Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [noun pl] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since becoming head of the Kimbell in 1980 , he single-handedly built the sleepy Fort Worth museum into one of the most select collections in the country , purchasing a stellar array of old masters , including masterpieces by Caravaggio , Pietro da Cortona , Domenichino , Poussin and Georges de la Tour that would have significantly complemented or filled gaps at the National Gallery . |
| 2 | The joint between the end of the dock and the standing work of the bay end is preferably a direct butt joint between suitable packed or faced surfaces at the leading following and bottom sides of the dock which close simultaneously by a direct butting , as distinguished from a sliding , motion against corresponding surfaces on the standing work . |
| 3 | It 's like that wire-mesh barrier thing — the one he told me about — the one that stops boats at the last moment from going over the weir . |
| 4 | This manager should be able , through his or her position , to advice and influence colleagues at the highest level . |
| 5 | In other words the candidates most likely to be nominated if they so wish will be those who were nominated and became TDs at the previous general election . |
| 6 | At Beckford , on the southern slopes of Bredon Hill , you can visit Beckford Silk Centre and view the processes involved in the dyeing and printing of their unusual silks , and make purchases at the adjacent store . |
| 7 | Miklós Mojzer addressed the problems of the art trade in Hungary , where as yet no lists exist for objects considered part of the national heritage , while Lubomir Slavicek focused on financial , management , and display problems at the National Gallery in Prague . |
| 8 | If he 's lucky , once he 's typed his copy he can use special phone and fax lines at the nearby headquarters of Unprofor , the United Nations peace keeping force , which also controls other necessary supplies . |
| 9 | The owners also get various benefits such as copies of the annual report and accounts , the right to attend , speak and propose motions at the annual general meeting , shareholder discounts on the firm 's product , and so on . |
| 10 | There 's usually some , some mums who are meeting the school and and walking dogs at the same time . |
| 11 | Royal Doulton and Wedgwood are to produce the tableware for the restaurant and banqueting facilities at the new Queens Moat House ( QMH ) hotel in Stoke-on-Trent , Staffordshire . |
| 12 | In Pakistan : ‘ The wholesale exemption of EPZ enterprises from the provisions of so many labour laws leaves many issues to the mercy of the individual contract of employment ’ ( p.709 ) , while in the Philippines : ‘ The Bataan administrator said that some EPZ employees were paying 75 per cent of the minimum wage for six months , then dismissing the workers and hiring others at the 75 per cent rate ’ ( p.711 ) . |
| 13 | Here the organisers have set up an international event where walkers , climbers and people everywhere can do something they enjoy doing and benefit others at the same time . |
| 14 | All he does is press the record and stop buttons at the appropriate times . |
| 15 | In the opinion of Books Etc , ‘ this unfair distribution method should now cease , and accordingly , may we please be given the opportunity of subscribing to your complete paperback list and obtain deliveries at the same time as all other bookshops in the UK ? ’ |
| 16 | However much both sectors might underline their commitment to high-quality education for students and other values of higher education as a whole , the struggle to define and remove boundaries at the same time led to uncertainty and ambiguity , tension and even ‘ ill-will ’ between the sectors . |
| 17 | ‘ I 'll give the missus one and give thanks at the same time , how 's that ? |
| 18 | ‘ When I was 12 I won the one length freestyle , backstroke and breaststroke events at the local schools gala , but after that I concentrated on the backstroke most of the time . ’ |
| 19 | When Tilden was fifteen , he was apprenticed for five years to Alfred Allchin , a London pharmacist , and attended lectures at the Royal College of Chemistry and the Pharmaceutical Society . |
| 20 | Trundle through the system and you 'll come across Sherlock Holmes ' familiar profile at Baker Street , and that of Queen Victoria at Victoria station ; old architectural sketches at Paddington , echoing the West Country connection with the engineering Isambard Brunel ; the escalator design at Oxford Circus , in the heart of department store territory ; and crossed pistols at the odd duelling spot of Finsbury Park , to name but a handful . |
| 21 | Private firms must be formidably efficient to overcome these handicaps and offer facilities at the same or lower prices . |
| 22 | What she could do she had no idea ; but she would stand on the cliff top at Dover and heave rocks at the arrogant sods , if that was what it took . |
| 23 | Although it is not necessary to mark each package in the list , all endorsement marks given must be the same as it is not possible to accept some packages and reject others at the same time . |
| 24 | Note that you can not mix endorsement marks , ie. you can not accept some and reject others at the same time . |
| 25 | It had been a long time since we last saw one of those , so we bought ice cream , sat in the sun and wrote postcards at the Reykjahlid shop . |
| 26 | It created some problems , which prompted the issue of the Ordinance of Labourers of 1349 and the later statute of 1351 , which attempted to limit mobility of labour and to peg wage-rates at the 1346 level . |
| 27 | ( The fertility rate is the average number of children a woman would have if she lived to the end of her child-bearing years and bore children at the prevailing rate for each age during that period . ) |
| 28 | I 'm doing my best , but I ca n't eat and open cards at the same time . |
| 29 | Never rush and buy boots at the last minute . |
| 30 | Between jazz sets Eva made Ted an offer : come and make my house beautiful , Ted , we 'll play swing records and drink margheritas at the same time . |