Example sentences of "[vb infin] [to-vb] at [art] " in BNC.

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1 A large number wish to continue working as long as they are fit and do not want to retire at the state pension age .
2 ‘ There is no definite plan … if you were going to , you would want to go at the top , and we are still growing . ’
3 Nevertheless , clauses 9.1 and 9.2 are dangerous as a tenant will prefer to know at the outset whether any defects affect the premises and the tenant 's solicitor should amend them as follows :
4 He did not want to appear at a loss or to let his followers down .
5 For some specialised yarns , say those with knops , or the hairy yarns , you will probably need to work at a looser tension for the cables to show but this is not to their disadvantage since the cables , loosely worked , frequently add to the richness of the finished look .
6 You 'll find specimens of most of the kind of letters you will need to write at every stage of a simple conveyancing matter in Appendix II .
7 But mostly he did not need to talk at a bunfight , people came up and talked to him , and he would nod his head and smile benevolently and say happily , Yes , Yes , Yes .
8 Such movements , however , do not necessarily and simply entail the substitution of a smaller conjugally-based family for a traditional extended family ; rather it would appear that at these times kin may take on a new significance , and that we may need to look at a network of relationships much wider than the conjugal family .
9 ‘ If such plans develop , we will need to look at the company 's existing share structure and a 1-for-1 capitalisation issue would seem appropriate . ’
10 It was also suggested that theologians may need to look at the theology of play in order to gain a more positive understanding of the entertainment role of the media .
11 I think you 'd really have to you 'd probably need to look at the booklet and then speak to erm one of the Prudential people about you know the amount of time you were considering paying contributions and the probably just weigh up the benefits of of each scheme .
12 He did not need to look at the single shelf of books to know they would have titles like A Pilot 's War Memoirs or Regiments of the Burma Campaign .
13 I mean you 'd need to look at the touring schedules and things
14 Okay , but I just wanted to go on to say that I think in reviewing how the budget may be brought more closely under control in the coming year , officers will need to look at the erm size of the committees because we are working with committees at the moment that are larger than those committees which used to exist when this year 's budget was set and that has had some impact and we need to have the implications of any change of committee size whether that might affect the budget , how that would affect the budget , also whether there is any potential for reducing the number of committees further and also whether the rates might be changed , I particularly would like officers to report on what , whether there would be any significant saving from er setting the rates at the round figures they were at a couple of years ago erm
15 I do n't even need to look at the drawing for this
16 We really do need to look at the Bill
17 If you use windows it is worth putting applications that you might need to use at the same time on different drives .
18 I could n't wait to finish at the studio that day so I could slip down the record shop to pick up a copy , and several months later I still have n't stopped playing it .
19 Maggie sat at the table , thinking that she did n't know about the proposed camp but could n't wait to get at the promised bathing facilities .
20 Police believe she will need to stay at the hospital for at least another week .
21 There had been concern that ETA might seek to strike at the Expo 92 Universal Exhibition in Seville , held from April 20 to Oct. 12 , or at the Olympic Games in Barcelona ( July 25-Aug. 9 ) .
22 They 're very upset and do n't want to talk at the moment .
23 It was rather a small one and it did n't appear to matter at the time . ’
24 Of Charles Hutton : ‘ For the accommodation of such gentlemen and ladies as do n't choose to appear at the public school , I propose ( at vacant hours ) to attend them in their own apartments . ’
25 I did n't choose to work at the complex .
26 Mark Benson won the toss for Kent and , as is customary these days , put Hampshire in But 11 o'clock on a July morning is very different from 10.30am in September and , while it was cloudy , there was nothing like the assistance the bowlers will expect to find at the start of the NatWest Trophy final later in the year .
27 What kind of formal marks , if any , would we expect to find at the beginning of a new paragraph ?
28 If you started from the insect , and jumped like a demented flea half a trillion times , you could expect to arrive at the fox once .
29 If we are constituted as subjects by the totalities we inhabit , then our beliefs about the divide between science and ideology ( Althusser 's included ) will be determined too , and we can not expect to arrive at an impartial , objective view of it .
30 This year , I have been having a series of informal discussions with Church leaders , the voluntary sector , leading members of the police , probation and prison services , magistrates and others to consider what we can do to get at the roots of criminality .
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