Example sentences of "[to-vb] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I feel I have done my best to communicate at every stage . |
| 2 | Learn to communicate at the ‘ niggle ’ stage , before anger builds up . |
| 3 | First , it is appropriate for those working with a child to try to communicate at the right level ; this means introducing language structures with which the child is already familiar and trying to ensure that the content of conversations is appropriate to the child 's ability to understand and to her interests . |
| 4 | Alternatively , it could be simply a collection of modules which it is temporarily convenient to modify at the same time . |
| 5 | Earlier Kevin McNamara , Labour 's shadow Northern Ireland Secretary , described his own meeting on Ulster policy as ‘ overshadowed by a man coming to gloat at the scene of one the gravest blows to democracy carried out in these islands : the bombing of the Conservative Party conference ’ . |
| 6 | Johnny , as though realizing for the first time that he was still wearing his pyjama trousers , began to worry at the knot in the cord at his waist , the trembling of his hands causing him to fumble ineffectively . |
| 7 | The money supply , measured by a broad definition , should only be allowed to increase at a stable and gradual rate , in line with the growth of the economy 's productive capacity . |
| 8 | For example , in a particular year a given region has x million inhabitants and the population is expected to increase at a rate of 2% per year . |
| 9 | If CFC emissions continue to increase at the current rate , they would cause an extra 2C of warming over the same period . |
| 10 | If the rent under the sublease is made to increase at the same rate as the rent under the headlease , and the rent under the headlease is less than a market rent at the date of grant of the sublease , the rent under the sublease may well exceed the true market rent after the first rent review . |
| 11 | Such arrangements were mutually beneficial , although there was always a tendency for the Communist influence to increase at the expense of other less cohesive groups . |
| 12 | indeed , was beginning to increase at an alarming rate — the resources to meet the challenge were simply not to hand . |
| 13 | Inflation was estimated to increase at an annual rate of 4.5 per cent for 1990 , according to the OECD World Economic Outlook . |
| 14 | You see , he was exceptionally nice and he used to lecture at the colleges and er he was a real , very nice gentleman and er and so he , of course he , he , he took his drink across to the table with him and sometimes I took it for him it just depend and he , he wrote this book and er I forget now , perhaps you would like to read and see what he says |
| 15 | ‘ But we seemed to freeze at the start , ’ conceded Nicholl . |
| 16 | She lifted her arm to catch at a branch and , as she held it down , rainwater fell on her face her eyes were shut ; it was as if she was drinking the scent of lilac . |
| 17 | His suicide , in protest at the invasion of Czechoslovakia by the forces of the Warsaw Pact — only Romania declined to participate - seemed to catch at the Western conscience as somehow symbolic of those dreadful days , though it produced no result other than a further deepening of the Cold War . |
| 18 | The girl was quick to catch at the hint , drawing breath gratefully . |
| 19 | By 1925 , this early optimism had disappeared and the District continued to struggle at a financial subsistence level throughout the whole period , apparently incapable of seriously addressing the resolution of the problem of financial self-sufficiency . |
| 20 | But even though what was being contemplated was regionally restricted , it nevertheless went far beyond what these states , following the British line , had been willing to accept at the European level . |
| 21 | Theirs are the more menial chores in Hell — the fetching and carrying of water , for instance — and their reward is to suckle at a witch 's nipples . |
| 22 | The old slate quarry here is one of the largest man-made holes in Britain , and such is the fascination that holes in the ground exercise on the mind of man that there are special viewing platforms where visitors may stand to gape at the awesome chasm . |
| 23 | In any piece of fiction there must be room for the reader — room for him to jump at a suggestion , to insert himself into a story , to respond to hints and clues : to be told what is offered to him is to encourage him to read passively and so to give him less than he deserves . |
| 24 | Avoid trying to jump white water , aiming instead to jump at the steepest part of the wave which is normally the part about to break , the critical section . |
| 25 | Tempting as it may be for the harassed mother to jump at the chance of sending her three year old to playschool every morning , imagine the devastating effect this can have when it coincides with the arrival in the home of a brand new baby . |
| 26 | Hari felt a rush of disappointment , she had expected Lewis to jump at the chance of earning some money but it seemed he was reluctant to take her venture seriously . |
| 27 | Jamie knew that wherever he was in the wild world , far from his home , he was not the first Scotsman to hammer at the gate . |
| 28 | Men poured from both and raced through the cheering crowd , up the steps , to hammer at the door . |
| 29 | A small pulse began to hammer at the base of Lindsey 's throat as she rose to her feet to pour more coffee . |
| 30 | To the massed spectators in the stands , flung in an instant from joyous acclaim of a Royal winner to horrified , dumbfounded silence , Devon Loch had seemed to leap at an imaginary obstacle before slithering to the ground and skidding along to a halt , the momentum throwing Francis up on to the horse 's neck . |