Example sentences of "to look [adv] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Is it not time to look afresh at the foundations of our laws in relation to mental illness with a view to making the central focus that of providing a framework whereby those whose judgment is so impaired by their illness that they are unable to recognise the need for treatment will receive such treatment in as humane , sensitive and effective a way as possible . |
| 2 | The second stage may attempt to look afresh at the situation and to create new perspectives using lateral thinking and brain-storming . |
| 3 | Desmond Barker was however , appointed to look afresh at the Constitution in general . |
| 4 | She stacked the diapers neatly on the top shelf , checked the gowns and vests , and then closed the cupboard and turned to look approvingly around the room . |
| 5 | Her father turned , to look suddenly up the stairs , as if he could sense Ellie hidden there , listening . |
| 6 | I do not wish you to violate your oath of secrecy or your conscience but , ’ and he tuned to look eagerly at the Bishop , ‘ with His Lordship 's permission , I would like to take you aside and quietly ask you one question ? |
| 7 | We tend to look only at the beginning and end of a decision . |
| 8 | However , to look only at the persons who were the actual depositors would not be satisfactory . |
| 9 | Our understanding is that the Scottish Office brief is far wider than to look only at the promotion of Scotland as a destination . |
| 10 | In acute diseases it is generally adequate to look only at the symptoms of the acute disease itself . |
| 11 | Wordsworth 's ‘ retirement ’ to the Lakes begins to look less like a retreat than a strategic withdrawal to ensure survival . |
| 12 | After leaving the potion laboratory , she soon discovered that Mildred was not in her room and set off to look all over the school where , of course , she did not find the missing pupil . |
| 13 | First , the shot-gun approach involves the buyer saying ‘ Unless you agree immediately to a price reduction of 20% we 'll have to look elsewhere for a supplier . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ He 'd have to look elsewhere for a vet . ’ |
| 15 | As I have argued all along , although a consideration of possible criteria is important in a wider context , the idea of numerical identity can not be literally " defined " in terms of the criteria of re-identification of particulars , which means that we shall have to look elsewhere for an answer to our problem . |
| 16 | As soon as the handshake was complete , Charlotte turned away , eager to look elsewhere for the instant it took her to absorb the simple fact of his marriage . |
| 17 | This meant that Thompson had to look elsewhere for the engram underlying eyeblink conditioning . |
| 18 | In consequence , Secretaries of State tended to look elsewhere within the Ministry and elsewhere for impartial advice . |
| 19 | As these variables were , in turn , closely linked with economic change , it is clear that historians need to look critically at the position of women within the household and the labour market . |
| 20 | ‘ It is the right moment to look critically at the structure . |
| 21 | Apple Computer Inc chairman and chief executive officer John Sculley 's name has made it to the short list to be Secretary of Commerce in the Clinton Administration : if he takes the cabinet post , Apple 's likely to look outside for a replacement . |
| 22 | In later years a boy may continue to look unconsciously for a mother with whom to relate , or a girl for a father to take the place of a loved parent or compensate for a lack of satisfaction in that direction . |
| 23 | I would say on page twelve , it 's perhaps interesting to look just at the summary there , where you 'll see that your gross expenditure for next year , is now some fifty four million pounds . |
| 24 | So when they see an apparent egg that is really a stone , the fact of its being a stone ( not that they have found a stone on the beach , say , which happens to look just like an egg ) swamps their judgement ; similarly when they see a white card changing colour — the blueness is salient not the fact that it started white . |
| 25 | I I I have to say that I I I I 'm not enthusiastic about using this which is so obviously at a report in support of the particular locations , to look objectively at the criteria . |
| 26 | Howard hugs her , and has to look away for a moment , he is so moved . |
| 27 | Neither dares to look away for an instant , in case this is read as a sign of weakness . |
| 28 | The boy had inherited his father 's mannerisms as well as his features and physique ; a certain hesitancy , and a tendency to look away from the person to whom he was speaking . |
| 29 | Bill turns his head to look directly at the American . |
| 30 | It would be like the attempt to look directly at the sun that dazzles and finally blinds rather than enlightens . |