Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] [adv] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is possible to jump in at the deep end , buy a farm , and teach yourself , learning by your mistakes . |
| 2 | It is possible to work hard at a complete system and get very little from it because of interference by other predators . |
| 3 | For light to work by at the period concerned , a miner had only a small coffee-pot shaped metal oil lamp with a wick protruding from the spout . |
| 4 | Erm if I give you a ring about Sunday or so I will have sorted out cos I 've got quite a few to sort out at the moment . |
| 5 | In acute diseases it is generally adequate to look only at the symptoms of the acute disease itself . |
| 6 | ‘ The letters are the firms , the numbers are the prices in pence of a typical Alpha stock and the volumes they are prepared to deal in at a particular time . |
| 7 | Costs do rise , as you are careful to point out at the start of the feature , but there can be no excuse for the blatant abuse of the costings given . |
| 8 | This makes it easier to switch off at the end . |
| 9 | They are clearly determined not to be beguiled and are prepared to trade quickly at the first sign that sterling 's recent advantage is beginning to dissipate — although they are also finding that the money market is an ants ' nest where one man 's guess is as good as another . |
| 10 | It would be ironic to pick away at the mortar for a few decades only to break through into the next-door cell . |
| 11 | I was fortunate to grow up at a time when imperial measurements were generally used , but science was special in being both imperial and metric . |
| 12 | The total investment need is there from the beginning but it is split into two phases and in our thinking it is only too easy to look only at the first phase because this almost returns the organisation to profitability , and to ignore the second phase which may be essential . |
| 13 | He was on good terms with Marcus , content to know both that they would talk again , and that it was impossible to do so at the moment . |
| 14 | ‘ Or maybe I just do n't see too much to laugh about at the moment . |
| 15 | It seemed to be impossible to straighten both at the same time ) and thrust out his chest . |
| 16 | We were relieved to stop off at the Hotel de la Cachette in Arc 1600 for a delicious buffet lunch . |
| 17 | They proceeded slowly in the afternoon sun , Victoria content to gaze up at the massed conifers as they passed and listen to the rhythmic grating of the eight small horse-shoes on the roadway . |
| 18 | Now the deal looks likely to go through at a whopping $7.5 billion , about $110 a share . |
| 19 | Is the , is the projected grant likely to go up at the same rate as in , as in nine ninety four , ninety five ? |
| 20 | If the unholy alliance in favour of the National Curriculum is likely to come apart at the seams over the issue of resource , so also , given the very different aspirations of those who support its introduction , there is likely to be a parting of the ways over principles . |
| 21 | But remember that any increase in death cover is likely to come out at the expense of a lower retirement benefit . |
| 22 | Allow an ‘ activity space ’ around each piece , which can overlap with the next if you are not likely to use both at the same time . |
| 23 | We do have a choice as to whether to make the connection or not , but , as I have said , unless one is aware of it forming at the time , the bond is likely to build up at the instinctive level . |
| 24 | Even on the premier franchises , the marginal operator is likely to compete only at the best times while the franchisee is left to operate the full seven day service . |
| 25 | Unix System Labs and Open Software Foundation presidents Roel Pieper and David Tory are supposed to turn up at the roll-out in New York with signed technology exchange agreements in their hands . |
| 26 | The activated enzyme was then supposed to eat away at the synaptic membrane so as to expose more NMDA receptor sites which , until thus exposed , remain buried in the membrane surface and hence inactive . |
| 27 | No need for us all to go in at the deep end . ’ |
| 28 | It was better to stand out at the beginning than to go in with the expectation that he would soon have to provoke a further crisis by resignation . |
| 29 | In this situation , it is often useful to look back at the good things you have achieved and the good times you 've enjoyed in the past . |
| 30 | It would probably be better to drop in at The Times ' party , see who he could find to have dinner with and take pot luck in a town not noted for its restaurants . |