Example sentences of "the [noun pl] [to-vb] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the appellant Mr. Lester submits that it should now be appropriate for the courts to look at Hansard in order to ascertain the intention of the legislators as expressed in the proceedings on the Bill which has then been enacted in the statutory words requiring to be construed . |
| 2 | It is about all manner of motoring matters such as improvements in vehicle safety and construction , raising of driving standards and an attempt to get the authorities to look at the whole business of motoring in a different way for the good of all . |
| 3 | It was then Ruth was filled with such an anger that she had to crush tight her fists to stop herself from flying up the steps to beat at Fernando 's chest . |
| 4 | Leave the shapes to set at room temperature . |
| 5 | She told him she was too busy to attend to the matter , whilst the guests gave up all pretence of looking at the pictures to stare at the intruder . |
| 6 | It is understandable for our staff in the offices to look at such claims in a different way from that of someone who comes in off the street . |
| 7 | These could be controlled by the driver , on either side , enabling the cars to load at central islands , as envisaged on the Lytham Road route before it was conventionally relaid in 1936 . |
| 8 | So let's say we can say if we can get the kids to look at improvements on that way . |
| 9 | Fortunately , on the lonely and almost trackless muirs , it was difficult for the Dragoons to arrive at Priesthill unexpectedly . |
| 10 | You can find out more about the sites to visit at your nearest Tourist Information Centre or English Heritage property . |
| 11 | The Articles of Association of the Company require a proportion of the Directors to retire at each Annual General Meeting . |
| 12 | Phoned all day , he said , you 'd better get the engineers to look at that telephone of yours . |
| 13 | Walt Disney once revealed that his key discovery , making it possible to animate his Mickey Mouse and other cinematograph drawings , was not the technique of hinging and synchronising the limbs to move at 24 frames per second . |
| 14 | When he removed the crates to get at the tarpaulin he realized it was covering something , further stimulating his interest . |
| 15 | This device should more accurately be described as a freewheel , the intent of which is to allow the blades to rotate at high speed while the motor is idling or stopped . |
| 16 | then add together the calculations to arrive at the employee 's contribution . |
| 17 | He felt he should be watching the road from behind the curtains , waiting for the badmen to arrive at High Noon , while in the background a voice intoned ‘ Do not forsake me , o my darling ’ . |
| 18 | The final direction of outcome may well be different from the intentions of the participants at the start of the meeting but time and care have been applied to help the participants to arrive at the most effective consensus . |
| 19 | Ace raised her stolen gun , unsure which of the things to aim at . |
| 20 | Environment Secretary , Chris Patten , has since tried to compensate for the ill-favoured move with assurances that the new bodies would have the resources to perform at least as well as the old NCC . |
| 21 | The madam might occasionally slap the girls or call them rude names , but in the end she wants the customers to buy at least one of them . |
| 22 | I ate the biscuits in one go and walked on to the boat , climbing up the decks to stand at the back . |
| 23 | They had gone all over the place ; peeking into the Oval Office ( but the little rope was across , Hakim said ) ; stopping on the stairs to look at a picture called The Canine Cabinet , in which North pointed out a drowsing member and said it was Casey ; and into the Roosevelt Room , where North showed the young Iranian the Nobel Prize won by Theodore Roosevelt for negotiating peace between the Russians and the Japanese . |
| 24 | Optional cording sets with overlap arm are available which enable the curtains to overlap at the centre when closed . |
| 25 | The enormous table around which the politburo was supposed to meet would have required the members to shout at each other across oak as old as their collective age . |
| 26 | It was usual for the Girls to stay at the English Girls ' Club when they first arrived . |
| 27 | What I would like is for all the Councillors to look at this , to advise me which other seats they think are indeed the responsibility of and then I 'll go back and go to battle but er I 'd like everybody 's views on which ones they believe they are so that I can do it firmly . |
| 28 | ‘ We do n't know what weapon was used by the men to fire at our officers , ’ he said . |
| 29 | Section 39 is available for the police to use at their discretion . |
| 30 | The McDermott 's also called on the police to look at the possibility of re-examining the case now that DNA testing is possible . |