Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [to-vb] at a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Racing : Prix de L'Arc de Triomphe : Britain 's faith in Class value : Europe 's richest race brings another opportunity for Britain 's most fearless trainer to tilt at a top prize . |
| 2 | Sometimes , in His slow journey across the shores of Infinity , He moves His country-sized head to snap at a passing comet . |
| 3 | Once again we return to the old advice to practise at a safe height . |
| 4 | A ‘ birder 's bird ’ , it is one of the most difficult species on the British List to identify at a distance . |
| 5 | Moreover , as Figure 7.2b shows , there is a marked tendency to congregate at a very few ‘ honeypot ’ sites . |
| 6 | Incidentally , the pineapple is a sign of hospitality , making this a very appropriate dish to serve at a party . |
| 7 | By mid-century , a standard format had been devised which allowed a long-service civil servant to retire at a minimum age of 60 on a pension equal , at maximum , to two-thirds of his previous salary . |
| 8 | The typical pattern is for the Japanese businessman to eat at a restaurant in the evening and thereafter go to a bar or cabaret . |
| 9 | Nash , a scrupulous and sensitive antiquarian , tells us what happened next : ‘ The body , I believe , is perfect , as it has never been opened : we thought it indelicate and indecent to uncover it ; but observing the left hand to lie at a small distance from the body , we took off the cerecloth , and found the hand and nails perfect , but of a brownish colour : the cerecloth consisted of many folds of coarse linen , dipped in wax , tar , and perhaps some gums : over this was wrapt a sheet of lead fitted exactly close to the body . ’ |
| 10 | In other words , for a human being to stare at a cat is to threaten it . |
| 11 | The intention had been a fairly short , impressive strike which ended on a note of strength and with the obvious ability to resume at a later date should the government drag its feet on terrorism and law and order . |
| 12 | The intention was to reduce it to that rate which would constrain aggregate demand to grow at a rate which could be met by increases in real output . |
| 13 | It is therefore safe for a fire-engine driver to proceed at a higher speed than would be possible for other drivers . |
| 14 | ‘ You must be very rich if your skill is as remarkable as your tongue , ’ she told him in amusement , taking a handkerchief from her lacy sleeve to dab at a tiny droplet of champagne on her dress . |
| 15 | Nor do we have Betcher 's Gland , which would let a Marine secrete corrosive poison to spit at a foe . |
| 16 | The ANC foreign affairs director , Thabo Mbeki , said that rival groups " must enjoy equal weight in the debate " and that " national consensus … is a critical element in the common effort to arrive at a new reality of justice and peace " . |
| 17 | This is particularly important since it locates a mode of production as an essential totality , and is thus not dependent upon this or that outstanding feature to arrive at a determination . |
| 18 | It is a biological catalyst , a catalyst being something that encourages a chemical reaction to proceed at a faster rate than it would do normally . |
| 19 | Richard Rolle 's at times flamboyant attempt to arrive at a form of living which would express his compulsive and impulsive drive towards personal realisation of the love of God , brought the circumstances of his life into prominence . |
| 20 | However , this ad hoc procedure has not been without its critics , largely because of doubts about whether it is possible to perform the exercise with sufficient precision to arrive at a clear-cut evaluation . |
| 21 | A worried Bank of England used the weekend to negotiate for the Portuguese currency to start at a higher level than that planned on Friday , but it clearly was not high enough for the pound . |