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

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1 What they 're actually asking for is that whether we would be able to help them by arranging for a loan on their behalf , they would service the debt at this time , so I might suggest chairman that we revert it to the finance committee for
2 They were all questions which both puzzled and disturbed him , yet at the same time he knew she was the key to helping him expose the diversion at the plant .
3 The continental company , which is not named , is negotiating with Darlington Borough Council through a local construction company which would build the hospital at Lingfield Way , on the Yarm Road industrial estate .
4 Temperature changes also can influence the depth at which the fish swim .
5 If the product is an innovation within the marketplace , the following features of the product itself will influence the rate at which it is adopted :
6 Once the police have arrested you , or so it seemed to us , they will throw the book at you in order to make something stick .
7 And you 've got the odd youngster who will go there and throw the book at somebody .
8 I mean we could cook it much more cheaply but we we do that then they 'd just they 'll throw the book at us , we ca n't do it .
9 I think you have to sort of , lay your ground rules , I mean state your case , quite early on and it , I mean , you know , if , if you 're not good first thing in the morning , you know , you could tell someone you need three cups of coffee before you 're safe to approach or if erm , there 's a lazy slob who sort of lies on the sofa all day , you could throw the dishcloth at him , or erm , and also , I mean if it , if there are sort of badly behaved pets and , and children , erm , you know , just , just do n't invite them , and if that means your guest list is , is somewhat shorter then all to the good .
10 I could , I could really throw the dirt at them by saying that I 'll , you know , if there is a conspiracy there 's , a person here who 's been involved in a very iffy part of the budget , who all of a sudden after ten years of slagging off the town clerk , all of a sudden he 's totally on the town clerk 's side , together with Councillor .
11 Subject to any directions by the court , the district judge may conduct the hearing at any convenient place or inspect any property or thing involved .
12 I therefore wrote to express the hope that I had not appeared to expect him to intervene ; that I did not necessarily disagree with what he said ; and that my underlying feeling was that the Baldwin government , though apparently trying to get rid of a bad king , might damage the monarchy at a time when a great international crisis seemed to be upon us .
13 Just 46 guests can experience the Princess at any one time , staying in luxurious staterooms .
14 Colchester Borough Council 's planning committee decided to delegate the decision on the application for the church at The Centre on the town 's Greenstead estate to the director of planning and development , John Hutton , provided the applicants submitted new drawings showing more brickwork features and better windows , otherwise it would make the decision at a later meeting .
15 If you do n't make the goal at school that they 've set you , you 're considered by your parents as a failure and that 's when your head starts to go down .
16 His voice was raised to a shout , ‘ You do n't make the money at Rafferty 's Bar for youse to dress like lords and drive a car . ’
17 The scheme will make The Fosse at Richmond riverside into a short stay car park at 50p for a maximum of two hours between 8am and 6pm .
18 I will make the statement at the appropriate time to Congress .
19 I mean you 're going with me now if I do n't make the grade at the interview
20 But it 's very possible that neither of those will make the final at all .
21 If you ca n't make your point in thirty seconds , then you should n't make the point at all .
22 It is you who can make the difference at the office by distributing a little kindness instead of putting all your energy into your expectations of others .
23 You can then make the picture at your leisure , knowing that the flowers were pressed in peak condition .
24 We can wade the river at the shallows .
25 He did not want the job at all .
26 Clicking with the left mouse button when the cursor is in its ‘ active ’ will plot the point at the current cursor position .
27 You had to then notify the public at least twenty f twenty four I , no fourteen days before it was due to come in .
28 So I do think the development at that level has something pretty profound to say .
29 Any contracts won on an exclusive basis could affect the price at which it is offered for sale .
30 Thus output might be altered by a technological breakthrough , or by changes in the structure of taxation which affected the choice between work and leisure , or by changes in other real variables , but should not be affected by a change in nominal spending : such changes should affect the price at which the available output is sold and not the quantity of output itself .
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