Example sentences of "[noun sg] [to-vb] at [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Music for entertainment … seems to complement the reduction of people to silence , the dying out of speech as expression , the inability to communicate at all . |
| 2 | Swiss researchers , who lost access to millions of dollars from the European Communities ( EC ) when voters decided in December to delay the process of joining the EC , are waiting for the reaction to their government 's attempt to participate at some level in the EC 's fourth Framework Programme , which begins next year . |
| 3 | Thus book is an attempt to look at some of the things that go on when people face a loss of someone or something significant in their lives . |
| 4 | Some of the things a good caddie was expected to know included a good knowledge of the game , to be able to advise the player on which club to use at any given moment ; a knowledge of the course , the length of its holes , its geography from tee to green and the subtleties and borrows of those greens , as well as the way it played in all weather conditions . |
| 5 | More generally one can say that for attitudinism ethical statements invite the hearer ( or perhaps the speaker when in discourse with himself ) to express his agreement or disagreement in attitude , or perhaps join in a shared attempt to arrive at some stable and better based attitude , towards what is in question , and that this is quite a different matter from any discussion concerning the psychological state , of approving or disapproving , on either the speaker 's or hearer 's part . |
| 6 | Differences between the three main systems in use mainly concern punctuation , use of parentheses and the order of elements which must be cited ; but while these may seem small discrepancies , it is one part of the process of research to assess at some point the different conventions governing the listing and presentation of sources , and to present work accurately according to whatever set of conventions you are following . |
| 7 | The court held that it was not open to the defendant to raise at that stage the question of the validity of the notice to quit . |
| 8 | Patsy 's brother Dennis also played for the club and did not appreciate the secretary 's habitual greeting : ‘ with me bleedin ’ ribs pokin ’ out of me skin , breakin ’ me neck to get at that six and eight ’ ( the initial sum dispensed by the Secretary ) , Dennis Hendren had not wintered well ’ and did not believe Middlesex looked after its players out of season . |
| 9 | For its elegance , performance , comfort and refinement , the XJ6 4.0 is a hard car to beat at any price . |
| 10 | And when she opened her mouth to protest at this treatment she saw that her objections would have to wait . |
| 11 | Isabel opened her mouth to protest at this cavalier treatment of her clothing , only to shut it again in alarm when he took a step forward and leaned over her , bracing his hands on the mattress and trapping her between them . |
| 12 | For her it worked because of one other factor — her ability and willingness to engage at some depth with the concepts , ideas and questions evoked by the material . |
| 13 | ‘ The Government said that it wanted development work to continue at all pits , not investment , which implies new projects and new money . ’ |
| 14 | It is not envisaged that specific new resources will be identified to enable Local Plan work to proceed at any meaningful level ( either through in house preparation or the engagement of consultant services ) . ’ |
| 15 | Do not allow the leash to slacken at this point , but try to keep it taut as this will help to ensure the puppy adopts the required position rather than jumping up . |
| 16 | Early on , working in tandem with John Higgs , he had brought in the Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group and the Nature Conservancy Council to look at all the farms on the estate to make sure they were farming with conservation in mind . |
| 17 | A number of working groups have been set up by the Council to look at these matters , but the truth is that the whole curriculum approach is rendered horrendously difficult by the subject structure and by the inevitable fact that the various subject working party reports are coming on stream over a period of at least four to five years . |
| 18 | In one a hunts man , his hunting-horn swinging free from his neck , is sticking a stake into a wild boar , which also has a dog sinking its teeth into its neck ; in another , two lions , one very heraldic and standoffish , are attacking a gazelle , helped by a bird of prey ; in the third , which is decidedly curious , a mule leads a lolling-tongued , wolf-like animal captive while ahead of it a hunts man is tensing his bow to fire at some unseen target . |
| 19 | Use the hand-lens to look at these . |
| 20 | So er can I suggest that we actually ask the the Recreation Ground Committee to look at these problems over the er I do n't think there are any significant problems actually after the , after the Easter weekend fortunately , but just to have er in reply to the city football club , because they are concerned , and have been I have to say for many years , so it 's not unusual . |
| 21 | ‘ He also showed a remarkable capacity to look at any form of contract and identify both the things that needed taking out and what has been wrongly omitted . |
| 22 | Their determination to win at any cost , brought world criticism as the details of massacres such as Mai Lai emerged . |
| 23 | There is a further aspect of financial management to consider at this stage : the impact of different legal structures on the way in which firms manage their financial affairs . |
| 24 | After a succession of these experiences their capacity to cry at all may even dry up , along with the relationship between themselves and their partner . |
| 25 | A user interface reportedly allows a developer to intervene at any stage in the translation . |
| 26 | Some interpretations of modern astrophysics go so far as to suggest that a conscious observer is necessary for the physical universe to exist at all — the observed needs an observer . |
| 27 | ‘ You 're both a delight to watch at that , ’ Julia went on . |
| 28 | Germany expects to collect 200,000 tonnes of plastic this year ; it has capacity to reprocess at most 60,000 tonnes . |
| 29 | No new generic names has been proposed fro " Ophiophthalmus " partly because there has been no opportunity to look at all the material but mainly because it remains to be demonstrated that it is distinct from the genus Ophiomitrella as stated before . |
| 30 | Well this would be the ideal opportunity to look at that because obviously planning now for the future gives you an opportunity just as you 've done with your maxi-endowment |