Example sentences of "to look at [art] [noun] [subord] " in BNC.

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1 We used the word " profile " to indicate that we are trying to look at a shape when we are selecting people , choosing a business to take over , assessing a deal , estimating a risk .
2 They 've asked him to look at the case because it makes a mockery of justice .
3 She liked to look at the visitors as they arrived and try to match them with the patients .
4 You 're supposed to write the minutes for this meeting on the back of the agenda , now , I know very few people who ever actually do that , er , I always want to look at the agenda when I 'm taking my notes .
5 There are still areas where we tend to look at the other as ‘ the resident expert ’ , or at least more expert than we consider ourself to be .
6 She turned to look at the registrar as he strode smiling into the room , and her bemused expression must have registered .
7 There is no reason to look at the ceiling because it no longer exists .
8 ‘ You want to look at the toys while I go in here ? ’
9 A French medic was climbing the grassy bank from the sunken road to look at the Officer as I got the prisoners out of the dug-out and back to their previous positions in the hollow .
10 I believe that er we did n't er consider going to look at the development because it was quite clearly in the minds of a large percentage of us that it was contrary to the town plan and so we did not think it was necessary to do that .
11 Imagine how difficult it is to look at the speaker if you can not tell the direction the voice is coming from , or if you can not hear his voice and maybe do n't know he is speaking .
12 For example , in a fast-moving train it is better to look at the horizon than at the close landscape — it is even better to avoid looking out of the window .
13 Slides were used to punctuate the talk , as well as to illustrate points , but he had a tendency to look at the screen while speaking , which is distracting .
14 I also suggested that Britons should be urged not to ask for a chance to look at the remains until the situation improves .
15 Georgia was looking at the bracelet the same way she used to look at the hill when she was five , she was in awe of it , it might be too strong for her .
16 In this instance it is very important for him to look at the monitor while talking and try to pretend that the interviewer is in the room with him .
17 little support are most affected and we need to er , go back to what Kathleen was saying about education , we need to help young girls get self-confidence , more se , coping skills to deal with these pressures , but also , as other people have said , we need to get the government to look at the fact as , that encourage women to keep smoking and address those issues as well .
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