the shop afterwards . ’
8 Sipping an evening martini at the Top of the Mark ( the glass-encircled roof garden of the Mark Hopkins Hotel high on Nob Hill ) one could look down at the lights of that most cosmopolitan city — over the warehouses and docks of the Embarcadero , over to Grant Avenue and Chinatown , down the cable-car track to Fisherman 's Wharf and beyond to the lights of the Golden Gate Bridge which crossed the bay to Sausolito .
9 Erm and I really would ask the panel on this particular issue erm to er look critically at the suggestion in P P G three , paragraph thirty three that a new settlement could upgrade areas of low landscape value .
10 ( Jockeys do not often look backwards at the beginning of a race . )
11 By definition they do not look backwards at the kinds of demographic transformations with which various societies have already coped .
12 To her credit , she tried very hard not to even once look over at the table , though she was being subjected to the constant tinkle of happy laughter , which made her think Matthew must be at his witty best .
13 Let us look further at the role of tone-unit boundaries , and the link between the tone-unit and units of grammar .
14 So perhaps we should look harder at the plants we keep with out fish .
15 This final section will look concisely at the construction of north Korea between 1945 and the beginning of 1948 .
16 At fire stations and first-aid posts and rest centres , men and women would look up at the sky just as she , Vi McKeown , was doing now .
17 I did n't look up at the sky .
18 He kept his head a little bent and did not really look up at the Curator .
19 I mean , she do n't even look up at the lights .
20 Chen , watching Karr , saw a small movement in the big man 's face ; saw him look up at the woman appreciatively .
21 Then he remembered his mother and Stefan and made himself go back and look up at the bodies till he did n't mind any more .
22 We will all look carefully at the conclusions that it draws from its work and from the evidence submitted to it .
23 Most haulage businesses will probably look carefully at the prospects in Europe when reviewing new market potential .
24 Mr. Speaker : I shall look carefully at the speech of the Secretary of State .
25 A Scottish Prison Service spokesman said it would look carefully at the recommendations .
26 All investors must look carefully at the safety of any offshore investment as protection arrangements may be less rigorous than in the UK .
27 Let us look now at the number of designers due for retirement between 1982–1992 ( see figure 9 ) .
28 If a customer 's circumstances change adversely for reasons beyond the customer 's control , the finance company will look sympathetically at the circumstances and will try , subject to any restrictions placed upon it by the Consumer Credit Act 1974 , to reach an accommodation with the customer to pay off the outstanding balance in a practicable manner .
29 A lot of people did look out at the station , but they saw nothing strange .
30 Left : From Monica 's favourite spot — her writing room — she can look out at the garden while sitting at her desk
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