Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Given basic ability , equality of opportunity to borrow at the market rate of interest to invest in your human capital so as to secure a future return makes observed income inequality a matter of individual choice . |
| 2 | The Scottish Sports Council announced today that its Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Mr Ken Hutchison has intimated his decision to retire at the end of November . |
| 3 | Second division , Swansea away in the cup was never going to be an easy ticket for Oxford , but when Nick Cusack scored with just over 10 minutes to go at the Vetch Field , United looked a good bet for the 4th round . |
| 4 | Mrs Simmons drives to town each Saturday afternoon to shop at the market . |
| 5 | A mob of young Catholics was waiting at Cromac Square , armed with a good supply of bricks and metal objects to hurl at the marchers . |
| 6 | With superb research facilities and growing international demand for our expertise , CTL gives you the opportunity to work at the forefront of toxicological research . |
| 7 | He was bound in the sum of £40 to appear at the Michaelmas Quarter Sessions in Kendal , the banker Christopher Wilson standing surety for him , for £30 . |
| 8 | Nuadu had said that the Robemaker and CuRoi took sacrifices from the ordinary people of Ireland ; strong young sons to work at the Looms , although presumably they would not actually do this work themselves . |
| 9 | Jamie knew that wherever he was in the wild world , far from his home , he was not the first Scotsman to hammer at the gate . |
| 10 | Now he had the opportunity to stand at the counter with one of his mates and talk about other things . |
| 11 | 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 ’ . |
| 12 | Contract Director , Bill Freeman , who recently announced his intention to retire at the end of the year , started his carpet career with Stoddard in 1956 . |
| 13 | And the club committee was given the go-ahead to seek legal advice in their bid to remain at the ground for at least six months under a protected tenancy . |
| 14 | Negotiations are going ahead for booking top personalities like Johnny Mathis , Bob Monkhouse and Freddie Starr to appear at the club subject to approval by the licensing authorities . |
| 15 | Indeed , he brings his own delicately poised irony to bear at the end of his book when he writes , |
| 16 | The petitioning creditor must prepare for the hearing a list of all those creditors who have given notice of their intention to appear at the hearing and hand it in at the hearing(r6.24) . |
| 17 | In a nation with more than 3 million unemployed , many skilled youngsters would give their proverbial eyes and ears to work at the Rutherford-Appleton . |
| 18 | On the way back we stopped at Horstead Keynes to look at the Carriage and Wagon Dept . |
| 19 | Reginald Bassett 's 1931 : Political Crisis , published in 1958 , was the first attempt to look at the events of 1931 free from contemporary preconceptions . |
| 20 | Talbot and Van Gelder looked at each other in silence , then bent forward over Theodore 's shoulders to look at the figures he had added up . |
| 21 | She told him she was too busy to attend to the matter , whilst the guests gave up all pretence of looking at the pictures to stare at the intruder . |
| 22 | But there was no reply , and when Belinda turned from the front passenger seat to look at the artist stretched out in the back , she saw that Faye had the back of her hand pressed against her mouth to stifle her sobs . |
| 23 | Leave five minutes before each interview to look at the candidate 's application form/letter , and any particular questions noted down while first reading it . |
| 24 | Suddenly the girl raised her immense grey eyes to look at the gardener . |
| 25 | That tour to Australia is just one highlight in a busy itinerary for the Gala stand-off : ‘ I have had am ambition to play at the Hong Kong Sevens and was simply thrilled to have been invited to join the Irish Wolfhounds squad for this year 's tournament . |
| 26 | This is why Mrs Dole got the Labour Department to look at the personnel records of nine big companies around the country . |
| 27 | We can use the Arrhenius equation to look at the effect of the temperature and activation energy on reaction rate . |
| 28 | The Institute 's Education & Training Directorate and the General Practitioner Board have been watching the falling numbers of students training in small firms with deep concern and both have set up working parties to look at the problems . |
| 29 | A Boeing 707 belonging to the Colombian national airline Avianca crashed on Long Island , New York , on Jan. 25 , during a second attempt to land at the city 's John F. Kennedy airport , causing the death of 67 people and injuring some 80 of the remaining 91 people on board . |
| 30 | He opened his mouth to shout at the Thing , and the walls exploded . |