Example sentences of "to [noun sg] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The morning room was supported out from it on stilts , reaching into nothing so that to stand at the foremost edge of the platform was to seem to be poised above an abyss . |
| 2 | She was elected to Parliament at the general election in April . |
| 3 | They had run the city respectively from 1976 to 1986 and from 1986 to December 1991 , and both were protected by parliamentary immunity , having been returned to parliament at the general election . |
| 4 | She was a newcomer to Parliament at the last election . |
| 5 | But the police continued their enquiries into the activities of the PIE , and in 1980 two other members of the group were brought to trial at the Old Bailey . |
| 6 | Both logistically and procedurally it would be impossible for all four cases to be pursued to trial at the same time , and it was therefore natural for the Barclays ( Asia ) and West L.B. matters to be placed in relative suspense , whilst attention was concentrated on Carrian and B.M.F.L. |
| 7 | Before moving on to look at the new developments that I suggested initially might constitute the basis for a redirection in writing , it is worth considering some of the shortcomings of the frequency-count approach just described . |
| 8 | Let us just accept that the inclusion of education within social policy is the consequence of a comparatively arbitrary decision by the author , and move on to look at the difficult problems that would have to be faced if we were to define social policy in terms of public expenditure which contributes to public welfare . |
| 9 | John Howell , chief executive of Teesside Training and Enterprise Council , is to present 27 people with qualifications for occupations from horse care to floristry at the High Street , Stockton , offices of training organisation Face today . |
| 10 | ( C ) Samples were subjected to cleavage at the modified bases by heating in NaOH solution ( 5 ) , and equal cpm from all fractions were electrophoresed on a DNA sequencing gel and autoradiographed . |
| 11 | In Paris he bought mince pies and English marmalade , took Colette to tea at the British Dairy , shared a blazing plum pudding with her at Christmas , drank whisky instead of wine at a dinner party at Fouquet 's , spent two summer holidays in Dieppe because it was so English , and there made friends with Walter Sickert , William Nicholson , Reggie Turner , Ada Leverson , Marie Tempest and Max Beerbohm . |
| 12 | As Louise seemed unwilling to come to the boats , Nenna was obliged to take the girls to tea at the luxurious Carteret . |
| 13 | This week they will be advertising for one or two extra staff and anticipate moving to bigger premises by the end of the summer , if business continues to boom at the same rate , possibly in the Manningtree area . |
| 14 | Niven came to grief at the eighth fence on Flight Hill and had his left arm in a sling when he left the course by ambulance . |
| 15 | Closing the road meant that motorists driving from Sisikon to Schwyz at the northern end of the lake — a distance of only six miles — faced a 60-mile detour . |
| 16 | She was so surprised by the warmth of his smile , by his being able to smile so frankly , so like a friend , that when he said he was going to lunch at the Blue Lagoon and would she come too , she said yes , all right , without thinking . |
| 17 | Hurd , who was entertaining members of the European Parliament to lunch at the Grand , murmured something to the effect that they would all meet Margaret soon enough , that evening at Jeffrey 's great party : ‘ The three ‘ Bs ’ : Beluga , Bollinger and bullshit . ’ |
| 18 | Prior to the ceremony the railway 's guests were entertained to lunch at the Raven Inn where W & L chairman Ken Fenton told the guests of the station 's history and paid tribute to the people and organisations who had helped bring the former Eardisley station building up from its former site . |
| 19 | ‘ I ca n't have all my staff out to lunch at the same time . ’ |
| 20 | De Villiers ' hazel eyes shot from her face to fitzAlan at the bright greeting . |
| 21 | Both players played indifferent shots to green at the 18th , Wilson ended up 35 feet short of pin whilst McCarroll was on the apron of green at the back . |
| 22 | Frankie would be set to work at the big sink , and before he washed each plate and roasting-pan he would scrape it clean with his fingers and eat every last scrap of chicken , sage and onion stuffing , corned beef , sliced Spam and cheese . |
| 23 | There was something wrong with the ballcock , and if both taps were turned on to capacity at the same time there was an overflow outside . |
| 24 | LEPINE POINTS the Sturm-Ruger , and starts shooting from left to right at the assembled women . |
| 25 | The momentum of the swing forces you to turn your back on the opponent , who is waiting to counter-attack at the first opportunity . |
| 26 | Even Father had all but stood to attention at the very mention of the pucca angrez saab . |
| 27 | Shareholders will also be offered a two-for-one share split , subject to approval at the annual meeting on 28 June . |
| 28 | That had been twelve years ago , just one year after the Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council had promoted him to Director at the Atomic Energy Commission . |
| 29 | For two days a representative cross-section of working-class men , ex-officers , and public schoolboys queued from morning to night at the Black House to join an organization which they saw as being dedicated to preserving freedom of speech . |
| 30 | An example of practitioner as researcher , in the field of adoption , demonstrates how a practitioner can enrich her practice and make a contribution to knowledge at the same time . |