Example sentences of "[vb base] [to-vb] at [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We suggest you find out where your newly-acquired friends and acquaintances tend to gather at different times of the day . |
| 2 | It means that the stressed syllables in an utterance tend to come at regular intervals with a varying number of less stressed syllables in between . |
| 3 | I want to look at new charges for home care and day care and transportation services for disabled people . |
| 4 | A lemming ( given his suicidal tendencies for giving away games last year ) A bat Any bird ( as they all tend to flap at thin air ) |
| 5 | I like to look at other women wearing pretty jewels — I do n't want to grab them off and put them in my pocket … not frequently , anyhow . |
| 6 | I like to look at religious paintings , the madonna and child , the use of hands is always very stylised , rigid and forced . |
| 7 | Trouble is , people love to sneer at British products . |
| 8 | Now what I want to do in this lecture is to finish off the er introductory part of my , of my remarks and take us up to the point where beginning at twelve o'clock the real part , the real er core of this course begins when we start to look at social theory . |
| 9 | In this case it is syllables ( rather than stressed syllables ) that tend to occur at regular intervals , thus giving the language a staccato rhythm . |
| 10 | The theory also claims that while some languages ( e.g. Russian and Arabic ) have stress-timed rhythm similar to that of English , others ( such as French , Telugu and Yoruba ) have a different rhythmical structure called syllable-timed rhythm ; in these languages , all syllables , whether stressed or unstressed , tend to occur at regular time-intervals and the time between stressed syllables will be shorter or longer in proportion to the number of unstressed syllables . |
| 11 | They learn to aim at miniature planes . |
| 12 | I think we need I accept I think we need to look at certain areas we need to look at the entrance I mean if we were doing the entrance again we would have electric doors on what like they 've got on the Harvey Centre so you do n't have to fight your way in I 'm thinking of doors like this we 'll do that . |
| 13 | To understand government policies concerning food , we need to look at nutritional levels and the quantity and nature of food production . |
| 14 | If , however , local authorities are going to continue to be responsible for personal social services , then they need to look at alternative methods of service organisation and delivery . |
| 15 | To understand the reasons for this we need to look at penal policy in a wider economic and social framework . |
| 16 | Normally we need to look at large numbers of objects ( tens , or perhaps hundreds ) : the analytical technique must therefore give results in a reasonable amount of time per sample and cope with large numbers of objects . |
| 17 | And also we , we , we need to look at strict plans as I say , because we 're not particularly good , good at that . |
| 18 | ‘ You only have to look at unmanned stations like Thornaby , Stockton and Seaham to imagine the scale of the problem . |
| 19 | Those of us who draft these clauses have to look at similar cases , to see which restraints the courts have upheld and which they have declared void . |
| 20 | Darlington Civic Theatre YOU only have to look at young Roald Dahl booklovers , eager to see the stage play , to wonder at the gap in theatre material for such a ready audience . |
| 21 | To establish this , we have to look at other evidence in the surrounding context . |
| 22 | ‘ But we have to look at developing facilities appropriate to the club and the town in the long-term . ’ |
| 23 | Well , no , I mean er you have to look at particular areas . |
| 24 | ‘ Our message to the Treasury is that they have to look at public spending on research and development in aeronautics as an investment , not just an expenditure ’ , says an official of the Society of British Aerospace Companies . |
| 25 | To find the roots of the tragedy you have to look at Somali history . |
| 26 | We have to look at left criticism in the context of the harsh political climate in which it has had to survive , the resultant lack of opportunities to practice and develop , and the dominance of mainstream criticism and its supporting political ideas . |
| 27 | It might be suggested that UDCs can cut through local bureaucracy and need to operate at different time-scales from those prevalent within local government . |