Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] at the " in BNC.

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1 Therefore , high concentrations of soluble calcium can only exist at the relatively low pH of the proximal small intestine , or when no phosphate is present , as can be derived from the observed negative correlation between the logarithm of the solubility product of calcium phosphate and the pH of faecal water .
2 However , because ‘ newly-born ’ micelles can only arise at the expense of the preexisting ones ( there is a finite amount of water in the system that must be shared between all the micelles ) , the average radius of the micelles decreases .
3 Their grants would be reinstated from that date and they will obviously graduate at the end of the appropriate term .
4 Thus the cost of a path can not increase , it can only stay at the same level or decrease , and the algorithm is admissible .
5 But did it necessarily grow at the expense of royal power ?
6 A person who fails to comply with this rule can only appear at the hearing with leave of the court ( r 6.23(4) ) .
7 ‘ I better look at the ones you found , then . ’
8 Anybody who believes that Yugoslavia could be dealt with as Saddam Hussein 's Iraq was dealt with had better look at the terrain .
9 Many growers , not only in Champagne but throughout France , still innocently cultivate Pinot Blanc Vrai believing it to be Chardonnay , although anyone with doubts need only look at the leaves on the vine .
10 ‘ I have nothing any more I can only look at the pictures ’
11 I can only look at the pictures .
12 We need only look at the institutions .
13 No it 's because it 'll only look at the
14 It will only look at the premium status up to the fifteenth of the month , it wo n't take into consideration when so recall 's gone through on the sixteenth of the month .
15 But I would say that we should obviously look at the financial aspect of the review erm dates , which might be yearly .
16 In total one can only marvel at the numerous stations opened in the 1980s and it is pleasing to note that many more are in the pipeline .
17 One can only marvel at the wisdom of the U.S. government in enabling the Freer to make itself over .
18 Whereas-it was common in their own time for the Teddy Boys to be contrasted with a nostalgically remembered state of pre-existing harmony ‘ twenty years ago ’ or ‘ before the war ’ , given the real horror which greeted their arrival we can perhaps only marvel at the way in which the nostalgic trick of amnesia can now work in the Teds ' favour .
19 I walked down it from the top to bottom and could only marvel at the way it had been constructed .
20 But this can only work at the individual level : it can not work for the economy as a whole since the quantity of nominal money is fixed , and so one person obtains more money by selling bonds only with the result that someone else — the person who buys the bonds — finds himself with less .
21 There were dark schemes afoot , he said — some with their roots going back for years — and if Hitler could achieve it , the replacement of King George by his brother could only occur at the cost of Winston 's life .
22 ‘ I 'd better begin at the beginning .
23 She confesses her team can only guess at the causes of the bird 's decline .
24 ‘ I can only guess at the reason , ’ Becker said .
25 The police can only guess at the scale of the problem , for stealing from gardens is not treated separately in station crime-books .
26 One can only guess at the reasons for such underreporting ; but it seems possible that exporters understate values in the hope of retaining part of the foreign exchange that they would otherwise be obliged to surrender to the authorities , while importers may wish to minimize their import duties ( and also avoid enquiries into the source of the foreign exchange used for imports ) .
27 Although he could only guess at the enemy 's destination Hawke did not hesitate , as his despatch to the Admiralty next day confirms : ‘ I have carried a press of sail all night , with a hard gale at south-south-east , in pursuit of the enemy , and make no doubt of coming up with them at sea or in Quiberon Bay . ’
28 She could only guess at the operation .
29 The history of my birth is unclear because NHS records have now been lost , so doctors in later years could only guess at the cause of my disability which became evident a few week after I was born .
30 There was still that bleak emptiness about his eyes , and Lissa could only guess at the torment he was going through .
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