Example sentences of "[vb pp] at [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A capital injection from the company 's bank has to be looked at as a probable source of additional finance , although this would mean a secured loan . |
| 2 | It must be looked at as a grand community of integrated environment . |
| 3 | But the important point here I think , is that this is a corporate , or may be a corporate res responsibility , and therefore my understanding is that the officers are going to look at those parts which may be looked at as a corporate responsibility , and I would therefore erm , assume that one would look at all the C A B services in that light . |
| 4 | And because this issue is clearly so site related , it seems to me it can not possibly be looked at at a strategic level . |
| 5 | An abacus uses human gall-stones on taut human sinew , the rocking horse has a semi-skeletal head , a set of wooden toy soldiers all have subtle mutations when looked at for a second time , and so on . |
| 6 | Looked at on a year-by-year basis , the sum of money we must set aside to pay for decommissioning represents only 4% of our annual turnover . |
| 7 | However , the situation in Leeds needs to be looked at in a national as well as in a local context . |
| 8 | There was a feeling that the wider issues needed to be looked at in a national forum . |
| 9 | The issues must , however , be looked at in a broader context . |
| 10 | Looked at in a different way , a feudal knight would have a squire who carried his armour for him , sharpened up his sword , and polished his boots . |
| 11 | If somebody who has been actually shot at by a nuclear weapon is so goddamned complacent about it all , and so pig ignorant of the implications of the happening , what hope have we got that public opinion ( the silent majority ) will be sufficiently stirred to stop our power intoxicated leaders from brandishing their nuclear swords ? |
| 12 | Then the sleeve of Dot 's coat was clawed at by a long briar . |
| 13 | I was then to ask what people thought about being smiled at by a perfect stranger . |
| 14 | The Construction Skills Training Programme is based at in a purpose-built centre that can provide facilities for all aspects of training for the construction industry . |
| 15 | Those grades will be arrived at by a complex and outwardly objective system external to the school . |
| 16 | Early starts and early finishes are arrived at by a forward pass through the network . |
| 17 | Early starts and early finishes are arrived at by a forward pass through the network . |
| 18 | For the conclusion that the powers vested in directors are to be exercised exclusively by the directors is arrived at by a careful analysis of the wording of the article giving to the directors of the company general managerial powers which is found in the constitution of most companies . |
| 19 | Notwithstanding the best efforts of the distinguished panel , the findings were arrived at after a one-sided presentation of evidence and argument . |
| 20 | Or , again , a new discovery might be arrived at after a long series of observations and calculations , as exemplified by Kepler 's discoveries of his laws of planetary motion . |
| 21 | Mr justifies abandoning the approach in and on the basis that the decision was arrived at in a different housing market , when it was reasonable to conclude that the plaintiff 's loss of interest on the capital employed would be exceeded by the increase in the value of the property . |
| 22 | On Dec. 27 government spokesperson Yuan Mu was hissed at during a packed meeting with Beijing University students on current events when he said that China would not deviate from the socialist road , despite current events in Romania [ see pp. 37104-05 ] . |
| 23 | When asked what happened , 62% said they were touched in a sensual way ; 42% experienced someone touching their sex organs ; 33% were masturbated ; 28% were forced to show their sex organs to another person ; 25% were shown another person 's sex organs ; 24% touched another person 's sex organs ; 21% were talked to about sex in an erotic way ; 21% were shown pornographic material ; 16% took part in oral sex ; 10% were flashed at in a public place ; 5% were involved in sexual intercourse ( sometimes including anal sex ) ; and 3% were involved in kissing in a sensual way . |
| 24 | Well camouflaged stick insects , whose concealment has for once failed to work and who are about to be snapped at by a hungry predator , will suddenly flick open their brightly coloured wings in a dramatically unexpected display that may shock the enemy into retreat . |