Example sentences of "[noun sg] [to-vb] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Given basic ability , equality of opportunity to borrow at the market rate of interest to invest in your human capital so as to secure a future return makes observed income inequality a matter of individual choice . |
| 2 | The Scottish Sports Council announced today that its Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Mr Ken Hutchison has intimated his decision to retire at the end of November . |
| 3 | Mrs Simmons drives to town each Saturday afternoon to shop at the market . |
| 4 | With superb research facilities and growing international demand for our expertise , CTL gives you the opportunity to work at the forefront of toxicological research . |
| 5 | Jamie knew that wherever he was in the wild world , far from his home , he was not the first Scotsman to hammer at the gate . |
| 6 | Now he had the opportunity to stand at the counter with one of his mates and talk about other things . |
| 7 | Contract Director , Bill Freeman , who recently announced his intention to retire at the end of the year , started his carpet career with Stoddard in 1956 . |
| 8 | And the club committee was given the go-ahead to seek legal advice in their bid to remain at the ground for at least six months under a protected tenancy . |
| 9 | Indeed , he brings his own delicately poised irony to bear at the end of his book when he writes , |
| 10 | The petitioning creditor must prepare for the hearing a list of all those creditors who have given notice of their intention to appear at the hearing and hand it in at the hearing(r6.24) . |
| 11 | But there was no reply , and when Belinda turned from the front passenger seat to look at the artist stretched out in the back , she saw that Faye had the back of her hand pressed against her mouth to stifle her sobs . |
| 12 | Leave five minutes before each interview to look at the candidate 's application form/letter , and any particular questions noted down while first reading it . |
| 13 | We can use the Arrhenius equation to look at the effect of the temperature and activation energy on reaction rate . |
| 14 | A Boeing 707 belonging to the Colombian national airline Avianca crashed on Long Island , New York , on Jan. 25 , during a second attempt to land at the city 's John F. Kennedy airport , causing the death of 67 people and injuring some 80 of the remaining 91 people on board . |
| 15 | He opened his mouth to shout at the Thing , and the walls exploded . |
| 16 | Tallis thought a lizard had emerged from the creature 's mouth to bite at the thorn , then realized she had seen its tongue . |
| 17 | JH : Do you feel when listening to ‘ authentic ’ orchestral performances that there is an inevitable tendency for the musician to have at the root of his interpretation a whole series of experiences and influences which must at least sub-consciously be drawn from the post-Wagnerian school ? |
| 18 | But disabled people gathered in Duke Street during the ceremony to protest at the scheme . |
| 19 | She sat down in the chair that Dieter held for her and craned her neck to peer at the book . |
| 20 | No oranges will taste the same as those we ate on t hose Saturday mornings , saving the peel to throw at the screen when Roy Rogers brought out his guitar to serenade Dale Evans across a Texas campfire that was flickering in an enchanted cave in a Manchester street . |
| 21 | Before the Appellate Committee Mr. Nicholls submitted , on behalf of the Swedish government , that in committal proceedings in this country the same test is applicable as in the case of a submission by the defendant of no case to answer at the end of the prosecution evidence at his trial . |
| 22 | Any respondent may make a submission of no case to answer at the conclusion of the applicant 's evidence . |
| 23 | After an anterior myocardial infarct there is a tendency for the heart to bulge at the site of the damaged muscle . |
| 24 | As it was er quite late on a Sunday evening I did in fact take the opportunity to listen at the door of the flat in question . |
| 25 | Such arrangements were mutually beneficial , although there was always a tendency for the Communist influence to increase at the expense of other less cohesive groups . |
| 26 | Innocent III himself by the bull " Vineam Domini " of April 1213 summoned a great council to meet at the Lateran in Rome on 1 November 1215 to be known as the Fourth Lateran Council . |
| 27 | That is why at any meeting of the council of a London borough when the mayor is absent a chairman has to be elected by the council to preside at the meeting . |
| 28 | I had for some reason gone up to M. Dupont 's room and was about to knock , but before doing so , as is my custom , I paused for a second to listen at the door . |
| 29 | However , when you ask the first child to look at the card written on the piece of paper , it is the correct one . |
| 30 | He laughed wryly , walking over to the window to stare at the view she had enjoyed such a short time before . |