Example sentences of "be [to-vb] at [art] [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To go back to 1700 is to look at a life that is very little different , for most men and women , from that of 1500 or even 1200 . |
| 2 | A good rule is to look at the shape and size of the flower before you press it , and then imagine what it will look like once it is flat . |
| 3 | One of the er matters that er one needs to apply one 's mind to in considering whether or not this land serves a greenbelt function or not , is to look at the land and assess whether or not it is more closely associated with the village or more closely associated with the er agricultural open land beyond the village . |
| 4 | All they can do is to look at the evidence and decide what they are going to believe . |
| 5 | Imagine how difficult it is to look at the speaker if you can not tell the direction the voice is coming from , or if you can not hear his voice and maybe do n't know he is speaking . |
| 6 | Another and more direct way is to look at the anatomy and physiology of the brain ; that is the subject of the next chapter . |
| 7 | The secret 's to start at the bottom and work up . |
| 8 | What I used to do with a youngster was to knock at the door and his mother would say , ‘ Oh , God , what have you done ? ’ |
| 9 | It was ridiculous to have let the tank get so low but they had had an argument only three days earlier on whose turn it was to call at the garage and pay for the petrol . |