Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [to-vb] at [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although the two never met , they both forged a figurative style out of the Abstract Expressionism raging all about them — not the most popular move to make at the time . |
| 2 | ‘ If it 's so easy for Rain Morgan of the Daily Post to get at the truth , it 's a secret which ca n't be kept . ’ |
| 3 | It does not take a well-qualified anthropologist to guess at the impact on self-esteem , relationships , and family lifestyles . |
| 4 | It simply would not be tolerated for the old style to continue at the expense of progress . ’ |
| 5 | He had always been a socialist and a pacifist , a brave position for a man in public life to adopt at the time , and he and his colleagues paid a heavy price for his principles when in 1940 the BBC banned the Glasgow Orpheus Choir from the air waves . |
| 6 | A ‘ birder 's bird ’ , it is one of the most difficult species on the British List to identify at a distance . |
| 7 | I picked out a selection , deciding on even numbers only because it seemed like a sensible thing to do at the time . |
| 8 | It was the taste of Spring at climax , of an afternoon in which , at the touch of the rising breeze , cherry-blossom floated from the boughs in a frail pink torrent of petals that drifted through the shimmering heat-haze to cling at the sweat on one 's skin . |
| 9 | A game of darts at the local pub ; just as much a favourite way to relax at the end of the day 50 years ago , as it is now . |
| 10 | Mr Whitty told delegates the NEC had given them ‘ adequate time to look at the reviews ’ . |
| 11 | ‘ It was felt it was in the public interest to look at the company which was already insolvent , ’ said a DTI spokeswoman . |
| 12 | The world championship is the ultimate ; any top player to lose at the Crucible can consider it a failure . ’ |
| 13 | So as far as you 're concerned , P E Ps have got a tremendous part to play at the moment , and I do recommend that you take advantage of them . |
| 14 | Incidentally , the pineapple is a sign of hospitality , making this a very appropriate dish to serve at a party . |
| 15 | On 20 March he had his first official invitation to dine at the Tuileries , where he was seated next to the Empress . |
| 16 | Tempting as it may be for the harassed mother to jump at the chance of sending her three year old to playschool every morning , imagine the devastating effect this can have when it coincides with the arrival in the home of a brand new baby . |
| 17 | The typical pattern is for the Japanese businessman to eat at a restaurant in the evening and thereafter go to a bar or cabaret . |
| 18 | Vi walked across the echoing emptiness to gaze at the mantel shelf and the reminders it held of Gerry . |
| 19 | The commission is now going to set up a special working group to look at the problem . |
| 20 | Perhaps the most striking point to note at the outset is that the Black Death itself had a comparatively limited effect on wages and the supply of land . |
| 21 | The three-year research project funded by the English National Board to look at the learning experiences in the community found working with students was ‘ time consuming ’ and ‘ slowed down the work of the nurse ’ . |
| 22 | We are establishing an ethical committee to look at the effects of advanced techniques in animal breeding . |
| 23 | Hailey 's chief preoccupations , then , were to find ways of keeping educated Africans ( of whose mental capacities he took , incidentally , a dim view ) from making a successful bid for power at the centre of the colonial system , and to see that there was no unconsidered rush to reform at the level of the localities . |
| 24 | In other words , for a human being to stare at a cat is to threaten it . |
| 25 | Innocent III himself by the bull " Vineam Domini " of April 1213 summoned a great council to meet at the Lateran in Rome on 1 November 1215 to be known as the Fourth Lateran Council . |
| 26 | It was nerve-racking to remember Rosie 's shattering scream as the knife sprang from the bag and hit the floor , but the memory of her distress forced Rain to tug at the staples that secured the bag . |
| 27 | In October 1966 the Derry Young Republican Association held an open-air meeting to protest at the eviction of a family from a house in Creggan . |
| 28 | They assemble initially in their own chamber from where they are eventually summoned by the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod to attend at the Bar of the House of Lords where a Commission for the Opening of Parliament is read , usually by the Lord Chancellor , on behalf of the monarch . |
| 29 | It was a reasonable thing to do at the time as the fund was in surplus . |
| 30 | John Rodwell , a specialist inspector from the Health and Safety Executive , said it appeared Mr Eaton had been using the burning torch to cut at the edge of the slot at one end of the pipe trying to open it and hot gases could have caused it to become dislodged and fall . |