Example sentences of "[noun sg] [to-vb] at [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the authors state , it is important for neonatal research to look at simple interventions such as this . |
| 2 | Last month 's issue featured my visit to East Lambrook Manor to look at true geraniums , or cranesbills . |
| 3 | The revaluation at a common date has helped , as has agreement in practice to arrive at comparable results . |
| 4 | But it is certainly not impossible and the attempt to arrive at agreed standards in all organizations can be helpful and educational to manager and employees alike . |
| 5 | The utilitarian theorists — such as L W Sumner and Joseph Fletcher — reject moral absolutes , but still rely on deductive reasoning to arrive at moral principles and are much given to abstract statements like ‘ a fetus is a human being which is not yet a person ’ . |
| 6 | That is , while it may prove difficult or impossible to devise the appropriate experiment to get at young children 's appreciation of logical necessity , they may reveal that they have a measure of understanding of logical necessity in what they say and do in everyday contexts . |
| 7 | This is over and above the ability to schedule the transfer to run at given times . |
| 8 | The basis of payment was the subsidy assessment of 1334 , but although this remained in use for the following two centuries , the variations in the extent to which relief was granted in the fifteenth century to communities which had declined in size and wealth since that date suggest that a genuine effort was made to judge their capacity to pay at particular times . |
| 9 | Outside Cabinet Leon Brittan argued in a speech that the Government must have the right to look at new ideas , although I suspect that both Leon and Geoffrey Howe must have been appalled at the way the issue had been handled . |
| 10 | The potential for political expression was not restricted to those who had the right to vote at General Elections every two or three years , since people of all classes could let their feelings be known through petitions , demonstrations , and riots . |
| 11 | Denmark also made unilateral declarations on issues such as citizenship and the right to vote at municipal elections . |
| 12 | With turnover down 27 p.c. to £27.1m , reflecting both the tough trading climate and the group 's reluctance to compete at uneconomic margins in the construction market , profits slumped from £1.83m to £410,000 before providing £775,000 ( £1.2m ) for the fall in land values and reorgnisation costs of £325,000 . |
| 13 | The snap punch is an ideal technique to use at close quarters . |
| 14 | The next find gave us the chance to see at close quarters an auk , a fine winter-plumaged guillemot . |
| 15 | Because the Moon revolves around the Earth , the lunar day — the time it takes for the Moon to appear at equal heights above the horizon on successive occasions — is longer than 24 hours . |
| 16 | The decision in Pickstone v. Freemans Plc. [ 1989 ] A.C. 66 which authorises the court to look at ministerial statements made in introducing regulations which could not be amended by Parliament is logically indistinguishable from such statements made in introducing a statutory provision which , though capable of amendment , was not in fact amended . |
| 17 | However , we believe that unless there are exceptional circumstances , it is for people with local knowledge to look at individual proposals and to decide them in the way that best meets local requirements . |
| 18 | Presenting less raw data might have allowed more scope to look at certain issues in more depth . |
| 19 | Poland , too , was hard hit by the Depression and , in spite of the developing trade war , Germany had taken advantage of the weak Polish mark to trade at advantageous rates and to become Poland 's main trading partner . |
| 20 | Nationally NATFHE had voted by two to one in favour of a strike to protest at new contracts being introduced without consultation . |
| 21 | The sponsor , Walter Scott , commented : ‘ We 're hoping to bring back a fistful of medals and hoping that this will give the youngsters at the grass roots of sport an achievement to emulate at future Games . ’ |
| 22 | All the same , the 1988 results give Socialist defenders of the mixed economy new ammunition to fire at would-be privatisers . |
| 23 | Excuse me for needing this spelt out , but does this mean that Leeds fans can now just pay at the door to stand at away games . |
| 24 | Furthermore , the radiation to space at planetary wavelengths is much the same at all latitudes . |
| 25 | Room maids also suggested improving the honeymoon suite , so we gave them a project to look at suitable fabrics and rival hotel suites . |
| 26 | Lazarus ( 1976 ) coined the phrase multi-modal assessment , encouraging the interviewer to look at different aspects of the presenting problem . |
| 27 | or where the advanced society shows signs of vulnerability in its central value-system , pluralist methods may fail to fully explain persistent conflict because of their limited assumptions of causality and , in particular , because of their unwillingness to look at other manifestations of power in society . |
| 28 | There are many reasons why , in the early nineteenth century , different considerations would intrude on the modelling of a dissected female body rather than that of a male , but one conclusion we could draw from these figures is that the human norm is male , and the only reason to look at female bodies is for that which makes them female , i.e. the reproductive system . |
| 29 | It may be necessary to get the individual to look at alternative ways of approaching and coping with the circumstances of life without work , perhaps trying to ‘ wipe the slate clean ’ and start the process all over again , but with an increased awareness of the problems and difficulties that are involved . |
| 30 | The only proper way to arrive at sustainable definitions of good educational practice is by sharing and analysing ideas and values , marshalling and examining evidence , and applying both processes to the task of formulating principles . |