Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] at [pos pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The problem remains of how to get the existing parliament to connive at its own demise . |
| 2 | And that 's truer than ever today , when even an ordinary family saloon is powered by a highly sophisticated engine that depends on the right lubrication to perform at its best . |
| 3 | ‘ Father Laverty came to see me in hospital two days after the birth and had the nerve to look at my beautiful baby and ask me to put her up for adoption . ’ |
| 4 | Choking , he shifted one hand from his enemy to claw at his own throat , and instantly the fist that was strangling him heaved him roughly back from the edge and flung him down in safety at the foot of the wall . |
| 5 | You can find out more about the sites to visit at your nearest Tourist Information Centre or English Heritage property . |
| 6 | You will want your home to look at its best . |
| 7 | I think that given that University work is supposed to encourage intellectual activity at the highest level of which any individual is capable it is very important to increase motivation by allowing those individuals to proceed at their own pace and to establish their cognitive frames as and when they feel capable of doing so . |
| 8 | In the past 30 days you have been training your body to work at its optimum potential ; and you will now have a good idea of what you can achieve by using the Walking Diet recipes and aerobic walking . |
| 9 | She is out for the evening to celebrate at her favourite local restaurant . |
| 10 | The years spent at Cass enabled Rod Morris to evolve at his own pace and allowed his intuition the subtle space it required . |
| 11 | The years spent at Cass enabled Rod Morris to evolve at his own pace and allowed his intuition the subtle space it required . |
| 12 | ‘ It is indecent for a Muslim to look at his private parts and his excretion . ’ |
| 13 | Mr Major will tell Tory rebels to look at their own constituencies to see the effect of Euro investment . |
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| 15 | KPMG reserve the right to publish at its own expense and subject to your prior approval a tombstone recording the completed transaction unless you inform us that this would be in breach of specific confidentiality undertakings exchanged between the parties . |
| 16 | KPMG reserve the right to publish at its own expense and subject to your prior approval a tombstone recording the completed transaction unless you inform us that this would be in breach of specific confidentiality undertakings exchanged between the parties . |
| 17 | KPMG reserve the right to publish at its own expense and subject to your prior approval a tombstone recording the completed transaction unless you inform us that this would be in breach of specific confidentiality undertakings exchanged between the parties . |
| 18 | KPMG reserve the right to publish at its own expense and subject to your prior approval a tombstone recording on the completed transaction unless you inform us that this would be in breach of specific confidentiality undertakings exchanged between the parties . |
| 19 | KPMG reserve the right to publish at its own expense and subject to your prior approval a tombstone recording the completed transaction unless you inform us that this would be in breach of specific confidentiality undertakings exchanged between the parties . |
| 20 | Apart from the strong suspicion that the revenue officers of Wigtown were rather too closely associated with smuggling , their failure to determine at their first survey the proper quantity of dutiable iron imported by Bailie Hooks suggested a method of changing the composition of the town council when the vital election of a delegate to represent the burgh at the ensuing parliamentary election was to be held . |
| 21 | All they could do now was to turn Moat Hall upside down in the forlorn hope something remained in the near-derelict place to hint at its erstwhile owner 's present refuge . |
| 22 | Maintain a passive attitude and permit relaxation to occur at its own pace . |
| 23 | Competitors complained that the restriction would effectively turn the race into a one-mile sprint at the end when motorcycle outriders moved from their path to allow the race to proceed at its natural pace . |
| 24 | Space and air and the chance to go at his own pace , and most of all he needed to get away from the Zoo to that place which in the weeks he had been ill he had begun to sense must exist , though he knew neither its name nor where it might be . |
| 25 | The best assignments allow learners to progress at their own pace and provide opportunities for tutors and learners to tailor provision to meet individual needs . |
| 26 | It ultimately means helping counsellees to look at their current self-image , and deciding how this can be improved or modified , and what has to be done in order to do so . |
| 27 | She got up at night to look at her asleep , to see that she lacked nothing . |
| 28 | The private sector will have an incentive to form an estimate of this policy rule and use the resultant knowledge to arrive at their subjective estimate of what they expect the money supply will be in period . |
| 29 | He wanted a noisy , breezy curate to get at his rough teenagers . |
| 30 | There are obvious benefits in allowing each student to go at his own pace . |