Example sentences of "[to-vb] [art] [noun] [verb] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | My bedroom , for instance , had a ghost that used to come through it every night — it was n't a visible ghost but it was audible — and I used to see the door open at the other end of the room when I was in bed and then would hear this ‘ clunk clunk ’ … . |
| 2 | The main consequence of these discussions was to set up an International Commission of Chemical Nomenclature to continue the work started at the conference . |
| 3 | The European Association for the Conservation of Energy says member states will not now be able to meet the targets set at the UNCED Rio summit [ see ED 59/60 ] . |
| 4 | The purpose of the experiment was to train the dog to salivate at the sound of the tuning fork without food being present . |
| 5 | In my judgment , as a matter of principle the colore officii cases are merely examples of a wider principle , viz. that where the parties are on an unequal footing so that money is paid by way of tax or other impost in pursuance of a demand by some public officer , these moneys are recoverable since the citizen is , in practice , unable to resist the payment save at the risk of breaking the law or exposing himself to penalties or other disadvantages . |
| 6 | I set her the first day to clean the floors starting at the top and expecting her to reach the bottom at the end of the day or at least the last floor , but Ellen she had not managed more than two rooms in eight hours and those not well done . |
| 7 | The final direction of outcome may well be different from the intentions of the participants at the start of the meeting but time and care have been applied to help the participants to arrive at the most effective consensus . |
| 8 | Terry Guy ( 32:00 ) held off the challenge of clubmate Ray O'Fourman ( 32:44 ) to win the Vets race at the Warwick University 10K … |
| 9 | And the chairman added : ‘ While we will have to strengthen the squad to compete at the higher level , we are certainly not looking for a lot of new players . |
| 10 | As a result of this work the Coordinating Committee for Under Fives ( CCUF ) , an umbrella organisation of statutory and voluntary sector groups and individuals providing a service to under fives , decided to organise a conference to look at the issues of integration of special needs children within mainstream provision . |
| 11 | For television , what began with the appointment in March 1985 of Professor Alan Peacock to chair a committee looking at the financing of the BBC , has turned into a radical shake-up of commercial TV which , for the moment , leaves the BBC largely unscathed . |
| 12 | Graham Game , a full-time green activist , hopes to win a commission to look at the dangers of a spill along the coast of Essex , the county 's prime natural asset . |
| 13 | He was well enough in February , however , to attend a poetry reading at the Institute of Contemporary Arts ; but it was not a pleasant occasion . |
| 14 | She has great hopes of the new self-help group , which is now determined to press the Government to look at the use of the compound . |
| 15 | to let the plumber get at the water-main . |
| 16 | She was walking up the Mound to do the lunch shift at the Right and Wrong . |
| 17 | The system also manages to incorporate a handrail running at the same speed as the walkway — an advance compared with most single speed systems . |
| 18 | The three sales office personnel will be able to let a customer know at the touch of a key exactly what is the pack size , price and availability of the product required . |
| 19 | The family were Presbyterians , and her conscious effort to acquire an education began at the age of six , when she heard a sermon she could not understand , and from that time she adopted a plan for acquiring information through asking the meaning of every new word she heard . |
| 20 | With correct positioning , to ensure the join came at the right point with the stairs , and a generous overlap , we could cut the correct angle through both . |
| 21 | NORFOLK gamekeeper Mervyn King swept to a commanding 21–9 victory over Tony Allcock to lift the singles title at the Manchester Unity National Indoor Championships at Melton Mowbray on Saturday . |
| 22 | Before climbing a steep , stiff staircase back up the cliff to Rhossili , I paused to watch the waves licking at the oak ribs of the Helvetia — a Norwegian coaster driven aground in 1887 , whose remains are still half buried in the sand . |
| 23 | Whither Brecht now , on the lure of the good old days ; not to mention the nostalgia laid at the door of romantic anti-capitalism ? |
| 24 | TOP industrialists from the United States travelled to Snowdonia to hold a board meeting at the site of their latest acquisition Austin Taylor Communications Ltd at Bethesda . |
| 25 | She tried to control an urge to pull at the ropes of jewels , coils of bracelets , the heavy tiara pressing into her scalp . |
| 26 | If you have a 2.25 the cost of a new 2.5 head is not economically viable , so the alternative is to have the head machined to take the 2.5 inserts ( ETC 6278 ) at £6.58 each plus VAT and probably £50 to £75 to have the head reconditioned at the same time . |
| 27 | It is hard to fathom the pain felt at the death of a son or daughter , husband or wife , partner or friend . |
| 28 | I do not think Russia means to remove the missiles pointed at the West . |
| 29 | All patients received ursodeoxycholic acid ( 5 mg/kg/day ) and chenodeoxycholic acid ( 7 mg/kg/day ) for a period of at least three months after the procedure as previous experience with percutaneous cholecystolithotripsy had suggested that this helped to remove the fragments noted at the review examination . |
| 30 | 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 . |