Example sentences of "[vb pp] [to-vb] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hartley 's philosophy was in fact an early form of the twentieth-century scheme of mental association known as Behaviourism ( Pavlov 's dogs were taught to salivate at the sound of an electric bell ) , and if writing today he would presumably have compared the brain to a computer . |
| 2 | Supposing , just supposing , that Mackay and Parsons had arranged to meet at the cottage . |
| 3 | They had arranged to meet at the Metropole Hotel . |
| 4 | They had arranged to meet at a pub in Soho , not far from Helen 's flat . |
| 5 | We 'd arranged to meet at her house . ’ |
| 6 | They are , for the most part , light entertainments enlivened by mysterious foreigners , odd situations and an abundance of documentary detail deftly manipulated to appear at once familiar and slightly absurd or ominous . |
| 7 | It is worth noting the language in the Federation rebuttal of the PSI report , for it illustrates how the culture is programmed to sneer at the ‘ graphic literary phrase ’ and dismiss the use of ‘ anecdotal material ’ as unscientific : while participant observation is considered to be a world away from ‘ research based on safe academic principles ’ ( my emphasis ) . |
| 8 | After much uncertainty it became plain that the Russians could not expect Mr Aziz to return to Moscow until late on Thursday ; he was expected to go at once to see Mikhail Gorbachev . |
| 9 | This means that average household size in Great Britain fell from about 3.21 to about 2.56 persons over this period and this decline is expected to continue at least until to the end of the century ( Social Trends 10 , 1979 , Table 2.3 ; General Household Survey 1985 , 1987 , Table 3.11 ; Department of the Environment , 1986a ) . |
| 10 | Personal bankruptcies may also slow down because of the recent interest rate cuts but are expected to continue at a high level for some time , he said . |
| 11 | She shot him a look designed to kill at fifty feet , but he only raised one eyebrow in mute enquiry . |
| 12 | The rate is expected to remain at 54% until the end of the century . |
| 13 | High street sales fell in Novbember and business this month is now expected to remain at last year 's depressed levels , says Nigel Whittaker , chairman of the CBI 's Distributive Trades Panel . |
| 14 | Commenting on its figures ( see page seven ) , Amsterdam-based networking and electrical engineering group Getronics NV says it sees no evidence of market growth , and assuming no major acquisitions occur , its business will grow hardly any faster than in 1992 , when net profit rose 14% ; its investment is expected to remain at the same level as in 1992 , and cash flow is expected to develop on a comparable basis . |
| 15 | Left-wing parties were highly critical of the proposals , and called instead for increases in public spending to reduce unemployment , which was expected to remain at around 10 per cent . |
| 16 | In Britain , water tables are expected to remain at a low level throughout the summer . |
| 17 | Driven by up to eight Intel Corp 80860XP RISCs , Realityengine is claimed to perform at 800 MFLOPS and comes with up to 160Mb of memory for handling screen display . |
| 18 | Fergus said , ‘ And so I was sent away and Grainne was permitted to remain at Tara . ’ |
| 19 | The few pieces of furniture looked old , solid , and unprepossessing , the kind of stuff that Pete would have expected to see at the bargain end of a market-town auction . |
| 20 | It says that two networks are already connected at 2Mbps , and a further four — including three interfacing via TCP/IP — are expected to connect at 2Mbps in the next few months . |
| 21 | In the coming two years sales are targeted to continue at an even faster rate , contributing an extra 9.5 billion to the Exchequer by April 1988 . |
| 22 | The body fluids of marine fish are generally more dilute than those of sea water , and would be expected to freeze at temperatures of -0.6° to -0.8°C ( Schmidt-Nielsen , 1975 ) , a degree or more higher than the freezing point of polar sea water . |
| 23 | It is , however , a very special kind of autobiography , and may be compared to the accounts of their own lives which the early Methodists were expected to write at the time of their reception into the church : in such spiritual autobiographies divine visitations were singled out for special mention as evidences of God 's grace and power ; they were contrasted with laments over sinful behaviour and backsliding , and led to the culminating moment of conversion . |
| 24 | On this occasion , his uncle , the peppery old Nabob , was bidden to dine at the Cecil Hotel , in order that it might be proved to him that a respectable curry could be had outside the portals of the East India Club . |
| 25 | A few years back each golfer used his own collection of chipped and misshapen balls and the caddies were expected to stand at the end of the practice area and collect them . |
| 26 | A 100-strong team of scientists has been picked to work at the company 's laboratories at Caswell , Towcester , producing the first 3 inch diameter GaAs wafers in the UK . |
| 27 | Until recently , however , only the Archaeological Survey of India and the Konserwacji Zabytkow of Poland were permitted to work at Angkor Wat and Bayon , respectively because , like the Cambodians , they were aligned with the former Soviet bloc . |
| 28 | World wheat consumption is forecast to stagnate at 570m tonnes . |
| 29 | Women were forbidden to work at night in any industry ( a move opposed by some feminists ) . |
| 30 | on collecting my T-shirt and participants instructions a few days before the event , I was rather alarmed to discover that we were expected to meet at Alexander Stadium at 7.45 a.m. on the Sunday morning , a time that I did n't really know existed even before my maternity leave ! |