Example sentences of "be [adj] [to-vb] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It should not be possible to get at the dangerous mains wiring without using a screwdriver or other tool . |
| 2 | This suggests a major drop in popularity , and it would be interesting to look at the circulation figures . |
| 3 | It would be wrong to peek at the ending . |
| 4 | So it seems to me if we can agree on what criteria might be appropriate to look at the location of the new settlement on a strategic level , the final version of H two will in fact probably be much shorter , more concise er than the policy H two that we have at the moment . |
| 5 | After observing the industrious building of castles in the air in the past few days , I thought it would be appropriate to look at an odd phenomenon that has puzzled meteorologists for the past ten years : the series of giant mushroom-shaped cloud formations round the periphery of the Siberian land-mass . |
| 6 | Questions which had no real purpose in the first place are unlikely to be easy to analyse at the answer stage since the researcher is seeking for answers to his hypotheses which will show whether they are to be substantiated or not . |
| 7 | The ravens , uninvited guests , must be content to scramble at the outer edges , snapping up any morsels the vultures accidentally drop . |
| 8 | Before tackling the theoretical problems raised by that question , it will be instructive to look at the volatile critical reputation of Brief Encounter within British film culture , since this can be linked very closely to shifting paradigms of authorship . |
| 9 | Given the amount of negative equity still locking in to the system , it may be instructive to look at the UK consumer 's reaction to lower interest rates . |
| 10 | But before we move on , it may be instructive to look at the relationship between language viewed as a formal system and language as part of a wider social and psychological context , and to say something about the place of these two approaches in the development of ideas about language in general . |
| 11 | All reviewers have to try to stand outside the immediate context of their listening , but that can be hard to do at the same time as keeping all emotional wavelengths open . |
| 12 | ‘ Look : I ca n't say this strictly , as a scientist , but it is my feeling that a bonfire , grilling a kipper or lighting a cigarette all release greater concentrations of dioxins than you 'd be likely to find at the end of the pipe of a properly run high-temperature incinerator . ’ |
| 13 | There are no firm legal rules about the proper approach that a company should adopt , but often it will be reasonable to look at the organisation as a whole , without dividing it into separate compartments . |
| 14 | Norman had mentioned that they needed to fill up with petrol and must be sure to call at the all-night garage after they left the Clarence . |
| 15 | The most you may be able to say at the end of it is that you ‘ gained understanding ’ ; to some of us that may be unsatisfactorily intangible , while to others it may be of profound significance . |
| 16 | The idea was that PEPs would encourage individuals to invest in British industry , receive annual reports and be able to vote at the AGMs . |
| 17 | A defence spokesman said : ‘ We are glad to be able to confirm at the request of the United States that the UK will participate in the operation . ’ |
| 18 | The decision means the children will remain physically close to the queen and Princess Beatrice will be able to remain at the same school . |
| 19 | Dipolar groups in a polymer coil may not all be able to relax at the same speed because of the variable steric restrictions they may experience , imposed by their environment . |
| 20 | I would say that they ought to be able to spend at a level which is within the S S As that have been given both for the county and for the districts , and therefore we should be below the three hundred and seventy eight . |
| 21 | If , for lack of a formula , British ministries ( and no doubt ministries elsewhere ) are unable to price the amenity value of landscapes threatened by development , how on earth would any government — or , more probably a conference of governments — be able to arrive at a system for pricing the air ? |
| 22 | It is clear from the above that higher headquarters placed great emphasis on L Detachment remaining essential fly as a parachute unit , and this was in keeping with Stirling 's doctrine that his men should be able to arrive at a target by whatever means were most suitable . |
| 23 | To recognise where a reform is urgently required and must be effected at any cost , or where it may be postponed , or where it may be counted on to effect itself without outside influence , and , perhaps most important of all , to be able to recognise the fact that certain reforms would be beneficial could they be effected but that it is not possible to effect them at all ; to be able to arrive at a right decision on such points as these is what is chiefly required of a Resident . |
| 24 | If the customer base is broadly the same as for existing products , then the credit manager should be able to arrive at a reasonable assessment of these factors . |
| 25 | Somehow we then got on to the theme of French poetry , and Eliot expressed surprise at one of Herbert Read 's recent pronouncements on Laforgue and another nineteenth-century poet I can not recall and about whom at the time I knew too little to be able to arrive at an opinion . |
| 26 | ‘ They leave you in a certain mood , which you might not be able to explain at the time , but it gets under your skin . ’ |
| 27 | But the right balance is not something which partners should expect to be able to settle at the outset in such a way as will necessarily be appropriate throughout the life of the firm . |
| 28 | As a result of that meeting , the leaders agreed to meet together to discuss the obstacles in the way of further political dialogue in the hope that new talks might be able to begin at an early date . |
| 29 | Erm I , I , there were provisions that where er more than ten percent of the population for any area was at the level you would be able to tax at a higher rate . |
| 30 | Of course , if you make a mistake taking it , you may be able to compensate at the development stage — but that 's cheating . |