Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adv] at the [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They assumed that pupils , mostly boys , of course , who were failing on the school reading scheme simply needed more and more opportunity to slog away at the phonics and sight vocabulary while under tight supervision . |
| 2 | The second stage may attempt to look afresh at the situation and to create new perspectives using lateral thinking and brain-storming . |
| 3 | We tend to look only at the beginning and end of a decision . |
| 4 | It would be like the attempt to look directly at the sun that dazzles and finally blinds rather than enlightens . |
| 5 | Henry Mayhew described how the costers preferred tasty cable-cord trousers , ‘ made to fit tightly at the knee and swell gradually until they reached the boot , which they nearly cover ’ . |
| 6 | I strongly urge the Under-Secretary to look closely at the recommendation that the personal allowance should not be used as a contribution to bridge the gap between the charges and the benefits . |
| 7 | And yet the impact on us is considerable , and I 'm seriously wondering whether the major spending committees ought not to look again at the budgets that they 're erm , and I 've discussed this with , and obviously education is the big problem , but er , I 'm not convinced that erm , the sums of money which we 're being asked to pay out , not be taken from the education budget without too dra drastic an effect on the school . |
| 8 | To ensure a wider democratic representation at conferences urge the C E C to look seriously at the situation and report back next year . |
| 9 | To put it slightly differently , it is important to understand that the poverty of the Third World and the wealth of the West are the outcome of an interlinked process in which the rapid and massive growth in Western prosperity has occurred and continues to do so at the expense and underdevelopment of the Third World . |
| 10 | All that was needed was for one kind of film to do well at the box-office and a new Hollywood format would be established . |
| 11 | ‘ Did you honestly expect me to stay home at the barn and carry on as if nothing had happened after you threw all those accusations at me ? |
| 12 | The youth moved in to stay temporarily at the manse but a crisis occurred and he committed suicide . |
| 13 | Sadly , in the second half , the play begins to fall apart at the seams as Harwood attempts to combine comedy with more serious themes . |
| 14 | If your battle plan is to charge headlong at the enemy and engage him as soon as possible chariots are ideal . |
| 15 | Provided he could use the motion , he might be able to rock away at the melancholy and eventually shift it off its fierce sticking point . |
| 16 | Another point for them to remember is not to speak directly at the microphone but to aim instead just over the top of it ; this is to reduce the pick-up of breath noises and the distortion of plosive consonants . |
| 17 | He strode into the hall and started to peer expertly at the walls and ceiling . |