Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] looking at " in BNC.

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1 How lovely , thought Winnie , letting her knitting fall and looking at the leaping flames , if she agreed !
2 This type of debate can only be resolved when looking at the functions in some detail .
3 The possible implications of this development are best considered when looking at the more general direction which the control on discretion is , and should be , taking .
4 There are a number of factors that are to be considered when looking at motivation and morale within public sector organisations and these operate at many different levels .
5 A number of pitfalls have to be considered when looking at diversification not least lack of experience in a new venture , the capital cost and working capital requirements , the cautious attitude of banks , and the marketing side .
6 Mark , who worked at investment house Foreign & Colonial , evaluates all the ideas with the same attention to the bottom line he used when looking at applications to provide venture capital .
7 I conclude that looking at the matter from the point of view of expense incurred and not from the point of view of loss to the employer no expense could be regarded as having been incurred as a result of the decision of the authorities of the college to provide this particular benefit to the taxpayer .
8 However , it was said that looking at the employee 's base was not the be-all and end-all .
9 Accuracy is best ensured by writing an exact description of what is seen while looking at it and checking the completed description before moving on .
10 Finally , one has to wonder when looking at some of the Tour professionals ' clubs .
11 And he was gone , we did n't even answer , and Caroline was looking after him , and shrugging and looking at me and saying , well , really .
12 Current Department of Agriculture inspection methods — feeling , smelling and looking at the food — were judged inappropriate as , in the case of fish , they can not not detect the toxins .
13 His wife nodded at his side but continued to clean the pans without replying or looking at him .
14 Right th the erm I accept that looking at work carried out , which is what we 've got in a number of instances , like
15 S so apart from digging and researching and looking at old buildings , what other jobs do archaeologists do ?
16 Following this , they laid him on the bed again , and when he started to groan May said , ‘ He 'll live , ’ and turning and looking at Mrs Funnell , she added , ‘ Unfortunately , ’ before marching out of the room .
17 This does not in the least matter when looking at birds or distant ships , but it is not helpful when observing a planet or a star , when it is important to collect as much light as possible .
18 For a moment , the Doctor toyed lightly with the simularity crystal he had found while looking at the blood on the floor .
19 No such clear-cut patterns emerge when looking at the substance of their preferences : whom they had chosen to comment on , and whether they regarded them favourably or unfavourably .
20 The test is basically an objective one , although subjective factors are introduced when looking at child defendants and persons under a disability .
21 Since , as we saw when looking at the financing of the PSBR , such borrowing does not increase the money supply , it reduces the otherwise expansionary effect on the money supply of the PSBR .
22 They never stopped eating or talking or looking at people performing .
23 This means that looking at the process in an ex-post fashion , the underwriters made a return of 1.11 per cent .
24 At the first morning of rehearsal he began yawning and looking at his watch , wanting to be off for a drink .
25 Behind us the mug standing beside the tail car was yawning and looking at his watch .
26 Round about four o'clock in the afternoon he would sometimes forget Morris and sprawl back in his chair with his hands behind his head , yawning and looking at the ceiling , just as he had before Morris 's arrival .
27 Leaving aside such considerations as whether you would still be able to have your grandchildren to stay and looking at the matter strictly in financial terms , it is as well to realise from the outset that the cash difference on the exchange — in other words , your profit — will invariably be less than you expect .
28 Sitting and looking at it , she nodded : she 'd call it Fly Away Home .
29 Today he was quiet all right , standing and looking at the weather maps with the rest of his crew , smoking a cigarette with jerky hands .
30 Some aspects of the nature of the site have already been discussed when looking at the effect of the building regulations .
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