Example sentences of "[verb] at a [adj] [noun sg] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the left a businessman is dictating a letter to be typed , pedalling at a treadle-powered Graphophone to give better speed control than possible with a hand-crank . |
| 2 | However , it is well worth using in dishes which require the wine to be added at a later stage to give flavouring . |
| 3 | Six hours into the journey , and several thousand feet higher , we stopped at a small village to quench our thirst and refuel the jeep from rusty milk-cans . |
| 4 | On the way to my next appointment with Denis King , a piano and some Joyce Grenfell songs , I stopped at a nearby theatre to smile winsomely at the box office boys in the hope that they 'd recognize me , in spite of my Titian disguise , and sell me some tickets for their sell-out play . |
| 5 | MAS policy is to recover costs in full in the case of an unreasonable withdrawal ; in the event of failure to sell a small discount below our time costs may be appropriate , particularly if MAS is likely to be reappointed at a later date to have another attempt at the sale . |
| 6 | On alternate days walk at a slower pace to help you build up a regular habit of walking . |
| 7 | Erm first of all Chairman I would confirm that it is our view that with a provision of six thousand five hundred for Harrogate district , we do n't think we 'd be looking at a new settlement to serve our needs , erm , having said that , we support the Greater York strategy , and we we certainly the level of provision erm for Greater York as proposed by the County Council , er but leaving aside for one moment the issue of a new settlement , it is our view that we 'll be able to accommodate the level of growth that I think is anticipated in our district , erm , within the figures , and I 'm referring specifically to N Y one , and the table on the last page where there 's an indication there of the sort of of er housing numbers that would would have to be accommodated within Harrogate district , and and our part of Greater York is essentially a rural character consisting of a a number of small villages , so there there we have er a total figure of two hundred dwellings to be provided within our part of Greater York , that basically represents erm existing commitments and a a yield from small sites in the future , perhaps conversions , and we'r we 're quite happy with that . |
| 8 | ‘ We 'll be looking at a particular area to see how we can try and reconcile these two sets of figures , ’ the spokeswoman added . |
| 9 | In other parts , a sea wall would be built at a suitable inlet to enclose a mill-pond . |
| 10 | The applicant , as defendant to those proceedings , sought at a late stage to introduce a counterclaim for a declaration that the alternative accommodation offered by the local authority was unsuitable and unreasonable , and for damages . |
| 11 | Assurances that a new era was underway were made at a civic banquet to celebrate the thirty-fifth anniversary of the People 's Republic . |
| 12 | During waking life primary process thinking is displaced during the child 's development by secondary process thinking , and in the adult it remains as a neurotic symptom , most clearly during dreaming , but also operating at a subconscious level to influence waking behaviour . |
| 13 | It might be held so that this currency in turn could be used at a later date to make foreign purchases of goods or services , a method often used to hedge exchange risk . |
| 14 | However co-operative the Pentagon may wish to be , the American industrial lobby in Congress usually intervenes at a late stage to protect its own narrow interests and the projects collapse . |
| 15 | I think presumably you 'll be wishing at a later stage to look at what we 're proposing in erm in individual districts . |
| 16 | A successful applicant is normally admitted as a candidate for the degree of MPhil but may apply at a later date to transfer his or her registration to that for the degree of DPhil . |
| 17 | He cried out and grabbed at a nearby wall to steady himself . |
| 18 | For Green , the proposal of the Cambridge Board had major implications at national level and he sought to arrive at a local compromise to prevent a more widespread set of problems for the WEA . |
| 19 | When his mind came round to considering this embarrassing enslavement of his macho male self to a mere animal , he felt at a complete loss to understand it . |
| 20 | If the House were to decide at a later stage to enter a single currency , it would be , first , because it had decided that the economic convergence conditions in Europe were right for a single currency to be beneficial to this country . |
| 21 | Suggesting that Saddam Hussein was deliberately lured into Kuwait to provide a pretext for the war , he urged the states in the region to ‘ arrive at a strategic consensus to provide a meaningful deterrent to zionist and western powers ’ . |
| 22 | One is that I often stay at a first-class hotel to merge into the background . |
| 23 | There is even a gap in the centre with no flowers where the material marking the ford was probably removed at a later date to allow passage for the boats , leaving a silty bottom to the river in that place unsuitable for the growth of water crowfoot . |
| 24 | The training and education world is currently changing at a rapid pace to meet the challenges created by the implementation of National Vocational Qualifications ( NVQs ) and Scottish Vocational Qualifications ( SVQs ) . |
| 25 | Please repeat listing at a lower level to obtain the packages you require . |
| 26 | His delicious Pas des Légumes performed at a special performance to mark the market 's passing brought to mind the long history not only of the ‘ fruit and veg ’ , but also of Harlequin , Columbine and their colleagues of the commedia dell'arte , inhabitants for many years of the Theatre Royal , Drury Lane , and the King 's Theatre , Drury Lane , where the first ballets d'action were staged . |
| 27 | The northern half of the piazza , which was left at a lower level to accommodate a pedestrian subway ( unbuilt as yet ) to the nearby Forum des Halles shopping centre , will be filled in . |
| 28 | One has only to glance at a human skeleton to see the numerous segments of the vertebral column . |
| 29 | The new Buffallo trowel is 22 inches in length , and new features include a blade tapering from 3 inches to 2.5 inches , which is raked at a slight angle to provide extra leverage . |
| 30 | Six hundred youngsters gathered at a massive party to help raise cash for the clinic — now the most successful in the world . |