Example sentences of "[pron] [is] look [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He made the claim while giving evidence to the Employment Select Committee , which is looking at the way the closure programme was handled . |
| 2 | There are various activities going on at the present , looking at the state of the rainforest , and what is happening , one of which is a project which we are involved in ourselves , which is looking at the incentives to people to erm manage the forest , for sustained yield , so it produces timber indefinitely . |
| 3 | Word-processing and the development of the written language Clive Opie , Lecturer in Education ( Computer Studies ) , has launched a project during the present session which is looking at the development of the written language of ten year olds using word-processors . |
| 4 | erm Professor Lacey , a colleague who is at the moment erm the research advisor of the Schools Council , has a project based here which is looking at the impact erm of these Schools Councils projects over the years , which ones have made an impact , which have fallen away , why some have succeeded , why others have fallen off . |
| 5 | And part of that is them buying from responsible producers or suppliers , which is looking at the record of the company . |
| 6 | THE development of Britain 's atomic power programme could be resurrected under plans being considered by British Nuclear Fuels which is looking at the feasibility of establishing itself as a major player in the post-privatisation electricity market . |
| 7 | ‘ What I hope will come out of the book is this : the Americans have a joint US/Russian commission which is looking into the matter , and I think it is about time that the British government asked for a seat on that commission . |
| 8 | I think erm there is some dispute as to erm what size the new settlement must be to become what 's termed an integrated and balanced community , and given the importance of this issue , and it has been with us for the last three years , ever since the new settlement was first proposed , erm I find it very surprising that North Yorkshire County Council have not undertaken any work of their own on this subject area , and have relied instead on a a residual approach to find the new settlement size , and I must say I find that very unsatisfactory , what North Yorkshire County Council are inviting you , erm , to accept is whatever size the residual for Greater York is , you know , has been in the past I should say , proposals from the public , from the private sector have come forward , an and the County Council have used those proposals as confirmation that the new settlement of that particular size was viable , it 's a sort of self fulfilling prophecy , now I think that 's unacceptable , what they have n't done is the second part of the technical exercise , which is to look at the thresholds of the various services and facilities required in the new settlement . |
| 9 | Secondly Chairman I would like to draw the Councillors ' attention to the fact that I 'm this years representative on the South East Waste Regulation Advisory Committee and we have indeed got in hand a project which is to look at the whole of the recycling and the priorities for the South East region and I would imagine that by the time our officers have reported back to this Authority that they will have an advantage of having access to that report . |
| 10 | Or rather she 's looking at the screen and that 's what happens to be on . |
| 11 | She 's looking through the dress rail . |
| 12 | If you 're the earner , and she 's looking after the children , it 's usually down to you to make regular payments for the children 's upkeep at least until they reach the age of seventeen — and longer if they 're still in education . |
| 13 | She 's looked at the results of samples taken by the National Rivers Authority from a mineshaft and other sites on land owned by Watkins engineering , of Sling , near Coleford . |
| 14 | She 's looked at the results of samples taken by the National Rivers Authority from a mineshaft and other sites on land owned by Watkins engineering , of Sling , near Coleford . |
| 15 | She 's looked at the results of samples taken by the National Rivers Authority from a mineshaft and other sites on land owned by Watkins engineering , of Sling , near Coleford . |
| 16 | She 's looked at the results of samples taken by the National Rivers Authority from a mineshaft and other sites on land owned by Watkins engineering , of Sling , near Coleford . |
| 17 | ‘ And mind you , you 're not the only one who 's looking to the future . |
| 18 | Yeah I 'll meet you up there look , look at her look , look who 's looking in the window ! |
| 19 | The snub is badly timed for Mr Major , who is looking to the US for a vital settlement in tough talks over farm subsidies to avert a damaging trade war . |
| 20 | In terms of progressing or taking part in the discussion , can I suggest that if you want to come in on a particular item , you put your name board up like that , so that we can readily observe it er and equally , our friend who is looking after the microphones can make sure that the vol the volume of your microphone is turned up at the appropriate time . |
| 21 | Friend and neighbour Mary Ayers , who is looking after the Thoroughgood Road , Clacton , bungalow until it is handed over to executors today , discovered the break-in yesterday morning . |
| 22 | ‘ It 's the first time I 've ever been able to persuade Beefy to stop for treatment , ’ says Dave ‘ Rooster ’ Roberts , the new England cricket team physio who is looking after the walkers . |
| 23 | Essentially the four areas are computational modelling , what contribution a do n't write these down because they 're not the same as the ones on the board , but it 's looking at the role of computational modelling in perception , although you could start off with a broader definition of it within cognitive psychology . |
| 24 | While the Government has made no promises , it is looking into the assessors ' findings . |
| 25 | It is looking at the relationship between share prices and inflation adjusted accounts . |
| 26 | BOLA keeps insisting that it is looking after the interest of all punters by examining the details of this affair and issuing the ‘ No pay ’ edict . |
| 27 | The announcement of his departure came just one day after Barclays revealed that it is to look outside the bank for a new chief executive to take over some of the powers presently held by chairman and chief executive , Andrew Buxton . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | It is to look at the characteristics of the land itself , rather than to associate it of necessity with the land on one side of it or the land on the other side of it . |
| 30 | If you get a job in the warehouse or stock-room of a retailing firm , you will soon find out just how important it is to look after the stock properly . |