Example sentences of "look [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 Does it look about the same size as my other ?
2 Do they look about the same ?
3 If we saw the cyclist close to and the motorist a long way away , they would look about the same .
4 Before she left the party , she must look for the witch 's hat .
5 Among other things , this means that we should look for the origins of cognisance , as did Piaget , in infancy ( babyhood ) .
6 Where will Mary look for the coin when she comes back in ?
7 Typically , three-year-olds , but not four-year-olds , say that Mary will look for the coin where it really is — in the blue box .
8 You should look for the right company if you 're intending to buy one , the right situation in the right country and then move quickly .
9 Externally the palazzo is severe and a little dull — though you should look for the symbol of the Viscontis , the snake eating the saracen — but inside it is exquisite , comprising two courtyards which are occasionally open to the visitor ; as the palazzo now houses private offices , visiting is not unrestrained .
10 You should look for the biggest gap between waves , this will probably occur on a gentle slope of the beach , as on a steep part of the beach the waves will break closer together .
11 But rather than be diverted by the red herring of whether or not such a category should exist or by the tricky question of how love should be expressed outwith marriage , let us not look for the borderline .
12 A small apple tree , a garden pea or even a strawberry plant pass through various stages during spring and summer and children can look for the first appearance of leaves and flowers and fruit .
13 After two more appearances , during which you are inconveniently looking the wrong way , you decide to go and look for the ghost .
14 ‘ Never mind , ’ said the doctor , ‘ now we 'll look for the polyps .
15 So instead of immediately looking for the weakness in a woman , I will look for the strength and I will discount the fact that she might have a great body or be simply beautiful .
16 He will look for the nine natural colours found at the root which is the healthiest part of the hair and combine them to produce your personal Style Colour .
17 It is mainly to adult adventure stones that they must look for the romantic and chivalric manifestations of love towards which they reach in adolescence ; such feelings are by convention regarded as unseemly and unsuitable in books written specifically for the young .
18 In other words , we should always look for the origin of social norms and consider whether the values and expectations reproduced through socialisation serve the interests of any particular group or class .
19 ‘ The coming of age of [ political ] democracy in our society ’ was , in the event , marked in 1979 not by the return to office of the Labour Government which had written the terms of reference for the Bullock Committee , and to which the trade union movement might look for the advancement of industrial democracy as the movement had specified it .
20 Whether it would have been possible against this background of practically continuous fighting in the south , more than a year before the first Vietnam war between France and the Vietminh is usually reckoned to have begun , for either side to have modified its objectives to the point where compromise could have been reached is obviously a question which is relevant to the origins of the Vietnam war and one must therefore look for the characteristics which , at least after the event , suggest a remarkably high risk of collision .
21 In other words , I mean I 'm retired and I mean the point is that my erm experience goes back into the er into the dark ages I can almost say because in these days , you probably realise , I mean if anybody buys a video you do n't ask you do n't look for the book of instructions you ask about a five year old kiddy how to programme it !
22 This strategy recommends that , whenever psychological theorists consider a psychological process , they should also look for the counter-process .
23 This assumption suggests that researchers should look for the contrary , but socially shared , themes within the thinking of members of social groups .
24 Did you drink it ? or Arthur drank it will look for the referent of it among liquids .
25 You should look for the author 's name in the name or author catalogue .
26 Then , and only then , may you look for the individual volume .
27 You must not look for the book until you reach the shelf carrying its class number .
28 A piece of fundamental fieldwork : people do n't look for the unexpected .
29 And er Oh and if he If the time of the the er tinkers that they came round , if they came round about the time of the the pig killing they would look for the piece of bacon .
30 She did not look for the man .
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