Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv] at a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Both laboratory experiments and numerical simulations have demonstrated that plumes can arise only at a boundary between convective regimes , such as that between the Earth 's core and mantle at a depth of 2,900 km . |
| 2 | As an alternative to placing your account with a bank , you may do so at a building society , many of which offer similar services . |
| 3 | Moreover , if the tables are to be turned , the USSR will do so at a time of her choosing , rather than wait for the hour of maximum danger to herself . |
| 4 | Clinical manager Janet Powell said : ‘ We have tried to make our service as accessible as possible so that anyone who needs to see us , whether about themselves , a relative or friend , can do so at a time convenient to them , ’ she said . |
| 5 | The arts are especially important and effective in arousing spiritual awareness because they can speak directly at a feeling level , as well as being free from any slavish dependence on religious ideas which are often rejected out of hand by secularists . |
| 6 | A homogeneous population will eventually grow at a steady rate r , which is given by the Euler-Lotka equation , In an asexual population , or a population of sexually reproducing haploids that vary only at a single locus , the outcome of natural selection depends simply on the long-term growth rates associated with each genotype , in the absence of density- or frequency-dependent interactions , each genotype will eventually grow exponentially at a rate that depends on its own life history , given by equation ( 1 ) . |
| 7 | Or if by any chance the boat was not there , or too securely chained , he could swim across at a pinch . |
| 8 | ‘ You do n't half keep on at a girl , ’ said Dolly . |
| 9 | Nicholson wanted to loiter with the man who — in his eyes — could pluck with ease a flower he could only look on at a distance . |
| 10 | Also the dyslexic child is not necessarily unintelligent because he ca n't write something which you 've just written on the blackboard or which has only just been shown to him in some other way ; the dyslexic person ca n't look up at a blackboard , hold the visual symbols in her mind and get them down on paper in a different position . |
| 11 | They need only look out at a sheep . |
| 12 | Jack Hailman found that a herring gull chick will initially peck equally at a model of a herring gull adult , or of a laughing gull ( which is quite different , its head being mainly black , unlike the white herring gull ) . |
| 13 | Readers will work hard at a text if they need to know something about their favourite football player or team , if they want to know about their favourite singer or group , if they want information for a project that really interests them , or if they need information a make something or improve their performance in some way . |
| 14 | Some day soon we 'll stop by at a monastery and have a scribbler read them out to you . |
| 15 | And he could gain much at a peace conference , without having to fight for it . |
| 16 | Watch makers were forced at one time to accept either bread tickets or else take payment in cheap watches which they could sell only at a loss . |
| 17 | I am grateful to my hon. Friend for his intervention — although anything that the Government nationalise they may flog off at a profit at a later date , so I ask him to keep an eye on the situation . |
| 18 | It may be enough for an investment trust to tempt investors by describing the opportunity area in broad terms , and inasmuch as this temptation continues to work then the early investors can sell out at a profit to the later ones . |
| 19 | But matters were so arranged that for most the outlook was not completely bleak ; almost everyone could arrive eventually at a state of relative freedom from intimidation and enjoy a measure of authority over others . |
| 20 | But , talk to Stevely on the subject of how well he has taught them and this most modest of men will go off at a tangent , drawing attention to the extent to which both girls have been prepared to work . |
| 21 | Erm tt whether that 's appropriate , you know , I 'm thinking of it as a first appointment just to get a general picture whereas you might be coming back to stir his memory for referrals by saying er , you know , er you mentioned here you 're a member of the squash club , do you remember I said I 'd be looking for introductions , maybe we 'll learn whether at the beginning of the second appointment you jog the memory there er you know in other words what I 'm do doing is keeping that in my mind , that you are remembering the squash club or whatever club it may be and use that later , although I did n't er elaborate on it at that , that er because I think you can go off at a tangent |
| 22 | In September 1869 he writes : " I really do stand now at a centre from which Schopenhauerian threads reach out into all parts of the world " ; and it was in April , on th eve of his departure for Basle , that he had expressed the ambition to infuse his own philological discipline with " that Schopenhauerian seriousness … ; |
| 23 | Although the next Jupiter probes , called Galileo , will go ahead at a cost of £600 million , the next probes to Venus have had their budget slashed by half , to only £200 million . |
| 24 | If everything went well , they would get there at a quarter to two and wait for Johann to open the front door . |
| 25 | Conversely , any fool can sit down at a slot machine . |
| 26 | He would sit down at a table , take a sheet of writing paper , and discharge himself into me . |
| 27 | They may sit down at a table to chat to a friend . |
| 28 | A relaxed atmosphere , excellent cuisine combined with professional service promises you a holiday without compare , and memories which will last forever at a price which will surprise . |
| 29 | He must sit upright at a table to eat his meals : he can not eat off a tray sitting in bed or an easy chair . |
| 30 | Erm it is no wonder that she would lash out at a child . |