Example sentences of "is look [prep] " in BNC.

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1 If the present , our present , has a place in the novel , it is as something that is looked to and not seen ; we do not exist .
2 A picture or two is looked at .
3 Even more insulation is given by looking at all things from the transcendent level , for then each event is looked at as if it is seen through coloured lenses that transfigure it and place it in another dimension and time .
4 But when the problem is looked at from the miners ' point of view a rather different history comes into view .
5 So all lines of enquiry in regard to body stance are amenable to alternative explanations , perhaps because the issue is looked at from the wrong perspective .
6 Each covenant is looked at in the light of the people , the business or the profession and all the circumstances involved .
7 The same kind of problem arises if the system is looked at from the angle of the natural sciences .
8 Where standard discussions of the self talk about memory and unity , brain transplants , the rational agent acting on his beliefs and desires , or the self in its public aspect as citizen , here the self is looked at in the context of the past history of a person , unconscious or fantasy relationships with others , the importance of feelings , or the body .
9 In this chapter , the everyday division of labour at work is looked at in some detail , in order to understand how all the parties involved -employers , men and women — interpreted the questions of skill and pay .
10 The role of finds in dating is looked at in the next chapter , but perhaps the most obvious way in which finds can tell us about the past is by providing evidence about ancient technology .
11 well I do feel that a car is looked at from a performance point of view , I mean I agree that a lot of bad drivers , but I still think you could help a lot by getting the design of the car right , because sometimes accidents do happen , even though nobody is really at fault and er I feel strongly that were looking at it from the wrong way round .
12 Each application is looked at carefully to make sure that those in most need will receive the service .
13 Level 4 — recalculates the blackout and whiteout values by calling getBoundaries , but this time only the reference area is looked at .
14 A case that is considered thoroughly is looked at in the round and all the relevant factors are taken into proper consideration .
15 Now what we have done is looked at s these causeway relief arches which pass the water from one side of the to the other at .
16 However , syphilis is a systemic infection and , if the treponeme is looked for , it will be found to be affecting many different organs in the body , from the liver to the lungs and the brain to the bones .
17 Often , when some rare modern book is looked for , it is a Boots copy that is finally located .
18 Note that although not required in law , corroboration of the victim 's evidence is looked for in practice .
19 Corroboration is looked for in practice and the following circumstances will usually amount to corroboration :
20 The simplest accommodation is all that is looked for , just good clean sleeping rooms with blankets , somewhere to eat and a place to shelter from inclement weather .
21 It can be immensely useful — and that is what is looked for with lateral thinking — or it can be false .
22 In a mass item , although a high standard is looked for , the large number required may bring about a variation in levels of performance and the contents needs to allow for this ( e.g. working in sections ) .
23 Nothing fancy is looked for in the way of bait and tackle : it 's the basic hook , line and worm .
24 West Indian cricket has been strong for so long principally because it is looked upon almost as a religion in the Caribbean .
25 Borrowing is looked upon as a natural part of everyday life so long as it is kept within bounds .
26 Too often the clinical teacher is looked upon as an interfering and critical representative of the school of nursing - and as one who takes three hours to teach a student how to take a blood pressure !
27 Of course , all this is perfectly in order , especially when you consider that any serious deviation from accepted practices is looked upon as being positively avant garde by the guitar-buying majority .
28 Borrowing is looked upon as a natural part of everyday life so long as it is kept within bounds .
29 A man or woman with bow legs is looked upon as an ugly person .
30 He therefore addressed the Congress as representative of both organisations ; The National Institute for the Deaf , although it is a comparatively new body , is looked upon as the premier organisation in Great Britain …
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