Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] at [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is therefore safe for a fire-engine driver to proceed at a higher speed than would be possible for other drivers . |
| 2 | ‘ The Bradys do n't have that much money to scatter at the Royal Hotel . ’ |
| 3 | William Symons must have been a wild one for in July of the same year he and Elizabeth Cole also of Halling , were both bound over for twenty shillings to appear at the next gaol delivery . |
| 4 | This approach does however force the wireframe modeller to work at a higher level of understanding than exists in most present systems . |
| 5 | It was developed specifically for the larger urban workshops and consists of an adjustable loom with a device which , by altering the tension on the warp strands , shifts the completed work to the rear of the loom , allowing the weaver to sit at the same level throughout the entire rug-making process . |
| 6 | Charlie is unaware of the spirits alive in him , so that the narrator of the story is frustrated in his attempt to come at the uncluttered account of past lives . |
| 7 | An attempt to look at the overall picture was made by the Royal Commission on Legal Services : its recommendations were widely criticised and largely ignored . |
| 8 | My youngest son , Joseph , is very interested in history , and we are going to Hue to look at the Imperial City and watch the emperor perform the traditional ceremonies of Tet . " |
| 9 | With this in mind he has established a small scientific strategic and research programme to look at the analytical programme from a broader perspective . |
| 10 | To coach them better , to give them better opportunities , to give them better opportunities to play at a higher level , to be more competitive rather earlier in their lives . |
| 11 | There 's a proposal for the Bounty to land at a vast shopping centre planned at Thurrock . |
| 12 | After all , when a quail is chased by a man , it must take more steps to run at the same speed . |
| 13 | Racing : Prix de L'Arc de Triomphe : Britain 's faith in Class value : Europe 's richest race brings another opportunity for Britain 's most fearless trainer to tilt at a top prize . |
| 14 | the availability of opportunities to study at a broad range of levels , of course lengths and of modes ( part-time , full-time or mixed ) ; |
| 15 | It 's been dealt with in a different way and not erm with an attempt to arrive at a common policy about it . |
| 16 | It was Brainsby 's idea for Richard Branson to arrive at the inaugural press conference wearing a brown leather aviator 's helmet , à la Biggles , in an attempt to lend the launching of an international airline something of the savour of a Boys Own adventure . |
| 17 | Of course , I avoided so much work , going out to the bloody square on Tower Hill to gawk at the gore-drenched platform where the Great Ones of the land had their heads cut off . |
| 18 | what weight of importance to attach to each criterion to arrive at an overall assessment for each axis . |
| 19 | It is a necessary step if IBM is to remain competitive in networked environments because it enables data to move at the same speed between the CPU and peripherals as it moves over Ethernet . |
| 20 | Mr Cavaco Silva tried put the brakes on his currency by cutting key interest rates by 1 p.c. to just under 18 p.c. and by selling escudos but the pound ended the day less than 1 p.c. away from its floor of 241.5 against the Portuguese currency , despite successful British efforts over the weekend to force Portugal to join at a higher rate than the Lisbon government had planned on Friday . |
| 21 | Having searched this field to the best of my ability I left with the intention to return at the earliest opportunity . |
| 22 | He had learned also that if there were a continuing nightmare in Israel then it was that an Arab enemy might one day possess the capability to strike at the Jewish heartland with nuclear weapons . |
| 23 | Suppose that a contract to sell at a given price for a specified period is , for whatever reason , advantageous to both buyers and sellers . |
| 24 | In this case it can include a requirement in the order that he comply with the supervisor 's directions to attend at a specified place to participate in specified activities either with or without the child ( para 3(1) ( c ) ( 2 ) ) . |
| 25 | On 22 October 1980 Gabriel Ferrucci , president of Raybestos Manhattan 's international division , flew into Cork to appear at a joint press conference with IDA at which the company announced its intention to pull out of Ireland . |
| 26 | Detectives seized eight kilos of coca leaves , the base for cocaine , which were to have been handed out for visitors to chew at the Bolivian Pavilion . |
| 27 | The frequency of political discussions rose sharply between the pre-campaign week and the final campaign , but then it continued to rise steadily throughout the campaign to peak at the very end . |
| 28 | DAVID HEWSON and GEOFFREY BOOT visited the Socata GA division at Tarbes to look at the French attitude towards making light aircraft . |
| 29 | I thought that this was a painting I should n't discuss with Lili , but only when I had walked to the end of the gallery to look at an innocuous picture of a group of long-haired sheep did I ask myself what Robert had been doing in Marie Claire 's bedroom . |
| 30 | Hong Kong casts a spell over the visitor almost as soon as your aircraft weaves its way between high-rise blocks to land at the chaotic airport . |