Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] [adv] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In particular , it promised to look again at the case of Canford Heath in Dorset , where a recent court judgement upheld the decision by Poole Borough Council to build houses on the heath in the face of vociferous opposition from conservation groups , led by the World Wide Fund for Nature [ see ED no . |
| 2 | The Lebanese army did not enter a nearby camp used by Dev Sol , the Turkish urban guerrilla group , but were expected to do so at a later date . |
| 3 | The basic assumption of geometric perspective is that although parallel lines never meet , they appear to do so at a vanishing point , on a distant backcloth . |
| 4 | When there is port bias on the line you will rarely need to start right at the pin end . |
| 5 | be careful in the dusk , remember mirror , signal , manoeuvre once you start to overtake move quickly passed the vehicle you are overtaking , when overtake er , overtake only on the right except when the driver in the front has signalled that he intends to turn right , you can overtake him on the left , without getting in the way , when you want to turn left at a junction , when traffic is moving slowly in queues and be er , in a lane on the right and moving more slowly than you are , in one way streets , but not dual carriageways , maybe with a path on either side , when traffic is moving as described , do not increase your speed while being overtaken , slow down if necessary to let the overtaking vehicle pass . |
| 6 | For mortality , the intensity of selection in a stable population ( r=0 ) remains constant during the pre-reproductive period because the consequences of death for reproductive success remain constant ; selection intensity starts to decline only at the time of first breeding . |
| 7 | But now , attending on the King 's mother , she might be expected to stay tonight at the Palace . |
| 8 | THE POSTMAN never has to ring twice at the home of Patricia Parsons he is her most welcome visitor of the day . |
| 9 | It was n't an attractive option , especially as she did n't need to glance behind at the carefully packed boot full of vital equipment to know that she had brought no waterproof coat ; she was an optimist by nature and one with no foresight , always a lethal combination . |
| 10 | It was too cold to stand and stare , and the wind kept buffeting us dangerously each time we tried to gaze across at the Ocean . |
| 11 | The repeating shape of the accompaniment in quavers is designed to recur only at the first beat of the seventh bar . |
| 12 | Paul asked the Corinthians , and the unanswerable logic of his question was designed to cut decisively at the root of ingratitude . |
| 13 | To tradition and instinct , de Castelnau could add personal reasons for wanting to hit hard at the enemy ; three of his sons had already laid down their lives for France . |
| 14 | Indeed in cases where such companies had a vital stake , as with the British South Africa Union Minière in Zaire they were seen to behave badly at the very point at which their host countries became independent . |
| 15 | As they passed Guido and Ronni 's table , just for an instant Guido turned and seemed to smile directly at the girl . |
| 16 | This it does by turning away in a deliberate manner and refusing to look again at the glowering face . |
| 17 | The prescription of glasses is an exact science , and they are made to fit correctly at a specific distance from the eyeball . |
| 18 | The opportunity has not been missed to point unfavourably at the controversial plans for the Bode Museum in Berlin which , it seems , will not now be restored to its original appearance as when built for Kaiser Friedrich in 1897–1904 . |
| 19 | Saturday was the one day on which he seemed to arrive early at the Herald office , but she doubted whether he would have got there yet . |
| 20 | It is difficult to see how unrepresented claimants who fare so badly in tribunals of first instance could expect to fare better at the appellate level ; indeed representation has increased considerably over the past few years . |
| 21 | ‘ I hope to get home at a reasonable time tonight , but it rather depends on what Kegan wants . |
| 22 | No one else seemed to think so at the time . |
| 23 | By the end of the war this culture had been defeated , and the victorious Puritans and their nonconformist allies who had gained control of the reins of central government believed they now had an opportunity to impose on the whole nation the same moral reforms that prior to 1640 they had struggled to instigate piecemeal at a local level . |
| 24 | Henry Mayhew described how the costers preferred tasty cable-cord trousers , ‘ made to fit tightly at the knee and swell gradually until they reached the boot , which they nearly cover ’ . |
| 25 | People do n't seem to moan on but tend to look more at the positive angles . |
| 26 | We tend to look only at the beginning and end of a decision . |
| 27 | But I am still going to sit right at the back of the aeroplane away from you ! |
| 28 | ‘ Not that anyone 's going to come anyway at the moment . |
| 29 | And he 's promised to look again at the case for allowing British Rail to bid for franchises . |
| 30 | There 's , there 's the Racial Equality council issue , where erm , I mean I think there 's er , I would like to look again at the degree to which compliance and contract compliance can be achieved through the county council 's procedures which we looked at about four years ago , and I would see that at least as important as working and funding outside activities . |