Example sentences of "[be] [adj] [to-vb] at that [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Peter Wood relinquished the Chairmanship of RBIC , and RBIS , to Chris Pearson , Director of Private and Offshore Banking and Director , South of England in October 1992 when the rapid growth of Direct Line made greater demands on Peter 's time ; Norman , who had been due to retire at that time , was asked to stay on for two years to see the restructuring process completed . |
| 2 | Er , sometimes it 's for tax reasons , sometimes it 's for er , for , for , for erm , er , reasons such as last year when er , we wrote down our , our stake by some seventy one million erm , it was because at that point the financing for B Sky B was not yet er , at all clear because the shareholders had been unable to agree at that point erm , that they would guarantee the two hundred or so million that er , needed to go in before the er , project became successful and so there was a genuine doubt on the financing . |
| 3 | So anyway , before I heard that I 'd got an appointment at the Clinic , I got caught for one burglary and so I told them about the rest , 'cos I wanted to get off it an ’ I knew that was the only way of getting off it and I thought , now I 've been caught , I might as well get meself stuck down for a bit , like , rather than get a big fine which I wouldn'a been able to handle at that time … . |
| 4 | The agent subsequently contacted us to advise that the company 's was the highest bid and asked if we would be prepared to proceed at that figure . |
| 5 | I do n't think you I do n't think you will be able to stop at that figure , I think that the allocation should stop at that figure , but there will be windfalls and there will be other er recycling of land that will take place that is n't already allocated . |
| 6 | Moreover , if only a limited number of more senior places are available , very able corporals and subalterns will get tired of waiting for promotion to sergeant and captain respectively , and will be inclined to leave at that stage . |
| 7 | It tells us that if we could just advance the intimacy of our relationship to the next step we would be satisfied to hold at that level until the wedding . |
| 8 | The price of 36s. has thus some claim to be called the true equilibrium price : because if it were fixed on at the beginning , and adhered to throughout , it would exactly equate demand and supply ( i.e. the amount which buyers were willing to purchase at that price would be just equal to that for which sellers were willing to take that price ) ; and because every dealer who has a perfect knowledge of the circumstances of the market expects that price to be established . |
| 9 | I subsequently wrote to you thanking you for this most generous offer and explaining that we wanted to use them as prizes in a raffle but were unable to proceed at that time . |
| 10 | ‘ As far as I can see there is only one house that is easier to get at that way than by going through the town , and that is the house on stilts . ’ |
| 11 | Bear in mind that any speed limit is a maximum , it does not mean that it is safe to drive at that speed , always take into account all the conditions at the time , never drive so fast that you can not stop well within the distance you can see to be clear . |
| 12 | Before doing so , however , it is necessary to look at that sector of the economy which , according to some , harbours the lotus eaters of post-war Britain , namely , services . |
| 13 | In consequence , it is necessary to look at that picture again . |
| 14 | It was difficult to tell at that point how many people in the department wanted to be included , but it did seem likely that some would . |