Example sentences of "[conj] [to-vb] [pron] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think my relationship is a fairly normal one , but I do find myself bending over backwards not to erm use any of the sort of additional knowledge I have of education , and if there are things going on that perhaps I think that there might be better ways of doing it , then I bend over backwards not to give that kind of impression or to suggest it at all , because it seems to me that it 's going to make the relationship with the school or with the teachers erm a rather awkward one , and I do n't think it will good for my children . |
| 2 | It can also be used to establish the propensity of different ACORN categories to buy different products or services , or to use them at particular rates ; and to analyse their exposure and reaction to different forms of promotional and advertising media . |
| 3 | Three years after its publication , less than half of Solihull 's secondary school teachers claim to have seen the booklet , and a much smaller proportion claim to have read it all , or to recall it at all well . |
| 4 | There must be no provision for the entity to keep the asset on repayment of the finance , or to reacquire it at any time . |
| 5 | I have 200m shares , nothing would please me more than to see them at £1 each . ’ |
| 6 | Not surprisingly , it costs less for New York and New Jersey to send their rubbish halfway across America than to tip it at home . |
| 7 | Conclude : ‘ It is better to waste your old age than to do nothing at all with it . ’ |
| 8 | Frank Grimwood showed no sign of moving , or even of lifting his eyes from his plate , except to flick them at Kennedy who was standing by the door . |
| 9 | Men often ‘ raise questions , and multiply disputes , which never coming to any clear resolution , are proper only to continue and increase their doubts , and to confirm them at last in perfect scepticism ’ . |
| 10 | So did you go and to see her at erm often |
| 11 | He was unexpectedly a man of great gaiety and to see him at a dance was an absolute delight . |
| 12 | Those who had no qualifications and no regular occupation were also more likely to have little family support , and to find themselves at eighteen or younger , living on state benefits in lodgings , single bedsits , or flats shared with other young people . |
| 13 | Grunte had written back to say that he would be delighted , and to expect him at mid-day . |
| 14 | Clearly something does happen in higher education ; it is not enough to argue that it trains an elite and to leave it at that . |
| 15 | So — strictly speaking — it is not correct to say that it ‘ happened ’ in the seventeenth century and to leave it at that . |
| 16 | On present thinking , it would be more logical to treat it as revision and to do it at the later stage . |
| 17 | In the next paragraph as to special aptitude Mr went on quote , there is an outstanding ability to make others feel that she is especially interested in their welfare and to put them at their ease . |
| 18 | Michael holds Howard by the upper arms , to take in his corporeal presence through his finger-tips , and to keep him at the right distance for gazing at in astonishment . |
| 19 | The name of the game is to hit the guy as hard as you can and to protect yourself at all times . |
| 20 | Finally , in contrast to the previous characteristics , there are modifications which seem to have a more didactic function : corrections , display questions and a tendency on the part of the adult to initiate a high proportion of topics , and to pursue them at the expense of the topics that the child might wish to introduce . |
| 21 | It is much better to have one review and to have it at the beginning of the Parliament , and that is exactly what we shall do . |
| 22 | As applies in the treatment of fungal attack , in the eradication of insect pests it is necessary to identify the unhealthy conditions which have invited the attack , and to cure them at source . |
| 23 | Jeff had rung to tell her — and to tell her at the same time that Silvia had passed her exams with flying colours . |
| 24 | He therefore travelled through the greater part of England , observing everything , but was equally careful to inspect all ornamental and kitchen gardens , and to make himself at home and acquainted with all horticulturalists , for he was of the opinion that he could learn something useful which he did not know before at least from some of them . |
| 25 | The proposal is to mine the lignite and to burn it at a mine-mouth power station , probably near the Crumlin deposit . |
| 26 | It is quite possible to keep a lone specimen but to see them at their best a group is preferable . |
| 27 | To lighten what can be quite an anxiety provoking experience , it is sometimes helpful to ask the client to role play a particular situation , but to do it at first , extremely badly . |
| 28 | Brenda Campbell says to ride a 100 miles on a horse is quite something in itself but to ride it at a fast pace and be able to get off is semothing else and it 's the best thing you can do with a horse |
| 29 | Like some of your more illustrious colleagues ( Ron Atkinson , Graham Taylor , etc. ) , you have a tendency to say a lot but to say nothing at the same time . |
| 30 | Stunned but ineffectual , she yelled in righteous rage and tried to pull herself to her feet , wanting nothing else but to throw herself at Duvall as … |