Example sentences of "to look at [art] [noun sg] [conj] " 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 | Pearce lists these as two important qualities for a top manager together with being able to look at a problem and see the two or three key factors . |
| 3 | To go back to 1700 is to look at a life that is very little different , for most men and women , from that of 1500 or even 1200 . |
| 4 | All of them have got a part to play , because we believe there are erm it 's a national problem , but the solutions are in each community different and we need the community to look at a situation and see what can be done on the ground , and I can give many examples of the sort of thing one has in mind . |
| 5 | I mean I suppose there is in all social work in a sense , that if you go in to look at a family and , and you 're trying to assess you know whether the children should be taken into care , well you 're exercising a a sort of statutory erm er sort of responsibility , and as far as the clients are concerned , er if you , like that can sort of get in the way of er er a more human sort of relationship if you see what I mean , because |
| 6 | This enormous gift that , despite all the trying things that went with it , Phoebe had received ; this capacity to look at a thing and know that , because it must be done , it is the doing of it that brings freedom and salvation . |
| 7 | Coun. Grant said : ‘ We have to look at every junction and every area of road to try to improve safety and take whatever traffic calming measures we can . |
| 8 | Move on now to look at an area that 's er not frequently er does n't impinge a great deal on life in this country but it certainly does for travellers and for many people in the developing world . |
| 9 | They 've asked him to look at the case because it makes a mockery of justice . |
| 10 | And I had one rehearsal of two Bach pieces which were really difficult and I was com , feeling completely frantic during the break in rehearsal , and went over to look at the music and some fellow called Don bounded over to me and said , oh you ca n't be you know you sh ca n't be looking at that now , ba , la dee da dee da ! |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Once at the Tate , they usually had time only to look at the sea and river pieces , the Turners and the Whistlers . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | One of the er matters that er one needs to apply one 's mind to in considering whether or not this land serves a greenbelt function or not , is to look at the land and assess whether or not it is more closely associated with the village or more closely associated with the er agricultural open land beyond the village . |
| 15 | She turned to look at the registrar as he strode smiling into the room , and her bemused expression must have registered . |
| 16 | It 's a difficult job to look at the legislation and see a way through it for organisations dealing with homelessness — there is no way through it . |
| 17 | Erm and it , it was us , I mean not only do we , I mean we develop her a a response , that means , we , we work with Councillor 's we work with Senior Officer 's in other departments and we look at the policy angles , like for example with , with that piece of legislation , when , when we first realised what the impact for that legislation was , it was gon na mean that we were ten million pound short in our housing money basically , that was , that was what it looked like on the surface and you think oh my god how you gon na make up for that short fall , that would mean an eleven pound a week rise in rent , that 's what it worked out as , so , well we ca n't do that , how , and then you have to look at the legislation and you say what are the loop holes here , and erm , and it involves contacting outside organisations and getting there opinion and finding out what other Council 's are doing and responding to things like this , and we did come up with a way , of , of reducing that deficit , but that 's the kind of thing we do . |
| 18 | The council said it would cost £10 to send somebody to look at the wall and then I 'd have to pay to have it repaired . |
| 19 | Then she turned to look at the Frenchman and spoke softly in his language . |
| 20 | Mae Brown , an educational psychologist , liaises with the SSD to look at the assessment and treatment of children who have been sexually abused . |
| 21 | There is no reason to look at the ceiling because it no longer exists . |
| 22 | To look at the mess that faces you now , |
| 23 | Now in this first session I really want to look at the way that er er financial planning will affect you once you , once you retire , it may be that 's the sort of area you 've not looked at in detail . |
| 24 | ‘ We indicated we would be interested to talk to Gerry Adams , because I wanted to look at the man and hear his voice and ask him directly about how he could be in league with an organisation like the IRA . |
| 25 | ‘ We indicated we would be interested to talk to Gerry Adams , because I wanted to look at the man and hear his voice and ask him directly about how he could be in league with an organisation like the IRA . |
| 26 | Management ought to look at the work that you do and that you could be asked to do under any contractual ‘ flexibility ’ provisions before finally deciding upon the groups of people from which redundancy candidates will be sought . |
| 27 | You have only to look at the shape and solidness of a barbel to see where he gets his speed and power . |
| 28 | A good rule is to look at the shape and size of the flower before you press it , and then imagine what it will look like once it is flat . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | Before people talk of Europe from the Atlantic to the Urals , they ought to look at the map and understand what they are saying . |