1.   The government looked so vulnerable that even irreproachable traditionalists among the landowning nobility concluded that political reform was inescapable.

2.   The government is looking at various proposals for cutting down the number of cars on our roads.

3.   His new government looks pretty much like the old one.

4.   His government is looking distinctly shaky.

5.   Yet the handling of the report has made the government look fumbling and unprepared.

6.   The government would also look for ways of encouraging private investment in long-distance roads, with the possible introduction of a toll system.

7.   As concern over state expenditure mounted, governments have looked for ways of cutting back the volume of support for the railways.

8.   A local Euro M P says the government should have looked more closely at its European neighbours before introducing the Poll Tax.

9.   An official of the Moldovan Embassy in Washington said that his government was looking into the alleged fraud.