Example sentences of "[to-vb] at [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In some species there is evidence of supercooling , i.e. failure of the body fluids to freeze at temperatures appropriate to their osmolarity . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Zips : there is a good-sized zip baffle but the zip did tend to catch at times when pulling from the inside . |
| 4 | Associative learning , often called conditioning , has been studied in two forms , illustrated by Pavlov 's dogs , and pigeons learning to peck at discs in order to be fed . |
| 5 | Cash-strapped governments are being pushed into privatisations that are too big for domestic stockmarkets to absorb at prices that are acceptable to the seller . |
| 6 | Maggie had to work at things because Mitch was very different from his usual amusing self . |
| 7 | To quote : ‘ The nature and demands may neccessitate you to work at times other than your normal hours . |
| 8 | Obviously there are certain key factors to any sort of reasonable living space : walls and ceiling will have to be decorated along with all the woodwork ; windows and floors have to be treated in some way ; there must be light both to see by and to enhance the space ; there should be something to sit on and probably to eat from and almost certainly somewhere to work at times . |
| 9 | She began to work at nights because there were fewer people working in the factory then , and so it was easier to get into the photographic laboratory . |
| 10 | A hired platform tower makes the work safer , but if you have any doubts about your ability to work at heights , it would be better to call in a guttering contractor to do the job for you . |
| 11 | Even if we did , we have no divers aboard — well , you and myself apart — trained to work at levels below a hundred feet . |
| 12 | The cameraman 's attention seems to wander at times , the water noise and sound of the wind blowing on the microphone could have been toned down before the commentary was added and the conversion to the PAL system has not enhanced the colour and focus . |
| 13 | Not surprisingly , these reports have tended to appear at times when fatalities have occurred as a result of fires when occupants have been asleep . |
| 14 | She works on commissions to sell at demonstrations and craft fayres . |
| 15 | In addition , the pace of development in technology meant that office buildings had a shorter economic life , so that landlords recognised the need to refurbish at intervals more frequent than twenty-five years . |
| 16 | Those statistics , more than the shuffling , lethargic charade of sparring he 's staged under canvas as well as on canvas these past few days , have made Holyfield-Bowe the first heavyweight title fight to open at evens with bookies since Liston-Patterson in 1962 . |
| 17 | What he did not repeat was a signal from Gen Keightley in Austria , sent on 10 May [ KP 59 ] , in which Keightley had specifically requested permission " to be able to shoot at Yugoslavs who categorically disobey orders from British commanders . " |
| 18 | He had not at that time known that specific request for permission to shoot at Yugoslavs in support of Military Government had come from Gen Keightley at 5 Corps in Austria . |
| 19 | Serbs were using anti-aircraft machineguns with explosive bullets to shoot at buildings in Bosnian-held Grbavica , a district just south of central Sarajevo . |
| 20 | Yet at 1130 hrs that morning a Corps Commander 's Conference had been held at 5 Corps HQ [ Kp 217 ] at which one of the main topics discussed had been " the Evacuation of the Cossacks to the Russians " and under this heading the decision had been taken that : " Divs will be prepared to shoot at Cossacks to enforce the evacuation plan . " |
| 21 | It could only get worse for poor Mr Collins as room and meal materialised , but at least he acknowledged of the Cornish in general that they had , ‘ no propensity to jeer at strangers ’ . |
| 22 | Thus , though our parents tell us not to stare at strangers , not to speak with our mouths full , etc. , they unintentionally teach us much more besides . |
| 23 | Hodads from Honolulu still think of the place as the Wild West and venture up the H-2 to stare at surfers as if they were herds of buffalo grazing on the sea . |
| 24 | Alyssia refused to give in to any urge to stare at Piers , though she was sorely tempted . |
| 25 | For the past weeks Edouard had had to force himself to look at newspapers : all he saw there when he opened them was confirmation and repetition : accident , sickness , violence and sudden death , handed out evenly to the guilty and the innocent . |
| 26 | He wrote in his Testament not long before he died : " While I was living in sin , it seemed a very bitter thing to look at lepers ; but the Lord Himself led me among them , and I had compassion on them . |
| 27 | Since probabilities can be multiplied as well as added , one way of making effects among small probabilities comparable with effects when the probabilities are nearer 0.5 might be to look at ratios rather than differences . |
| 28 | Rob 's coming to look at lights . |
| 29 | He obviously has heeded Ruskin 's advice not just to look at things but to ‘ watch ’ them . |
| 30 | Through this method you stimulate the person to look at things afresh and to think aloud . |