Example sentences of "[coord] [pers pn] look to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The King exerted his influence , not just because forty or fifty Members of Parliament held government posts , but because others in the House of Commons looked to him for financial help in fighting elections , or they looked to him for contracts , pensions , and favours for friends . |
| 2 | The trusts have clearly passed that test , and I look to the hon. Gentleman to admit that . |
| 3 | This is one of the problems under which the law labours , because of course , if we did n't accept that it 's individual guilt that counts , and we looked to group guilt , then that in itself is an infringement of civil liberties and human rights , you are being judged not according to your acts but according to the acts of others erm with whom you happened to associate , even though your conduct may not in itself be reprehensible . |
| 4 | He had always been involved to some extent , but when an old villager came to him and said , ‘ You ca n't let this thing die , your father was a polemaster and we look to you to see this thing does n't stop ’ , he could n't resist the challenge . |
| 5 | It has been a special joy in recent times to see the growth in the church of a truly global mission concern , and we look to your continued support as we try to make the challenge of Mission in its fullest sense the emphasis at this year 's Assembly , and beyond . |
| 6 | Moving on to structures , and we look to France for the offer of all year round tennis from the makers of the polygonal , aluminium/fabric system , Walu Structures . |
| 7 | Her Majesty 's Government have the greatest respect for the International Court of Justice and we look to co-operating with it . |
| 8 | ‘ We will continue … to pursue steadily the path of co-operation with China and we look to the Chinese side to do the same . |
| 9 | They adapted well to the conditions in the end but at half-time the found the Emerging Wallabies leading by 21–4 and they looked to be heading for a big win . |
| 10 | It spanned the road ahead , the brickwork streaked with dark tears and three black holes in the middle , one for the traffic and two smaller ones on each side for pedestrians , and they looked to Preston like mouths , or nostrils , breathing fog . |
| 11 | They see a place for a Bill of Rights , a written constitution and constitutional court ; they want to increase the checks on government through a more balanced constitution consequent upon the establishment of a reformed , elected , second chamber with increased powers of delay ; and they look to a revival of the position of Parliament and parliamentary government . |
| 12 | North West side Brigade stand in the way of North Down 's success — and they look to be formidable opposition . |
| 13 | ‘ Well they were townies you know , ’ she finally says , ‘ and it looked to me that when townies hung out together they all dressed the same , did the same things , went to the same places and I was really different . |
| 14 | When the body is elastic , the strain converts kinetic into potential energy … like drawing the string of a longbow , or winding the spring of a clock , or charging an electrical condensor , or filling a balloon with hot air … and it looks to be alive . |
| 15 | And it looks to me as if you do , too ? ’ |
| 16 | And it looks to me as if you two lovely people were just made for each other ! ’ |
| 17 | But I looked to a philosophical point of view more comprehensive even than that of the early Collingwood , and I thought I had found the germ of it in the lectures he delivered in my last year on ‘ Nature and Mind ’ . |
| 18 | They were very discreet but it looked to me like an assignation . ’ |
| 19 | L190 has a good start in clean air but it looks to be the unfavoured end of the line . |
| 20 | I may be hard , but it looks to me like an excuse for not facing the real world — perhaps a welcome excuse . ’ |
| 21 | He stiffened when he saw them and Devlin said cheerfully , ‘ Very pretty , son , but it looks to me as if someone 's been spoiling your good looks . ’ |
| 22 | I mean , she could have been er in love with Rochester but it looks to me like a beginning of an idea , you know , that er there are circumstances in which she er |