Example sentences of "looks [adv] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It should be noted , however , that already with Schumpeter we have moved away from models based on the distinctiveness of the elite characteristic as an explanatory factor , to a lower-level operation which explicitly refers to realistic definitions rather than to explanations , and in which the model , such as it is , looks remarkably like a composite description of liberal democracy . |
| 2 | In the first case , elitism does not provide an explanation , being merely a loose term to describe a social category about which other features rather than the elite characteristic provide what explanation there is ; in the second case , the power elite looks remarkably like a social class , and elite explanation has come back full circle to its point of departure . |
| 3 | The most intriguing of these are bread crust bombs , which are rounded or angular lumps with a smooth , glassy crust broken up by deep cracks and fissures which expose the frothy , vesicular core of the bomb , so that it looks rather like a well-baked crusty loaf . |
| 4 | It looks rather like a motorised version of a child 's two-wheeled scooter , with upright handlebars . |
| 5 | In what looks rather like the thin end of the wedge for eventual privatisation of the phone company , BellSouth Corp yesterday said it had reached agreement to buy a 12.5% stake in France Telecom Mobiles Data SA , a newly formed unit of France Telecom . |
| 6 | The trap looks rather like an open-ended small plastic cloche , and hangs in the tree . |
| 7 | The built-in wooden dresser was already there , as was the exposed brick chimney breast — which , with the cooker slotted into the fireplace , looks rather like an old-fashioned kitchen range . |
| 8 | In this process in which the psychiatrist ( or psychoanalyst ) looks outwards from the individual psyche into his patient 's social network , he inevitably moves into territory which the social anthropologist ( and in Europe the sociologist ) regards as his — hence , of course , the boundary disputes alluded to above . |
| 9 | Since a primitive ankylosaur looks somewhat like a primitive stegosaur , it has been suggested that the two sub-orders were really one which split apart later on in the evolutionary story . |
| 10 | Rather it looks down at the scarred and broken Christ figure as if to say , ‘ Why ? |
| 11 | Looks down on the needy and the greedy now . ’ |
| 12 | His father had died serving the Empire as one of the Black Riders and as the boy looks down on the great imperial road from the quiet house of his foster-parents he listens to tales of the powerful Count Jasper , Governor of the Citadel and commander of those orthodox forces . |
| 13 | but looks down on the unchanged saffron flowers |
| 14 | From a height of 90 metres one looks down on an emerging pattern of roads , lakes and gardens , which will shortly be lined with pavilions from over a hundred countries . |
| 15 | Grant looks down into the dark waters . |
| 16 | If one looks only at the outer signs , one may see a cantankerous , dotty old person , but in the soul something very different may be perceived . |
| 17 | The ‘ hybrid ’ looks less like a controlled experiment than a hasty effort to balance political opposites . |
| 18 | The archway looks much like a giant length of intestine . |
| 19 | One calls it a console and it looks much like an awful cocktail cabinet . |
| 20 | US Cup press officer Jim Trecker says : ‘ If you did n't know the story , you would n't think it was anything out of the ordinary , it looks just like a plain grass field . |
| 21 | 12 LOOKS JUST LIKE THE REAL THING |
| 22 | The model , of course , looks just like the young Audrey Hepburn . |
| 23 | It looks exactly like the existing version but has a wider magnetic tape . |
| 24 | Not all materials are suitable for both modern and period treatments — for example , a dark velvet usually looks best in an antique-style frame , whereas a pale pink silk or cotton can be an attractive choice for a more modern setting . |
| 25 | The poet tells us that ‘ This race it looks not like an earthly race ’ , but it is not made clear what kind of chase we are witnessing . |
| 26 | If the baby looks more at the new patterns , it indicates that he/she can discriminate them from the original . |
| 27 | Sherman and Buzzie B. climb into a totally white BMW which looks more like a modern bathroom cabinet than a car . |
| 28 | Barebow , which does not have the aiming and balancing mechanisms found on modern compound bows , looks more like a traditional bow — but Claudio says that that is as far as the connection with Robin Hood or William Tell goes . |
| 29 | Dermot , you see , is an Elvis fan , and given the right stimulants , has been known to think he looks like Presley ( although , as one bemused clubber from Leeds commented , ‘ He looks more like a young Max Bygraves ’ ) . |
| 30 | An ex-workmate of Webster 's in a Yorkshire chocolate factory , Simmons looks more like a sober bank clerk with his tinges of grey and quiet manners . |