Example sentences of "in [noun] [to-vb] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A great deal of work has been done in attempts to get at the ‘ true ’ total of crimes committed . |
| 2 | France halted aid to Togo in February to protest at the killing of pro-democracy demonstrators by soldiers loyal to President Gnassingbé Eyadéma . |
| 3 | With the Tunnel , you can commute to the City from France faster than from , say , Wiltshire or Dorset — which are the in places to live at the moment . |
| 4 | This effect causes impurities in solids to accumulate at the grain boundaries ( and also vacancies , that is , holes ) and this may cause the grain boundary to become a line of weakness . |
| 5 | And perhaps she might agree to allow the circle to make some fine ones in lawn to sell at the bazaar and I could do some white Swiss eyelet embroidery on them . |
| 6 | Health workers from North Yorkshire join a day of action in London to protest at the Government 's health policies . |
| 7 | This proved futile , and when I decided eventually to rise , it was still so dark that I was obliged to turn on the electric light in order to shave at the sink in the corner . |
| 8 | It was arranged that they should get the express train from Hanover in order to open at the Folies-Bergère on the very evening of their arrival . |
| 9 | ‘ one who helps another to recognize and to follow the inspirations of grace in his life , in order to arrive at the end to which God is leading him ’ . |
| 10 | The income tax relief already given under MIRAS should be offset against PAYE deductions , income tax deducted from dividends etc in order to arrive at the net income tax already suffered . |
| 11 | In order to arrive at the truth behind the idyll , I must return to the matter of attributions . |
| 12 | In order to arrive at the answers , it is necessary to go through a more or less logical process of analysis , based on market research — whether published , or commissioned by the client , or ( occasionally ) commissioned by the agency — and on knowledge and experience . |
| 13 | We might also note that , in order to arrive at the implicature , we have to know certain.facts about the world , that garages sell petrol , and that round the corner is not a great distance away . |
| 14 | A space of 10cm ( 4in ) to 12cm ( 4 ¾in ) between the pleats gives an attractive arrangement , but this is variable in order to arrive at the desired finished width of curtain . |
| 15 | Now suppose that Pathway 1 needs the succession of enzymes A1 , B1 and C1 , in order to synthesize a desired chemical D , while Pathway 2 needs enzymes A2 , B2 and C2 in order to arrive at the same desirable end-product . |
| 16 | Likewise in ( 84 ) one can not hear a tune " come " from somewhere ( cf. the strangeness of * I heard the tune come from the top of the hill ) : its source of emission can only be identified by a process of deduction which interprets what is directly observed in order to arrive at the conclusion that the sound is coming from such-and-such a point . |
| 17 | One would deduct from the amount received the value of the charge at the date the charge was executed in order to arrive at the taxable gain and claim other reliefs ( see Chapter 2 ) . |
| 18 | He suggested to our supervisor that we should read the ‘ new linguistics ’ coming out of the U.S.A. , in order to arrive at the best analytic categories and techniques for analysing the language of television . |
| 19 | Not all the hypocrites are equally resourceful , but they all exploit positions of trust in order to gain at the expense of others . |
| 20 | In order to start at the logical beginning I went with the default selection , Title . |
| 21 | There are times when it is important to detach an action or an attitude in order to look at the mechanics of it . |
| 22 | In order to look at the effect that financial devolution , in the form of LMS , is likely to have , both on schools and on the quality of education , it may be helpful to look closely at what has happened in institutions that have already experienced various levels of financial autonomy . |
| 23 | Therefore it is necessary to go beyond general statements about the nature of social representations in order to look at the theoretical ideas about how social representations might operate . |
| 24 | It is also possible to add in new centres in order to look at the impact of potential new developments , including " What-if " analysis based around the attractiveness of the new centre . |
| 25 | Erm I think it 's just a little too much looking over their shoulder because sh to , to , in order to look at the camera she 's having to keep her eyes over really , yo you know really over to her er right , and erm it tends to be a little bit erm uncomfortable . |
| 26 | The children in each group are shown trying to escape from their parents in order to meet at the fortress ‘ den ’ . |
| 27 | Since that would mean that the World Bank would talk less to governments , one of the Treasury 's main reasons for bullying the IFC is in order to get at the Bank . |
| 28 | There are a large number of living species that are predators , some species using the modified radula as a kind of poison dart , others employing it to bore neat , perfectly round holes through the shells of prey ( often bivalves ) in order to get at the nutritious interior . |
| 29 | And of course you really , in order to get at the origins of history , you 've really got to go back to the , to the Greeks . |
| 30 | Our children , 9 , and , 10 , are still asleep , but I take a cup to my wife before leaving home in time to arrive at the Grain Terminal before 7.00 am . |