Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] look [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A sleek black plastic casing surrounds this contender and it 's really rather pleasant to look at . |
| 2 | Seen on the ground the Piper Apache is a chubby little bird , somewhat dated and rather sedate looking in comparison with its younger cousin , the Twin Comanche , but there is an impression of dependability and a promise of comfort . |
| 3 | So are you saying then effectively that looking towards the post two thousand and six scenario , and bearing in mind that that review will not be let , will , is likely to take place at the most within the next five years ? |
| 4 | While Boss Vid , the usual hits package , can get irritating , and does n't answer any of the truly vital questions about The Shamen ( such as why are those headphone mics so annoying to look at , and why does the sight of Mr C turn grown men into sobbing rags ? ) it does have its moments . |
| 5 | It is meaningless therefore to ask whether people are less willing to look after their elderly relatives than in the past , when this particular dimension of family obligation was simply not put to the test for most people in previous generations . |
| 6 | There were so many children that each one of the mothers and nursemaids thought that he must belong to somebody else , but as he was about the same size as the children and not much different to look at , he was able to make friends with some of them . |
| 7 | This is seen as part of its policy to make citizens more self-reliant , and less prone to look to the state for financial and practical support when they are out of work , chronically sick , elderly and infirm and so on . |
| 8 | We 're not so much looking to Wembley . |
| 9 | All too often , shrubs , including roses , conifers and the like , are planted not for their intrinsic beauty , not for an attractive combination of colour , but because they do not need so much looking after as plants that have to be lifted before the frost , and replanted fresh each year' . |
| 10 | While you are on the roof there is so much to look at that it is easy to miss some important feature . |
| 11 | Secondly , it 's obviously impossible to look at endomembrane channels using this technique . |
| 12 | He was also for much of the middle part of his life financially sufficiently insecure to look to the personal aid and patronage of others , including Claphamites , from whose psychologically stabilising intimacies he was excluded . |
| 13 | There are some production hiccups that still need sorting and the setup should be better , but it 's generally well-built , highly individual to look at and I 'd recommend it to anybody just for the wonderful mixture of filth , jangle and clang that the pickups provide . |
| 14 | It is perhaps instructive to look in some detail at one accident report to see if the question as to why it happened was answered as well as the question of what happened . |
| 15 | As Westernizing tribes like the Kikuyu became more and more politically active , it was only natural to look to the Masai , who showed no interest in either taxation or representation , as a potential ‘ counterpoise to the agitator class ’ . |
| 16 | ‘ But Melanie 's so gorgeous to look at . |
| 17 | And sometimes the ghosts are so pretty to look at . |
| 18 | She said they 'd be much better to look for a house in this area but |
| 19 | One litter a year is quite enough for my needs , and it is in any case very much better to look after one litter properly — it may number eight or a dozen — than to spread the effort ( and the food available ) through a much larger number . |
| 20 | Larkin 's own oast house is not so good to look at . |
| 21 | He was so good to look at . |
| 22 | Obviously many look on it as a significant occasion which is very , very flattering ’ . |
| 23 | Opportunities to be creative as an architect are limited , so many look for other artistic challenges , she explained . |
| 24 | It 's not necessarily anti-male prejudice — men are more likely to be full-time at work and less able to look after the kids . |
| 25 | ‘ You 're so beautiful to look at , is n't she , Pete ? |
| 26 | Manchester manages with one constable for every 524 inhabitants , in Liverpool a constable has only 467 to look after . |
| 27 | he 's going , so busy looking on what 's going on behind the question that 's being asked , that you never answer the question that you 're being asked in the first place . |
| 28 | I 'm not sure between her and Tony , Tony 's so busy looking into |
| 29 | They could go into the chapel , and the Adam library , and the red drawing-room , and with a bit of luck they 'd be so busy looking at the Chippendale and the Hepplewhite they would n't notice the holes in the rugs . ’ |
| 30 | You 're sometimes so busy looking at the wood that you do n't smell the trees are rotten . ’ |