Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [v-ing] [pron] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was not a book that he had packed when leaving London : he had bought it a day or two earlier in Inverness , and to Boswell , years later , he gave , not unmemorably , his reasons for buying it at all : ‘ Why , Sir , if you are to have but one book with you upon a journey , let it be a book of science . |
| 2 | Some of his many poems and humorous versifications were published in 1991 and in his introduction he claimed : ‘ The reasons for presenting them at all are twofold . |
| 3 | Soldiers and diplomats who knew Yugoslavia well could make its complexities sound like an excuse for doing nothing at all . |
| 4 | This was the last day of these services , and there is talk of reviving them at some time in the future but using modern Sprinter units . |
| 5 | Most football grounds now divide their rival fans by placing them at opposite ends of the ground and by preventing access between the ends . |
| 6 | Now you know the rules , set a good example to other drivers by using them at all times ; who knows , they may even copy your driving style and do it right too ! |
| 7 | Emphasize the difficulty of saying anything at all with regard to religion which may not be received by someone in a misleading way . |
| 8 | And as Mary Douglas ( 1973 : 15 ) had pointed out , ‘ if we can not bring the argument back from tribal ethnography to ourselves , then there is little point in starting it at all ’ . |
| 9 | The Directive 's provisions are also so flexible , because of the difficulty in reaching a consensus among the member states and commentators , that there are grave doubts about whether there is any point in adopting them at all . |
| 10 | Since they would n't want to declare their real objective , even if they had one , they see little point in having one at all . |
| 11 | Or do you not see any point in keeping them at all ? is the number to dial . |
| 12 | It is well recognized because unless you have managed to work out how things actually happen you have no chance of achieving anything at all . |
| 13 | In their view , two things were required to give Britain the prospect of security in the atomic era : first , the atomic bomb itself ; and second , the means of delivering it at strategic ranges . |
| 14 | So much is now known of the Alpine fold belts , the times and forms of their movements , and so much is now being deduced about the relationship of all this to the theories of plate tectonics , that I marvel at my audacity in saying anything at all at this stage . |
| 15 | We have a backlog of sites awaiting shelters , but would give priority to providing one at this location if you consider that this would be helpful . |
| 16 | Toothed whales usually travel in pods and hunt fish and quid by pursuing them at high speed . |
| 17 | He has been friendly with Holy Trinity 's vicar since teaching him at theological college in Durham . |
| 18 | she said she she 's losing the profit at selling them at ten pounds . |
| 19 | This method has the added advantage that , because it will be possible to subtract all the lower numbers without carrying anything at all , you can work it out from left to right . |
| 20 | There 's no mathematical way of defining it at that point . |
| 21 | In practice , running a hose pipe all the way from the kitchen sink to ( say ) the bath hot tap ( to say nothing of the problem of connecting it at both ends ) may not be practicable and you should first try using the nearest cold tap in the same way . |
| 22 | He runs away along with Lydia with no idea of marrying her at all and is forced to marry Lydia by Mr. Darcy becoming between them . |
| 23 | In New York most beach pollution comes from overloaded storm drains , while in Europe , particularly in the southern countries , many cities discharge their sewage into the sea without treating it at all . |
| 24 | Not only had they sent a tactless cable but , seeing it was 2 am in England , decided to save money by sending it at reduced rates to be delivered when the MCC office opened at 9 am . |
| 25 | At 5.30 a.m. , the police constable appeared in uniform ready to resume duty , with a view to leaving it at 6 a.m . ’ |
| 26 | No doubt he was getting a great deal of macho satisfaction at finding her at such a disadvantage . |
| 27 | The next key question is whether such a strategic pricing policy will deter the rival from entering the market by offering it at most a zero NPV . |