Example sentences of "looking at the " in BNC.
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| 31 | By looking at the kinship terms of a society one could therefore know by this means what had been the previous kinship system , practised in the past by the people concerned . |
| 32 | Looking at the angel 's image you can dream , ask for what you want . |
| 33 | They stood under the willow trees , looking at the river . |
| 34 | Looking at the branched hanging lamp of teak and smoky glass , the velvet curtains and the big colour television set , Wexford decided that Hatton had done his wife proud . |
| 35 | The doors were padlocked anyway and I got what I wanted for my purpose from looking at the outside . ’ |
| 36 | I yell , looking at the telly screen . |
| 37 | At first , cos I 'm looking at the baby , I do n't see who the lady is . |
| 38 | ‘ She 's in care , ’ she says , looking at the photos again . |
| 39 | I say , still looking at the window . |
| 40 | I wander round the park a bit looking at the trees and stuff . |
| 41 | I get real hungry looking at the photos — I ai n't ate for ages . |
| 42 | Yes , Erika had enjoyed it , very much so ; the proud little manager , looking at the other guests , the intimacy of the talk with her mother , and , knowing her mother 's pride in her children , she had been touched by her concern about the special sports school . |
| 43 | Karl gazed across the street , looking at the arch , and the horses and goddess , and the flags of the two Germanys . |
| 44 | Commenting on the 72nd anniversary of the Russian Revolution , in the openly frank vein that is the hallmark of glasnost , Mr Prokhorov went on : ‘ Well , one may think so , looking at the industrial down-swing , inflation , transport malfunctions , coal miners ’ strikes and semi-barren shelves of shops . |
| 45 | It is like looking at the menu in a French restaurant . |
| 46 | 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 . |
| 47 | For those who are weekly paid , normal earnings are estimated by looking at the last five weeks pay , or the last two months for the monthly paid . |
| 48 | For those who are weekly paid , normal earnings are estimated by looking at the last five weeks pay , or the last two months for the monthly paid . |
| 49 | It is also worth looking at the smaller , regional building societies . |
| 50 | For television , what began with the appointment in March 1985 of Professor Alan Peacock to chair a committee looking at the financing of the BBC , has turned into a radical shake-up of commercial TV which , for the moment , leaves the BBC largely unscathed . |
| 51 | Mr Eccles says non-EC groups are also looking at the new regulations to identify ‘ schemes that overcome the more onerous ownership restrictions ’ . |
| 52 | For those who are weekly paid , normal earnings are estimated by looking at the last five weeks pay , or the last two months for the monthly paid . |
| 53 | It is also worth looking at the smaller , regional building societies . |
| 54 | It is also worth looking at the smaller , regional building societies . |
| 55 | The DTI showed ‘ lack of a sufficiently rigorous and enquiring approach ’ when looking at the activities of the investment group . |
| 56 | ‘ I 'm looking at the partnership agreement now … trm , trm , trm , here we are — death in partnership — well , it dissolves the partnership , course it does , but what happens to the money ? |
| 57 | The faint-object camera has also been looking at the remnants of the supernova which excited astronomers in 1987 . |
| 58 | Looking at the other indicators , employment dropped 1.4% in the nine months to April . |
| 59 | But before looking at the idea behind this revolution in printing , consider its consequences . |
| 60 | Samuel Butler offers his readers a helpful hint : ‘ to know whether you are enjoying a piece of music or not , you must see whether you find yourself looking at the advertisement of Pears soap at the end of the programme ’ . |