Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] [noun pl] at a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps it was also expected to put non-Italians at a disadvantage . |
| 2 | On Sept. 17 reports stated that tear gas was used to halt protests at a Mandalay high school . |
| 3 | Indeed , it was an achievement that they managed it just long enough to clinch the Heineken title and then , once it did not matter any longer began to lose games at a rate that would have been unthinkable during the previous years of unbroken triumph . |
| 4 | His assistant should have directed a scene after lunch but the director returned to find things at a stand-still . |
| 5 | The following week police had to be called to quell disturbances at a number of grounds — including Middlesbrough and Upton Park where the referee was again attacked — and Reynolds 's News ( 15 November 1936 ) thought that ‘ the FA will soon have to issue another ‘ rough play ’ ’ memorandum — this time to the spectators ! ’ |
| 6 | Under the new arrangements each house would have to offer bills at a price which the Bank hoped would reflect the degree of difficulty it was in . |
| 7 | You may find yourself having to take notes at a meeting , you may be a student or engaged in research , so here are some hints to help with your note-taking technique . |
| 8 | There is the folklore assertion that when an experienced warrener went to buy ferrets at a market his first action on inspecting them was to insert his hand in a cage containing a number of the animals . |
| 9 | We can continue to gain services at a price that leads to the exploitation of some fellow citizens , whether they work in the private sector , such as in hotels , or in the public sector , as in the health services . |
| 10 | Nevertheless , SSDs have somehow managed to obtain resources at a rate which is the envy of other local authority departments . |
| 11 | They were required to adopt statutes at a constituent congress , and to register them with the USSR Justice Ministry ( or the equivalent republican Ministry , depending on how widely the new association was to operate ) . |