Example sentences of "[vb infin] [prep] [noun sg] at [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The attendance of a member at a meeting of a committee or subcommittee of the local authority is regarded as attendance at a meeting of the authority , but attendance at a meeting of a joint committee , joint board or other body will only count as attendance at a meeting of the authority when any functions of the local authority have been transferred or delegated to those bodies . |
| 2 | Why wait in line at a bank , airport , hotel or shop ? |
| 3 | More fundamentally , the insistence that science and technology are linked together and that schools must concentrate on science at the expense of the arts is a long-term weakness of the scheme . |
| 4 | Again , Manville felt a slight sense of marvel at the processes of his own brain , his devious but quite unconscious way of running ahead of his own thoughts and frequently alighting on off-beat answers . |
| 5 | If he 's never caught his breath at the sight of your crooked smile , or felt his heart lurch with love at the sound of your voice , or watched you walk across a room and wanted you and finally found out that you return his feelings , then he 's a poor man and I 'm the richest man in the world . |
| 6 | Innocent had insisted that the application should be accompanied by the depositions of sworn witnesses and that some of the witnesses should appear in person at the curia . |
| 7 | If an appreciable proportion of the laser radiation is absorbed by the sample , local heating will usually result in decomposition at the point of irradiation if the sample is a solid , though efficient convective mixing will often prevent overheating in liquid samples . |
| 8 | A semicircular arch will encroach on headroom at the sides of a doorway , whereas an Oriental pointed-top arch will give more height in the middle . |
| 9 | The bidder will usually appear by counsel at the court hearing to give its undertaking to comply with its obligations under the scheme ( eg to deliver the consideration to the target 's shareholders ) . |
| 10 | Some would look with pity at a fool , sprawled across a bench , bottle in hand , others would curse , telling him he was a bad smell which would n't go away . |
| 11 | Despite all our scientific study of the physical world , one can still look with wonder at the panorama of ‘ ordinary ’ objects and events presented to us by our senses and can still — indeed should — ask the basic question : ‘ What is it all , fundamentally ? ’ |
| 12 | We shall look in turn at the background to the allocation of the present services , the criteria adopted for the distribution of services during the reorganisation years in the early 1970s , the present position , and the problems that have arisen since reorganisation . |
| 13 | Chapter 6 will look in detail at the women compositors and their background , but it is worth making the point here that it quickly became obvious to certain categories of working-class girls in Edinburgh that a new opportunity was open to them . |
| 14 | If and when the company goes public , any money borrowed under these credit lines will convert to equity at the IPO valuation without any premium or discount . |
| 15 | The milder range in fact serves not to challenge but to define the limits of propriety ; they set a horizon beyond which " improper " linguistic use will not go , and the audience can laugh with relief at the reassurance that they will not be shocked , as well as at the impudence of these terms . |
| 16 | Sometimes , they would meet for lunch at the Grill and Cheese at the Corner House , where Ken regularly gave a private performance for the other people waiting to be seated . |
| 17 | And perhaps , later , we could all meet for tea at the Franz Joseph . |
| 18 | It had been lucky enough to have survived the ravages of the Great Fire of 1666 , when its tower acted as a vantage-point from which Samuel Pepys could stare in horror at the extent of the blaze . |
| 19 | Lamb is another minor casualty ; he is all right to bat , but he can only throw in underarm at the moment because of a niggle , which at first was thought to be a reaction to an inoculation , but is now believed to be a minor ligament problem . |
| 20 | But while his writing on mass culture might be used to place on the historical agenda of television theory the idea of difference and of the avant garde , the particular forms which that idea might take for television at the end of the twentieth century can not be predicted from his work . |
| 21 | The time has gone when a poor ragged child would take to flight at the sight of a policeman . |
| 22 | But they would not comment on security at the shop . |
| 23 | With regard to security at the border , I have consistently said in the aftermath of conferences under the Anglo-Irish Agreement that , although we are delighted that good co-operation exists , it can always be better , and I am confident that we can make it so . |
| 24 | When she did n't arrive for dinner at the château , they would institute a search . |
| 25 | But if you are contemplating increasing physical activity for still further benefit to your health and figure , try to realize that those vast crowds of people who will scream with laughter at the sight of you in a swimsuit , or on seeing you jogging , skipping , enrolling at aerobics classes or even taking a brisk daily walk , exist only in your mind . |
| 26 | The day will end with dinner at the George Hotel , Easingwold . |
| 27 | Throughout the land , gullible 13-year-olds would gasp in awe at the revelations laid before them . |
| 28 | TICKETS for Durham 's opening home match against Lancashire next Sunday will go on sale at the University ground on Monday . |
| 29 | Roman coins unearthed in Malton will go on show at the town 's museum from April 18 . |
| 30 | Now the Hey Nude picture will go on display at an exhibition of her work at a Bath gallery . |