Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [to-vb] at the [noun sg] " 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 | I picked out a selection , deciding on even numbers only because it seemed like a sensible thing to do at the time . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | ‘ It was felt it was in the public interest to look at the company which was already insolvent , ’ said a DTI spokeswoman . |
| 10 | The world championship is the ultimate ; any top player to lose at the Crucible can consider it a failure . ’ |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Vi walked across the echoing emptiness to gaze at the mantel shelf and the reminders it held of Gerry . |
| 14 | The commission is now going to set up a special working group to look at the problem . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 ’ . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | It was a reasonable thing to do at the time as the fund was in surplus . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | A member of The Savoy Group of Hotels and Restaurants , The Lygon Arms extends a special welcome to National Trust members with an exclusive invitation to stay at the hotel and depart with a case of specially selected wine from The Lygon Arms ' cellar . |
| 24 | It is a good idea to know at the outset whether the members of the critical mass will be willing and able to respond appropriately to the change ; then , if it is determined that certain members are unwilling or unable , that situation can be planned for and dealt with . |
| 25 | If you have any problems with this , it would be a good idea to work at the phrasing aurally , by listening closely to the record . |
| 26 | That was how much Adam appreciated the beautiful old house he had had the unheard-of good fortune to inherit at the age of nineteen . |
| 27 | The lance shivered , the shaft splintering halfway down to the guard , and Hotspur hurled it from him , and reached a long arm to snatch at the bridle as he was swept past , and drag the terrified horse to its feet again . |
| 28 | Let us consider more closely what was implied in the Greek refusal to look at the Bible . |
| 29 | But an important thing to recognise at the outset is that knowing about oneself can never be a matter of ‘ mere information ’ . |
| 30 | One very important fact to establish at the outset , therefore , is that it is not necessary to know why a particular fear or problem started in order to overcome it . |