Example sentences of "[is] [adj] [to-vb] at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And the TCCB disciplinary committee is due to meet at the weekend to decide whether to increase Lamb 's punishment for the awful crime of failing to get his comments cleared by Lord 's before they were published in the Mirror . |
| 2 | A tantalising mixture of talent is due to appear at the Town Hall in Oxford on Friday . |
| 3 | Even in death he is willing to work at the vine ( the biblical symbol of the Chosen People ) , suggesting in ‘ Credo ’ that the work , however unlikely it appears , is going on ; ‘ the holy promised land ’ is being peopled : ‘ the feet of fierce or humble priests trample out the green ’ ; he among them , despite putative evidence to the contrary . |
| 4 | I tend to think it 's easier to play at the side , because you can actually do that if you want . |
| 5 | With this explanation in mind , it is interesting to look at the accuracy of recall of clause ( 1 ) in the two conditions . |
| 6 | It is easy to scoff at the movement — with its prizes for knitting and taffeta umbrellas , its hyperboles about the happy revolution to be accomplished by wheel ploughs , its scientific amateurism — as the naïve posturings of a minority engaged in a self-conscious crusade against the forces of routine and conservatism . |
| 7 | The impact upon investment appraisal will be left until chapter 6 , but it is appropriate to look at the effect upon costing here . |
| 8 | Therefore , it is appropriate to start at the market portfolio and consider it in some depth . |
| 9 | Duclos-Lasalle , 37 , who is likely to retire at the end of the season , converted two previous second places , a fourth and sixth , into victory when he arrived alone on the velodrome at Roubaix to one of the warmest welcomes in the long history of the race . |
| 10 | Martina Navratilova announced she is likely to retire at the end of next year after she blasted aside Manuela Maleeva-Fragniere 6–2 , 6–2 in the first round of the Virginia Slims championships in New York . |
| 11 | Consideration by Ministers of the member states at the Research Council is likely to follow at the end of December and it is hoped that this will produce a ‘ common position ’ , that is agreement on the proposal possibly as amended in the light of the comments of the Parliament and of the advisory bodies to the Council . |
| 12 | For example , if the adult holds an object , such as a doll , in the child 's line of gaze , the child is likely to look at the object and then immediately glance at the adult 's face to check that they are looking at the same thing . |
| 13 | The triangle Greece-Rome-Judaea is still at the centre and is likely to stay at the centre as long as Christianity remains the religion of the West . |
| 14 | THE qualifying pattern of the 1995 WORLD CUP is likely to change at the IRB meeting in Wellington , if the proposals worked out by World Cup Director Russ Thomas are accepted . |
| 15 | The forward- facing electors without our campaign exp expertise , back-up and money will not dissolve any deeply held if only recently announced objections to union association , for we all know what 's likely to happen at the party conference in October if the brakes are not applied now . |
| 16 | Although his weekend stay in a freezer owned by Farepack in Swindon is comparitively tropical to the temperatures he 's likely to encounter at the North Pole . |
| 17 | It 's better to shout at the walls than at the children . ’ |
| 18 | It is useful to sit at the corner of a small table ( a card table is excellent ) whilst your discussion partner sits at the opposite comer — ensuring a one-to-one contact and leaving space between you . |
| 19 | It is useful to look at the spelling as a guide . |
| 20 | A bucket is useful to look at the animals more closely . |
| 21 | For example , in a fast-moving train it is better to look at the horizon than at the close landscape — it is even better to avoid looking out of the window . |
| 22 | But it is unlikely to happen at the hustings or in the run up to the election . |
| 23 | ‘ The main danger is ice , which coming down in large floes at the breaking up of a frost , is apt to accumulate at the pillars and exert enormous pressure thereon , ’ he says . |
| 24 | So it 's important to reward at the point of the desired behaviour , okay ? |
| 25 | It is important to emphasise at the outset the magnitude of the task which the applicant has set himself by this appeal . |
| 26 | It is important to appreciate at the start that this must represent the core of your studies , and that completion of this , as set , will almost certainly ensure a successful exam result . |
| 27 | It is important to establish at the beginning of a drama lesson/ project whether magic is to be allowed or not . |
| 28 | Firstly , it is important to look at the stages of budgeting and move from the functional processes of acquisition , allocation , spending and control to the more strategic resource activities of planning , choice and evaluation . |
| 29 | First , it is important to look at the way in which Freud developed the idea of the super-ego , and the part it played in his theory . |
| 30 | There are two reasons why it is important to look at the interactions . |