Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] [adv] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is possible to work hard at a complete system and get very little from it because of interference by other predators . |
| 2 | In acute diseases it is generally adequate to look only at the symptoms of the acute disease itself . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | It would be ironic to pick away at the mortar for a few decades only to break through into the next-door cell . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | It seemed to be impossible to straighten both at the same time ) and thrust out his chest . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Mr Rodger Bell QC , for Mr Bewick , suggested that his client had a ‘ bee in his bonnet ’ about surgeons being able to work anywhere at a drop of a hat . |
| 13 | Inside , I was barely able to stand upright at the highest point , for I was head and shoulders taller than my sinister host ; and it did not escape my notice that the roof at its highest point was infested with cobwebs , in the corners of which sat large square spiders . |
| 14 | With the franchise bids for Channel 3 close to completion and the date set for the advertising of Channel 5 franchises it is timely to look again at the possibilities in the new channel , and in particular at the potential for ‘ city television ’ . |
| 15 | We have become so obsessed with dowries and transfer payments that we are unable to look comprehensively at the needs of users |
| 16 | In the UK we have become so obsessed with dowries and transfer payments that we are unable to look comprehensively at the needs of users , let alone ask their views , and community care encourages this approach to service delivery . |
| 17 | If they are receiving thousands of pounds as members of Cardiff Bay development corporation , they are unlikely to look dispassionately at the interests of their wards . |
| 18 | In the 1780s the Norfolk cattle in general were described as blood red with white or mottled faces like miniature Herefords and able to fatten easily at an early age . |
| 19 | ‘ We thought it was as good an excuse as any and we were all able to get away at the same time . |
| 20 | As with all drama work , it 's important to move forward at an appropriate pace , to aim for gradual progression . |
| 21 | In this it surpassed all that Lanfranc had been able to achieve even at the height of his influence in 1072 . |
| 22 | Provided he could use the motion , he might be able to rock away at the melancholy and eventually shift it off its fierce sticking point . |
| 23 | It seems essential to look explicitly at the implications of the interpretation of normalisation for professional styles of working . |
| 24 | A further example of national information about which local managers were unable to act came with the expanding of the National Diploma level of BTEC in schools : when it was shown that there did not have to be an exclusive choice of BTEC and A levels and that to offer both at the same time was not only permissible but also helpful , the manager was able to make new local choices . |
| 25 | This is especially the case where we have an instruction set defined for a compatible range of computers , since it will be difficult to implement economically at the lower ( and cheaper ) end of the range the complex facilities required at the upper end ( though microprogramming may be an answer ) . |
| 26 | I suppose that the average Briton , although not naturally vindictive and revengeful , would be inclined to smile broadly at the idea of 3000 Inland |
| 27 | And he especially wants to encourage female football players to join : ‘ We do n't get the response we should from the girls it would be nice to see more at the schools . ’ |
| 28 | We therefore found it necessary to look again at the empirical evidence about what goes on in the nuclear family — Who has the power ? |
| 29 | In order to answer this last question it is necessary to look briefly at the type of anthropological work available to Marx and Engels at the time they were writing . |
| 30 | Before looking more closely at the reasons why children come into care , and at the numbers involved , it is necessary to look briefly at the main legislation in this field and the powers and duties of the child care service . |