Example sentences of "[subord] look " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first point was conceded by Angela Rumbold ( 1989 ) when she emphasised that performance indicators must be interpreted in context rather than looked at in isolation . |
| 2 | His eyes lingered on me , burning the sentence in ; than looked aside , at the doors . |
| 3 | But how many know ‘ the reason why ’ Bishop Jonathon Trelawney became a folk hero , although looked upon by many clerics as a worldly , indolent and drunken spendthrift ? |
| 4 | But as Navratilova , although looking somewhat shaky , recovered to win the next two sets 6-3 , 6-4 , to complete the victory over Spain , there was no stealing Evert 's thunder . |
| 5 | Although looking fit and ready to work , the edge seemed to be lacking on their mental agility . |
| 6 | Although looking at quilts is n't everyone 's idea of a great day out , organisers are keen to point out that it 's not a women only pastime . |
| 7 | Returning to academia he can recall the spatial remove as being ‘ out there in the field ’ ; so that much of the current anthropology at home may still only be practising in its own backyard , pursuing an exploration of ‘ exotic cultures at home ’ rather than looking into its own front room ( Cheater 1987 : 166 ) . |
| 8 | Rather than looking abroad , smart European bankers will already have realised that with banks like Chase Manhattan and Security Pacific pulling back from Europe , some of the best corporate business will now be up for grabs in their own backyards . |
| 9 | I feel there are a lot more important things in life than looking good , and in countries where life is harder you do n't have time to worry about such things , you 're too busy working or preparing the next meal . |
| 10 | Looking upwards is more tiring than looking down . |
| 11 | Ah yes , the mystic east , flying carpets , romance on all sides , and on the long sandy beach around the translucent waters of the bay at Ortakent you can laze your days away doing little else than looking deep into each other 's eyes . |
| 12 | An answer to this depends on a correct definition of human uniqueness rather than looking at those features Man shares with animals . ’ |
| 13 | Mira , it seems , is walking in the landscape rather than looking at it from a height : |
| 14 | Thus the most influential sociologists researching on later life in the last thirty years have been first and foremost concerned with documenting poverty and need among the old , rather than looking at their present lives as a whole , or how they reached where they are now . |
| 15 | Practising freekicks , with no ball , on no pretext other than looking as if you 'd have done a marvellous job if there had been a ball . |
| 16 | She has sought to highlight the positive ethical and aesthetic implications of Victorian science as they appear in literature ( rather than looking for further ammunition for what she calls the sterile and artificial battle of literature against science ) . |
| 17 | FOR FAR too long , glasses have been a matter of seeing well rather than looking good . |
| 18 | So we 're more than looking forward to reviewing this one , although before we examine it in detail perhaps we should take a quick look at Lowden 's model-numbering system , since with so many different options available , like cutaways , special inlays , different bindings and decoration , it 's sometimes hard to spot which model is which . |
| 19 | In these circumstances , a determined mother could be free to groom herself , hold office in this or that community activity , or find a job , in order to fulfil herself ; though none of them seemed to be able to explain why acting as a bank teller or the secretary of a charity , for example , was more fulfilling than looking after their own children . |
| 20 | Keep your exercises plain and simple , and you have a better chance of enjoying them , rather than looking on them as a burden . |
| 21 | ‘ She wanted to be doing things like playing on her home computer rather than looking after the rest of the family . |
| 22 | Rather than looking for formal ‘ truth conditions ’ in an utterance , Rommetveit prefers to start from H. James ' point ‘ we trade on each other 's truths ’ ( Rommetveit , 1982 ) . |
| 23 | ‘ There are more women caring for elderly relatives than looking after children under five but as yet we 've heard little about it . |
| 24 | A lot of them treat you more as a sort of friend and an equal rather than looking down … there 's a few teachers who treat you like a child rather than like themselves , but most of them are very friendly … well , I think it 's mainly because they 're younger teachers … and there 's not such a great age gap , you know . |
| 25 | For many fans ( and some teams ) , looking back is easier than looking forward , ( see boredom and kissing ) . |
| 26 | Rather than looking for deviations from pattern , perhaps one should be looking at the patterns produced by the modes of rationality which agents typically find it conventional to construct . |
| 27 | As being ourselves becomes more important than looking flashy , it is only natural that relaxed , comfortable clothing should emerge once more from the wardrobe . |
| 28 | So this slightly different than looking for angles is n't it . |
| 29 | It argues that if child support was received in addition to income support the resulting higher incomes would mean that more lone mothers would remain longer on benefit rather than looking for paid employment . |
| 30 | The argument is , and I accept the fact , that bowlers probably prefer their keepers standing back taking catches rather than looking for rare leg-side stumping opportunities . ’ |