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

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1 RUGBY LEAGUE : John Joyner , Castleford 's veteran back row forward who made his Great Britain debut against Australia in 1978 , is to retire at the end of the season , writes John Whalley .
2 To see him Fred Astaire-ing in white tie and tails down stairways which light at the touch of a toe , or pelvising his way through lurex-decked rock and roll routines , is to sit at the ringside of every trapped soul 's private escape hatch .
3 Tony Thomas , the BRM Trustee told SRN that this 4-6-0 is to remain at the museum for the foreseeable future .
4 The statue , by Philip Jackson , vice-president of the Royal Society of British Sculptors , is to stand at the museum 's entrance gates .
5 Theirs are the more menial chores in Hell — the fetching and carrying of water , for instance — and their reward is to suckle at a witch 's nipples .
6 No-one realises how f—in' hard it is to scream at the top of your lungs and concentrate on playing guitar solos .
7 The walks come as the International Whaling Committee is to meet at the end of this month when the whaling nations are expected to ask to have a ban on whaling lifted .
8 To go back to 1700 is to look at a life that is very little different , for most men and women , from that of 1500 or even 1200 .
9 Part of the art of angling is to look at a stretch of water , to analyse the clues of current , depth and cover and to decide , for example , where the roach are likely to lie or where the barbel may be shoaled up .
10 One simple way of spotting a poisonous species is to look at the shape of the head .
11 A good rule is to look at the shape and size of the flower before you press it , and then imagine what it will look like once it is flat .
12 The first step is to look at the contract to see whether there is any discretion with regard to payment that is made .
13 He says that the only way you can tell they 're fake , is to look at the stitching on the labels .
14 The purpose of the present investigation is to look at the influence of psychosocial factors on these patterns of health in the middle years .
15 Secondly Chairman I would like to draw the Councillors ' attention to the fact that I 'm this years representative on the South East Waste Regulation Advisory Committee and we have indeed got in hand a project which is to look at the whole of the recycling and the priorities for the South East region and I would imagine that by the time our officers have reported back to this Authority that they will have an advantage of having access to that report .
16 it is really very difficult to stick to a principle when the form of capital can be changed about in the many forms that modern complex conditions will allow … the thing is to look at the spirit which initiates these particular forms of thrift on the part of people .
17 A working party is to look at the provision for 16-plus age groups with special needs .
18 One of the er matters that er one needs to apply one 's mind to in considering whether or not this land serves a greenbelt function or not , is to look at the land and assess whether or not it is more closely associated with the village or more closely associated with the er agricultural open land beyond the village .
19 All they can do is to look at the evidence and decide what they are going to believe .
20 One approach to sites is to look at the way we experience them through our senses .
21 Erm , the point perhaps of , of , of the thing is , it 's called the Team Focus , and hopefully for that very reason what we 're trying to do is to look at the way in which you can improve your performance together if you like , erm , and it would be very interesting to see what Jack and Linda can contribute to this in that , people who 've worked together for sort of six or seven years , erm , ought to be able to show us something .
22 One way of analysing video programmes is to look at the film techniques employed : editing decisions , camera angles , the way images are juxtaposed all have an effect on the viewer , who is often unaware of it .
23 Imagine how difficult it is to look at the speaker if you can not tell the direction the voice is coming from , or if you can not hear his voice and maybe do n't know he is speaking .
24 One analysis which has proved useful is to look at the issue as a process of dealing with information , and to define the skills involved in this process as information skills ( Winkworth , 1977 ) .
25 The next logical step is to look at the idea of Highlander , to see how it operates , and how it differs completely from a conventional school for community organisers .
26 The object is to look at the growth experience of the United Kingdom over the last 80 years or so as a whole — which strangely enough has not yet been examined .
27 Right , erm , ah , I think the best thing we can do is to look at the rate book for this question because you may have remembered it from er , you may not .
28 But the next step is to look at the catalogue of a good University library .
29 A crude but effective method is to look at the rider 's backside and pick a horse with one to match !
30 The simplest way to decide whether a collection of individuals ( a group ) will be sufficient or whether a genuine team operating at the skilful stage is necessary , is to look at the nature of the task to be tackled .
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