Example sentences of "[adv] [to-vb] at the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We have only to look at the disciplinary background of vice-chancellors over the past 30 years to see evidence of the modern superior position of science and technology . |
| 2 | It can be very frustrating to leave home in perfect conditions only to arrive at the chosen beach with rain and an unfavourable wind . |
| 3 | Eleanor would have been broad-minded enough to laugh at the whole tale . |
| 4 | ‘ It goes on to explain how the geneticists and the neurochemists — neurotransmitters and all that — are in on the act = ’ His red eyes searched mine once more , then turned away to stare at the solitary lamp . |
| 5 | It would be unsatisfying just to look at the ultimate refinement of their natures ; the picture becomes too perfect and stylized . |
| 6 | Rachel froze on the bottom stair , heart stopping , and her head turned slowly to look at the pretty amah . |
| 7 | Now if anyone like to look at the present day and er pension book , they 'll discover that since then , for the last three years , they 've done the people of this country out of one week 's pension every year . |
| 8 | Gavin stuck his head out from under the duvet , giving me cause once more to marvel at the impressive way the lad 's shoulders merged into his head with no apparent narrowing in between ( this appeared to be the principal physical benefit bestowed by the game of rugby ; the acquisition of an extremely thick neck , just as the most important thing one could take to the sport was a thick skull , and from it an intact one still in satisfactory two-way communication with one 's spinal cord ) . |
| 9 | The accused did not have the intention permanently to deprive at the relevant time . |
| 10 | All around them the other coolies stared in disbelief at the sight of their tormentor so astonishingly struck down before their eyes ; then the floodwaters of their hatred burst some invisible dam , and several men dashed forward screaming incoherently to slash at the kneeling man 's head and shoulders with their coupe-coupes . |
| 11 | The very impurity which the radical humanist seeks to transcend , only despairingly to rediscover at the very centre of his or her being — this impurity , for the fantasies of transgressive reinscription , is not the ground of its failure but the material upon which it works . |
| 12 | The bones are of antelopes , gazelles , hippopotami , pigs and other animals , and many have been smashed , presumably to get at the nourishing marrow ; some even show marks of cuts , inflicted by a stone tool when the bone was still fresh . |
| 13 | Coming again to pick at the crucial knot |
| 14 | Until a sane , liberal regime is restored within the party itself , it will not be fully re-equipped either to arrive at the right policy choices or to project itself as a responsive party to the electorate . |
| 15 | Whitechurch was shown the works by Mr G. Coker , chief draughtsman : ‘ There are two chief ways of seeing the works , either to begin at the finished coach and work backwards to the details , or to go to the beginning first and work upwards , but , at all events , you shall see as much as we can show you in a day ’ . |
| 16 | It is helpful therefore to look at the pre-1991 case law to understand how the welfare principle operates in practice . |
| 17 | Microwave background detectors overlap in wavelength with millimetre waves and radio , but are designed specifically to look at the all-sky background emitted by gas soon after the big bang . |