Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] [to-vb] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | As it was er quite late on a Sunday evening I did in fact take the opportunity to listen at the door of the flat in question . |
| 2 | With superb research facilities and growing international demand for our expertise , CTL gives you the opportunity to work at the forefront of toxicological research . |
| 3 | If anyone ever gets the opportunity to stay at the Savoy , then my advice is — take it ! |
| 4 | Now he had the opportunity to stand at the counter with one of his mates and talk about other things . |
| 5 | The model presented here of working with parents enables the clinician to progress at the parents ' rate of change and understanding . |
| 6 | After an anterior myocardial infarct there is a tendency for the heart to bulge at the site of the damaged muscle . |
| 7 | She had rejoiced at her childlessness , and even found the heart to laugh at the lamentable end of her father 's fond dynastic ambitions . |
| 8 | The ridicule to which the dupes are condemned may be explicitly orchestrated by the author , by providing characters within the text to laugh at the victim . |
| 9 | Gloria lead Dot up the outside steps from the basement to look at the cotton flags flapping in the sun . |
| 10 | If there is no stated requirement for a quorum , persuade the Chairman to start at the advertised time even if only you and he are present . |
| 11 | I loved the programme and the people but I made the decision to leave at the right point , before I could grow bored . ’ |
| 12 | I went behind the music-stool to look at the Greek pottery . |
| 13 | He says I 'd like the university to look at the problems , not just the symptoms . |
| 14 | I 'll probably have to do me tour of the quayside to start at the beginning where we went |
| 15 | Long ago , Isaiah Berlin drew a distinction between ‘ positive ’ and ‘ negative ’ liberty : we all have the freedom to dine at the Ritz , in the sense that no one stops us — Berlin called this ‘ negative liberty ’ . |
| 16 | As they do not actually devour the tissue but merely pierce through the skin to get at the sap inside , the problem of making contact can become a little more difficult . |
| 17 | ‘ The Queen felt it would not be right for the duchess to stay at the main house , even though there is room , because of the marriage split . |
| 18 | But disabled people gathered in Duke Street during the ceremony to protest at the scheme . |
| 19 | JH : Do you feel when listening to ‘ authentic ’ orchestral performances that there is an inevitable tendency for the musician to have at the root of his interpretation a whole series of experiences and influences which must at least sub-consciously be drawn from the post-Wagnerian school ? |
| 20 | Aware of this , he spins on his back in the manner of a break dancer and the spin gives him the momentum to strike at the legs of the attacker . |
| 21 | Having searched this field to the best of my ability I left with the intention to return at the earliest opportunity . |
| 22 | No oranges will taste the same as those we ate on t hose Saturday mornings , saving the peel to throw at the screen when Roy Rogers brought out his guitar to serenade Dale Evans across a Texas campfire that was flickering in an enchanted cave in a Manchester street . |
| 23 | He had learned also that if there were a continuing nightmare in Israel then it was that an Arab enemy might one day possess the capability to strike at the Jewish heartland with nuclear weapons . |
| 24 | It was developed specifically for the larger urban workshops and consists of an adjustable loom with a device which , by altering the tension on the warp strands , shifts the completed work to the rear of the loom , allowing the weaver to sit at the same level throughout the entire rug-making process . |
| 25 | ‘ Every day , the first thing I do when I wake in the morning is go to the window to look at the pond . |
| 26 | He laughed wryly , walking over to the window to stare at the view she had enjoyed such a short time before . |
| 27 | Success in education has come largely through a process of social indoctrination ; if the young person has been brought up in a supportive home which was valued education and encouraged the youngster to stick at the work in order to pass through the hoops which lead to higher education and the professional occupations , the young person has very often done well at school . |
| 28 | It is this popularity which has prompted the management to look at the possibility of introducing these fit bodies to the joys of tennis , by offering complimentary tennis tuition , a worthy initiative and one which can only enhance the game in the club and its surrounding area . |
| 29 | If an adult patient did not have the capacity to decide at the time of the purported refusal and still does not have that capacity , it is the duty of the doctors to treat him in whatever way they consider , in the exercise of their clinical judgment , to be in his best interests . |
| 30 | He said : ‘ The Macaulay is a major research facility , established in Scotland , which has the capacity to operate at the leading edge of science and to contribute to the solution of practical problems concerned with the environment . |