Example sentences of "[pron] [be] [adj] [to-vb] at [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like Ulysses , I had , by my standards then , made un beau voyage , but I did not think it would result in my being content to stay at home thereafter . |
| 2 | The Directorate have agreed that staff who are able to arrive at work early should be encouraged to do so and the following arrangements will apply : — |
| 3 | I went to see where , she puts lollipop in school like and I went to see exactly she 's supposed to start at quarter to twelve so I went round there for quarter to twelve about five past twelve when she , it 's like yours . |
| 4 | Geoff , who is due to retire at Christmas , started work in April 1943 with Armstrong Siddeley Motors in Coventry , as a fourteen-year-old trainee in the works order office . |
| 5 | Semi-permanents and colour rinses are best at adding subtle colour and shine , and they are easy to use at home . |
| 6 | Vibrations with very high frequencies , such as can occur in diamond , require such a large amount of energy that they are unlikely to occur at room temperature . |
| 7 | The analogy was there to draw between what they were prepared to do at home and what they might contemplate doing out of sight in a subjected territory . |
| 8 | The constructivist says that we should regard the problem of how it is possible to act at will as the best philosophical and psychological road to the problem of mentality . |
| 9 | And finally , it is the ability to open the arms of memory to welcome them back as a valued part of the whole life experience , with which it is possible to live at peace , without pain , and with a sense of completeness at last ; and when this has been accomplished the bereaved are ready to embrace life again . |
| 10 | That is why it is important to work at night , he wrote . |
| 11 | When receiving professional aromatherapy treatment-especially aromatherapy massage — it is important to feel at ease with your therapist if it is to be of any worth . |
| 12 | It is important to look at ratio trends over extended periods in order to judge the progress of the company . |
| 13 | It is important to look at ratio trends over extended periods in order to judge the progress of the company . |
| 14 | Dezallier-D'Argenville slightly reduces the delay : ‘ Among the common people it is customary to stay at home for two or three days after death , and to keep the body in a room where friends and relatives are invited to come and see it . ’ |
| 15 | Dezallier-D'Argenville provides us with the answer : ‘ Among the common people it is customary to stay at home for two or three days after death , and to keep the body in a room where friends and relatives are invited to come and see it . ’ |
| 16 | In these circumstances it is tempting to look at incorporation so that each partner 's ‘ take ’ from the business in the form of salary is limited to an amount that avoids tax being paid at any rate greater than the basic rate of 25% . |
| 17 | Frequently the sales tax is levied on the importer or the manufacturer because it is easier to collect at source . |
| 18 | Suppose by reorganizing production it was possible to produce at point B to the north-east of A. If David and Susie assess their own utility by the quantity of goods they themselves receive , and if they would each rather have more goods than less , B is a better allocation than A since both David and Susie get more . |
| 19 | It was hard to feel at ease with him . |
| 20 | In Polperro it was customary to rise at dawn to ‘ See the sun dance ’ . |
| 21 | Now , being a shepherd , he was accustomed to doze at noontime , and so he fell asleep , and his hand relaxed on the rein . |