Example sentences of "[vb infin] [prep] [art] [adj] [noun sg] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | Transmitter substances appear also to be released at neuromuscular junctions : there is evidence that glutamate is responsible for transmitting excitation from nerves to muscle ( e.g. Beranek and Miller , 1969 ) and that GABA may act as an inhibitory transmitter at these sites . |
| 2 | Sometimes children must wait for an empty chair at the milk table before they can sit down . |
| 3 | UK and US traders will happily buy in the forward market at a rate that is equal to the future spot rate , but without the latter 's uncertainty . |
| 4 | IF YOU were down on your luck in Devon in the early 18th Century , you could count on a hot meal at Bowden House , near Totnes . |
| 5 | About 1,700 people were watching the weekend display at an 11th-century castle at Pevensey , Sussex . |
| 6 | A new pay deal — which may mean a cut of up to £1 1/2 MILLION — could also head off the growing clamour at Westminster for a Commons inquiry into whether the family gives value for money . |
| 7 | Why you would n't feel like a human being at all , you 'd feel like a thing . ’ |
| 8 | It was agreed that only ten people should tramp round the tiny cottage at a time ; the remainder were forced to mingle with the morning shoppers and then to walk on to the old St Mary 's Chapel , which once had held the shrine of Our Lady of Bradstow and to which passing ships would lower their sails in honour . |
| 9 | In fact , this last sentence , ‘ For them this brochure is unnecessary ’ , does not appear in the German text at all but is replaced by ‘ What does another brochure offer these people ? ’ |
| 10 | Spreading the annuity purchase over a period of years will average out rates over that period , but whether this will result in a bigger pension at the end of the day is highly speculative . |
| 11 | Richardson 's Garvey colleague Dan Clarke will win his 50th cap in the game , and will be hoping that the Irish can improve on the 4-1 defeat at the hands of England when they last met in the Centenary Trophy staged in Dublin in June . |
| 12 | He looked like a fresh-faced schoolboy and introduced himself to Charlie as one might do to a casual acquaintance at a cocktail party . |
| 13 | Macmillan worked on the American fear that a crisis in Anglo-American relations might contribute to a Conservative defeat at the next election . |
| 14 | An elderly woman had appeared out of the kitchen which Edwards could see through the half-opened door at the end of the small hallway . |
| 15 | You could look for an alternative course at a different university or college . |
| 16 | Eddie Owen has signed up for the 1991 season with the Japanese and will sail aboard the 50-footer Will at the Key West and Miami 50ft regattas as tactician for Terry Neilson . |
| 17 | The dancing man was standing out in the middle of the road as though unaware of the scarlet double-decker which might trundle down the High Street at any moment to knock him down . |
| 18 | For the system to obey the rules of autopoiesis , the reaction must occur at the appropriate location at the interface between the structures and the medium . |
| 19 | The Pope did officiate at a public mass at the Lighthouse on Oct. 11 . |
| 20 | So but nevertheless we will look at a little bit at those peripheral things , but we 're going to concentrate mainly on the design and on the delivery of a presentation so that 's what we want to what we want to look at over the next two days . |
| 21 | General announcements , group discussions or committees are difficult , the speechreader must look at the right place at the right time . |
| 22 | On the other hand , when one is obsessively searching for the solution to a problem , it may be consciously recognised when it occurs as a fluctuation in the random activity of the subconscious whereas in other circumstances it might not emerge at the conscious level at all . |
| 23 | He also predicted that ‘ any government which tampered with the basic framework of the full-employment welfare state would meet with a sharp reversal at the polls ’ ( p. 61 ) . |
| 24 | Contenders in the two championships will meet in an international event at Mugello , Italy , in September . |
| 25 | All three will now compete in the national final at Millbrook , Bedfordshire , in September for the top prize , a Vauxhall Astra Si Hatchback . |
| 26 | ‘ I have a feeling they will react to the big occasion at Ibrox and they are bound to be on a high after Denmark winning the European title in Sweden . ’ |
| 27 | Later on I shall move to a closer look at adolescents ; adolescence , although a continuation of childhood ( and we must never forget that ) , does generate special disciplinary issues of its own , so it deserves a chapter to itself ( chapter 10 ) . |
| 28 | We can return to a particular image at various points in a lesson , noting the way our understanding of a given image changes as we understand more about the broader situation . |
| 29 | Around 400 of Scotland 's best small to medium-size companies and 800 to 1,000 selected European firms will meet on a one-to-one basis at the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre to discuss joint ventures , distribution agreements , technology transfers and other business partnerships . |
| 30 | Before we start talking about Britain in some detail , erm just to conclude talking about the world as a whole , do estimates suggest that the world population may stabilize at a particular level at some point in the future ? |