Example sentences of "[conj] [to-vb] at [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I dare say someone could cross a road with the best of intentions — to help an old lady perhaps , or to look at a fruit-shop — then slip on a banana-skin and cause a perfectly horrible accident .
2 Everyone knew that to point at the seals was taboo .
3 But it said that to get at the root of the problem the Government had to tackle the whole issue of deprivation .
4 And it was a belief that to cut at the roots with small scissors would make a difference , because it would have a cumulative effect and that 's why I think we can do it in our own society .
5 well not posters , the horsewatch is a prime example where I wanted to look at setting a format in a particular way , and to sit at the side of either Alf or Tracey well now alter it to that or to that I 'm sure they 'd do it , but nevertheless it 's putting them off their work .
6 Our Lord left this earthly scene to occupy his throne and to sit at the Father 's table .
7 ‘ RADA taught me about drugs and I learned to cook and to drive at the RSC , ’ she laughs .
8 And to stand at the ford as long as humanly possible , denying the Northumbrians the crossing until they were forced to give way .
9 It was agreed to harmonize fiscal incentives for investors and to aim at the creation of a monetary union by 1995 .
10 She lowered her head , as if to look at the floor .
11 The project aims to develop a general set of answers to these questions , relevant to any metropolitan region , and to look at a set of current labour market issues in Greater London and the Outer Metropolitan region ( including West Kent . )
12 Each party tended to see its own central ideal and to look at the others concerned as a perverse distraction from it .
13 One aim of this chapter is to assess the impact of feminism on political sociology ‘ twenty years on ’ and to look at the difficulties confronting those who wish to do work on women .
14 There have been various attempts to classify different corporate cultures and to look at the consequences of those types for the use of power ( see Deal and Kennedy ; Handy ) .
15 However , it is time to take a more positive view , and to look at the way early organisms began to combine energy from the sun with gases in the atmosphere and in so doing enabled life as we know it to evolve .
16 I urge the Minister to comment on that and to look at the way in which capital is treated for income support purposes to ensure that such disadvantages do not continue .
17 Erm , and to look at the stories which are of a different time but are still relevant to our time and place , they have a , have a message for us , even though they were set a hundred years ago , they 've still got something to say us , so I think that 's an area we need to explore .
18 This study aims to discover patterns of migration of labour within and between the townships of Calverley parish and to look at the role of vestry policy upon this and also upon movement into and out of the parish .
19 Gregory of Tours , in particular , provides evidence of unequalled richness ; on the one hand he provides us with some of the most compelling images of the power of the Merovingian Church , on the other he allows us to see behind those images , and to look at the nuts and bolts supporting them .
20 The best way is to make a chart of each proposed solution and to look at the gains , losses and likely outcome for each .
21 We aim to continue to expand the magazine , provide more opportunities to our members , continue to give exposure to the work of women artists and to lobby at every opportunity to enable equality to exist within all the professional levels of the art world today .
22 By virtue of this settled view he managed to live tolerably through the period , to risk his fate in a number of bold throws , and to emerge at the end with his dignity unimpaired and his power enhanced .
23 Even if you are not a skier , it is worth taking the funicular up to the slopes just to experience the journey and to marvel at the views opening out below .
24 In the next few days nearly all Sullivans diplomatic colleagues came to offer their condolences and to marvel at the fact that no one had been killed .
25 And I would urge all intending applicants to give very serious thought to what sort of person they are , to what their real academics interests are , and to what sort of institution they want to attend , and to recognise at the outset that that can not be gleaned from any one compendium or any one adviser .
26 After travelling around the continent to a constellation of cities linked by who her father knew , it was a relief to cross the Channel alone and to arrive at a place where it was not generally such a struggle to make herself understood .
27 Mr Carey said : ‘ We submitted a bid which tried to be clear about the problems , and to arrive at a view of what is practicable , which disturbs MPs as little as possible , while giving the broadcasters what they want .
28 He had fought hard over the year of her suspension to have her case dealt with speedily , and to get at the truth behind the allegations .
29 To be the best though and to stay at the top , you need willpower .
30 At some stage it will be possible again to enjoy memories and to laugh at the fun we shared .
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