Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] at the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The Bradys do n't have that much money to scatter at the Royal Hotel . ’ |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Zeuxis 's painted vine provoked the wonder and the applause of all his audience when it attracted birds to peck at the plump fruit . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . " |
| 8 | With this in mind he has established a small scientific strategic and research programme to look at the analytical programme from a broader perspective . |
| 9 | And I 'd like to extend that discussion this week concerning channels to look at the biological properties of channels , that is viewing th their activities in a physio in a physiological role . |
| 10 | After all , when a quail is chased by a man , it must take more steps to run at the same speed . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Having searched this field to the best of my ability I left with the intention to return at the earliest opportunity . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | DAVID HEWSON and GEOFFREY BOOT visited the Socata GA division at Tarbes to look at the French attitude towards making light aircraft . |
| 19 | Then they felt that the most effective way of dealing with it would be for each main committee to look at the various aspects in detail , rather than take the and miss everything , best for each of the main committees to look in detail at each part . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Italy was in many ways at the heart of musical activities during the eighteenth century ; composers came from other countries to study at the various centres and Italian music was exported the world over . |
| 22 | This reflects the almost total concern with American abolitionism of some reformers as well as a liberalism about religious matters which regretted even the refusal to allow the unbeliever Joseph Barker to speak at the earlier Manchester conference . |
| 23 | He said : ‘ The Macaulay is a major research facility , established in Scotland , which has the capacity to operate at the leading edge of science and to contribute to the solution of practical problems concerned with the environment . |
| 24 | INVITING Mussolini 's grand-daughter to speak at the Tory Party conference has caused outrage . |
| 25 | For a few seconds , as she leaned both hands on the desk to gaze at the unfamiliar surroundings , a feeling of panic hit her . |
| 26 | But now the club have found that on applying for renewal of permission to play at the same venue next season , the pitch has already been allocated . |
| 27 | It is about all manner of motoring matters such as improvements in vehicle safety and construction , raising of driving standards and an attempt to get the authorities to look at the whole business of motoring in a different way for the good of all . |
| 28 | Will the Leader of the House find time today to plan a journey from south Norfolk to north-west Norfolk to look at the local health services ? |
| 29 | I went behind the music-stool to look at the Greek pottery . |
| 30 | A number of that 25-35 age range were brought in as one of two groups who had an opportunity to look at the various stages while the possible designs were still being examined . |