Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] at the [noun sg] " 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 | Mrs Simmons drives to town each Saturday afternoon to shop at the market . |
4 | With superb research facilities and growing international demand for our expertise , CTL gives you the opportunity to work at the forefront of toxicological research . |
5 | 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 . |
6 | Now he had the opportunity to stand at the counter with one of his mates and talk about other things . |
7 | 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 . |
8 | 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 . |
9 | 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 . |
10 | Indeed , he brings his own delicately poised irony to bear at the end of his book when he writes , |
11 | 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) . |
12 | On the way back we stopped at Horstead Keynes to look at the Carriage and Wagon Dept . |
13 | 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 . |
14 | 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 . |
15 | 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 . |
16 | Suddenly the girl raised her immense grey eyes to look at the gardener . |
17 | We can use the Arrhenius equation to look at the effect of the temperature and activation energy on reaction rate . |
18 | 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 . |
19 | He opened his mouth to shout at the Thing , and the walls exploded . |
20 | Tickets for the whole event are on sale , price £10.00 , from the box-office of the Empire Leicester Square , and we have pairs of free tickets for the first five readers to arrive at the cinema on Sunday morning bearing a copy of The Independent . |
21 | Tallis thought a lizard had emerged from the creature 's mouth to bite at the thorn , then realized she had seen its tongue . |
22 | 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 ? |
23 | Inevitably this assault had to mean trouble for some of their own folk , since they must drive through the outer ring of Scots to get at the enemy — the cost which had caused Ramsay momentarily to hesitate . |
24 | But disabled people gathered in Duke Street during the ceremony to protest at the scheme . |
25 | She sat down in the chair that Dieter held for her and craned her neck to peer at the book . |
26 | She turned her head slightly , opening her eyes to gaze at the firm , tanned hands clasping the wheel of the super-charged sports car that Ross had hired earlier that afternoon . |
27 | If the partners unanimously or by a prescribed majority feel that one of their number should no longer remain with the firm they are given power to require him to retire at the end of a period of notice , typically six months or not less than six months to expire at the end of the firm 's accounting year . |
28 | 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 . |
29 | Before the Appellate Committee Mr. Nicholls submitted , on behalf of the Swedish government , that in committal proceedings in this country the same test is applicable as in the case of a submission by the defendant of no case to answer at the end of the prosecution evidence at his trial . |
30 | Any respondent may make a submission of no case to answer at the conclusion of the applicant 's evidence . |