Example sentences of "look [adv] to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is an establishment which distrusts individualism , which prefers to proceed through collaboration , which looks still to the state to redress the workings of the market , to resist centripetal force which the City of London exerts . |
| 2 | It turns from Proust 's text and looks outward to the language system in general ; and at the same time it represents de Man 's voice speaking from outside and intruding into Proust 's text . |
| 3 | Doug chatters with cold like a little monkey , and Bill looks darkly to the horizon . |
| 4 | Looked upwards to the sky : and there , up there , glimpsed now and then between the moving boughs , was the constellation of the great bear … and the pole star . |
| 5 | For example , when Lok looks across to the island in the burgeoning spring , a narratorial simile compares the haze of early spring buds to smoke : " there were buds everywhere on the island too , drifts of them like clouds of bright green smoke " ( p. 101 ) . |
| 6 | — ‘ in thought I see my past madness ’ ; these two cries are from the Arnaut Daniel speech ending Purgatorio XXVI , where the poet condemned to the circle of lust prays for the hearer 's consideration and looks forward to the release from the to tortures meted out to the lustful . |
| 7 | He looks forward to the day when home computers are so widespread that the price for software will drop by 75 per cent . |
| 8 | There is no doubt she feels that she has paid a high price for her royal life and looks forward to the day when she can spend a weekend in Paris or , as she says , ‘ I can run along a beach without a policeman following me ’ . |
| 9 | Birthtales looks forward to the day when these female experiences are considered to be a valid subjects for inclusion in galleries . |
| 10 | Campaign TV John Dugdale looks forward to the night of the swingometer |
| 11 | But it is also a hotel which actively looks forward to the future . |
| 12 | The new Executive looks forward to the future , with a stern brow , a firm hand on the tiller and a will to be successful . |
| 13 | George looks back to the past and Nick looks forward to the future . |
| 14 | Although her poetry often speaks of ill health and many times looks forward to the poet 's early death , she died of measles , a sudden illness which she was too weak to withstand . |
| 15 | She had n't really expected to see him at the funeral , though she had looked forward to the possibility with unseemly excitement considering the solemnity of the occasion . |
| 16 | The Pharisees looked forward to the coming of the Messiah . |
| 17 | I had greatly looked forward to the meeting , hoping to hear words of wit and wisdom about the law , and perhaps a few good legal anecdotes . |
| 18 | At first Roger , warmed by his work , confidence boosted by a bombproof hex in the base of the corner , was still looking optimistically to the crux , and seemed surprised by my shaken croaks of retreat . |
| 19 | And still without needing to turn my head , but looking straight to the front , and walking at the same even pace along the path , I was conscious of a man perched motionless on the top bar of the gate , one leg over , so still that he might have been part of the gate itself . |
| 20 | Indeed , I detect an increased effort all round to attract youth onto the side of the RNLI , and this shows the Institution is looking both to the present and to the future and that is admirable . |
| 21 | Although in Britain to launch a new retrospective of her astonishing recording career , Greatest Hits 1965–1992 , Cher is looking firmly to the future . |
| 22 | He was looking neither to the right nor the left but out to sea , where a round ship was coming in from the south-east , her sails shuddering , her course designed to intersect with the Genoese just outside the harbour . |
| 23 | Looking ahead to the afternoon , and most of western and central Scotland should see some more of the sun , but for the east coast , it 'll continue rather cloudy and misty . |
| 24 | Looking ahead to the afternoon and evening , and the good news is that it will stay dry everywhere . |
| 25 | hello there … yes we 've come to Prestbury Park as Cheltenham readies itself for Gold Cup Week … we 'll be looking ahead to the festival in a few moments and also giving you the chance to win two tickets for the big day … first the weekend action and the big race in football … the chase for promotion |
| 26 | Looking ahead to the game , well , here 's Mickey again . |
| 27 | Looking ahead to the AGM , nominations are needed now for class members or teachers to serve on the Executive Committee and play a vital role in deciding how the Society is run ON YOUR BEHALF . |
| 28 | She is full of admiration for the care and attention she is receiving at the hospital but is already looking ahead to the time when she is strong enough to go on to a convalescent home . |
| 29 | Looking ahead to the retirement of the baby-boom generation made the prospect even worse . |
| 30 | The prophet Ezekiel had given this oracle from God , looking ahead to the age of fulfilment : |