Example sentences of "[to-vb] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Do n't torture yourself with feelings of inadequacy because you ca n't even begin to guess at the correct pronunciation of Abhainn Coire Mhic Nobuil . |
| 32 | Investigations are continuing to discover how the two cars came to collide at the Great Stainton crossroads on the narrow road . |
| 33 | In 1935 a Mr Cole of Middlesbrough complained to the Sea Fish Commission that they were still having to sell at the pre-war prices of a halfpenny fish and a ha'porth of chips . |
| 34 | This means that if there 's a mistake in the ad , the advertiser is n't obliged to sell at the mistaken price . |
| 35 | This means that if there 's a mistake in the ad , the advertiser is n't obliged to sell at the mistaken price . |
| 36 | Thus , owners who were forced to sell their land to public authorities considered themselves to be very badly treated in comparison with those who were able to sell at the enhanced prices resulting in part from planning restrictions on other sites . |
| 37 | Thumping the paper with his other hand he continued to yell at the chanting mob , but could n't be heard above the din . |
| 38 | She continued to exhibit at the New English Art Club ( 1908–11 ) . |
| 39 | Where or with whom James received his training is not known , but by 1783 he was established in London ; and in that year he announced himself by publishing a pamphlet on A Method of Constructing Vapour Baths , and began to exhibit at the Royal Academy . |
| 40 | The frequency of political discussions rose sharply between the pre-campaign week and the final campaign , but then it continued to rise steadily throughout the campaign to peak at the very end . |
| 41 | The porter fell to his knees and began to scrabble at the soft soil next to the wooden scaffold pole . |
| 42 | His fingers began to scrabble at the coarse edge of the steel plate . |
| 43 | Give them the power to choose at the General Election and they will decide the future of the N H S. The future of the N H S is safe with the Labour Party , with your lot it 's privatisation , it 's started already and we 're a General Election away from the end of the N H S. |
| 44 | In a comparison between blocking and non-blocking strains of mice it was shown that the potential of embryos to arrest at the 2-cell stage is determined solely by the genotype of the egg and occurs irrespective of the paternal or embryonic contribution ( 18 ) . |
| 45 | Fourthly , no central guidance has emerged on how to coordinate at the local level , care management , the care programme approach , and hospital discharge procedures , thus inviting triplication of planning effort . |
| 46 | All you need is an open , enquiring mind and the ability to wonder at the fascinating world of wildlife . |
| 47 | But why stop to wonder at the very point where cause for wonder really begins ? |
| 48 | Mobuto climbed out slowly and turned to wave at the waiting photographers . |
| 49 | Coming again to pick at the crucial knot |
| 50 | She understood then that if she had had leisure to listen at the right moment , she might have heard the faint , suggestive sounds of a third presence . |
| 51 | What prompts him to this unexpected adjective is that ( as Bunting stressed ) the poems these men admired were not ‘ simplified to aim at the poor ’ , but ‘ written for a hard intellectual audience ’ . |
| 52 | He began to aim at the other man , who was reloading his Luger , but was stopped by the Doctor 's hand on his shoulder . |
| 53 | You control the gun sights movement with your mouse and the idea is to aim at the moving targets using your mouse button to shoot . |
| 54 | The only important offering from National Gallery Publications is timed to coincide with a major loan exhibition to open at the National Gallery next spring : Tradition and Revolution in French Art , 1700–1880 : paintings and drawings from Lille will appear in March ( £27.50 ) . |
| 55 | Detectives seized eight kilos of coca leaves , the base for cocaine , which were to have been handed out for visitors to chew at the Bolivian Pavilion . |
| 56 | The soldier howled in agony and staggered back , dropping his own weapon to clutch at the gaping cut that had opened his arm to the bone . |
| 57 | Although looseknit networks are difficult to handle at the operational level , at the level of theory they are likely to be important . |
| 58 | Each point on the curve is normally recorded after allowing the polymer time to equilibrate at the chosen temperature and as the rate of measurement affects the magnitude of T g quite noticeably the equilibration time should be several hours at least . |
| 59 | Where firms maximise profits in uncompetitive conditions the effect is that consumers are denied goods which they would have been willing to buy at the competitive market price . |
| 60 | Or to jeer at the discredited Baltic Communists who rode in behind the thugs , proclaimed themselves in charge in Lithuania and Latvia and then scuttled for cover . |