Example sentences of "[verb] at [noun pl] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Parallel cracks form where the soil is patchy or irregular , or the ground sloping ; on flat ground lesser cracks appear at angles to the main system , forming irregular polygons . |
| 2 | He was a North-countryman , and the bluntness of his approach to many issues should be considered , I think , as a traditional North-country attitude , exaggerated at times to the point of obtuseness ; it may have been merely a defence mechanism . |
| 3 | Nevertheless he made a few feints out of sheer exuberance , suggested a turn with his hips , moved at right-angles to his forward path with no loss of speed , changed step three times in successive strides , kicking hard on the last change and accelerating away in the joy of being able to run for ever . |
| 4 | ‘ Dr Rafaelo , you do have a very bad habit of listening at doors to private conversations . ’ |
| 5 | In looking at routes to permanence I have already indicated that I believe that long-term fostering will be the best route for a number , albeit a diminishing number , of children in care . |
| 6 | We have now moved on from looking at syllables to looking at words , and we will consider certain well-known English words that can be pronounced in two different ways , which are called strong forms and weak forms . |
| 7 | To what extent do you extrapolate from looking at furnishings to social conditions ? |
| 8 | In this chapter we will concentrate on looking at reactions to and of dying children , and also at old people and their reaction to death . |
| 9 | This means that prices have risen considerably over the past few months — a very good reason for looking at alternatives to champagne . |
| 10 | However it may feel at times to them as individuals , and whatever compulsions they sense from relatives and friends to ‘ get through ’ their course , the fact is that they could withdraw without any legal penalty at least . |
| 11 | Britain seemed at times to be close to open class war ; Mrs Thatcher denounced ‘ the enemy within ’ . |
| 12 | Rory made left and right turns in quick succession , seemed to go back on himself , seemed at times to be driving blind . |
| 13 | One should remember , however , that similar criticisms were levied at delegates to the Church Congresses of the period . |
| 14 | The project will also examine the responses of these two groups to heterosexual relationships and their roles in relationships and will look at responses to feminism and other challenges to the traditional conceptions of women 's and men 's different social positions . |
| 15 | Her mother believes the British Riding Society should look at alternatives to riding hats . |
| 16 | The task of this chapter is to look at attitudes to ageing and old people , to look at their consequences and to consider changing them . |
| 17 | The Central Electricity Generating Board ( now privatized and split into two companies ) is funding a large-scale , 2-year project to assess links to childhood cancer , while another recently announced study aims to look at links to sudden infant death . |
| 18 | Heaven forbid , but the urge to shoehorn into the calendar as much of it as possible continues unabated , leading at times to brain-numbing events such as the three-match Pakistan versus England knockabout immediately after the World Cup — which was a bit like lighting the cigar after a five-course a la carte dinner , then having the waiter arrive with a tureen of porridge . |
| 19 | Duties are placed on inspectors by Article 30(8) to disclose certain information to persons employed at premises to which the Order applies to assist in keeping such persons adequately informed about matters likely to affect their health , safety and welfare . |
| 20 | BJORN BORG has a typically stubborn riposte to those saddened by the sight of one of the game 's greatest champions being reduced at times to a level barely above that of a novice . |
| 21 | In an article of 1847 in its journal , The Ecclesiologist , the society advocated a separate roof for the school-room and the headmaster 's house with the classroom set at right-angles to it and a lean-to cloakroom . |
| 22 | Is milky eyes staring at bosoms to be hugged |
| 23 | The Waste Land seems at times to be attempting to piece together some new religion out of fragments of the old . |
| 24 | He seems at times to be reassuring himself of his grip upon a world of his own devising . |
| 25 | Gilligan seems at times to be suggesting that women are naturally , rather than socially , inclined towards giving relationship-oriented moral judgements . |
| 26 | The strong normative bias in the study of social policy has led at times to a greater preoccupation with criticism of policies than with attempts to discover why they take the forms they do . |
| 27 | They lay at angles to each other , drifting very slowly so that the gold-splintered pattern of the lake changed continuously . |
| 28 | The terms of reference for the inspection should be decided and defined at meetings to be held before the inspection takes place . |
| 29 | It is tempting to imagine an exchange of information and assistance between gypsies and witches , both being subjected at times to severe persecution . |
| 30 | It is said to drop at times to below 8 , but I have never yet lost it with 7 × 50 binoculars . |