Example sentences of "[be] [adj] [to-vb] at [det] [noun sg] " 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 | You are free to cancel at any time . |
| 3 | The effects upon the services with which this book is concerned and upon the behaviour of local government are hard to predict at this stage . |
| 4 | Florence and Rome are stunning to visit at any time of the year — but in the winter they have a charm of their own . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | It is my grief that I am unable to repay at this time the money that is due . |
| 7 | In Birmingham ‘ the evening papers are eagerly read each night , and scores of boys who never play themselves are able to name at any time the runs made by prominent cricketers … and in seasons like the present ‘ discuss readily and ably the claims of the individual members of the Australian team to be considered really worthy exponents of the game ’ . |
| 8 | Because tin lodes are apt to end at any time , miners have to be continually ready to open up new levels or drives , and to extend new ones in a series of crazy changes in direction . |
| 9 | 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 … . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | He talks as if I 'm free to go at any minute , and I 'm the same . ) |
| 12 | It may be useful to look at each element of the package in turn . |
| 13 | There are good nuts here and it used to be traditional to belay at this point . |
| 14 | It is also helpful to be able to refer at any time to a ‘ map ’ of the pathways followed and nodes visited in the course of a particular trip through ‘ hyperspace ’ . |
| 15 | At each stage of Tranmere 's rise up the Football League these past years you have asked the question : ‘ Will Steve Mungall be able to cope at this level ? ’ |
| 16 | Or was it possible for one individual to be in the position of a net ‘ receiver ’ for some considerable time because of an expectation that they would be able to reciprocate at some stage in the future ? |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Choose three or four and pick the ones that most need correcting , that is , the words the pupil ought to be able to spell at this stage ( see What goes wrong ? , page 6 ) . |
| 19 | What we are saying is , the patient ought to be able to determine at any stage of their illness what care they receive , and they ought to know what is coming next . |
| 20 | A distant part of her mind wondered if she 'd ever be able to look at this man and not want him , but in truth she already knew the answer . |
| 21 | Instead , holdings and dealings would be recorded electronically in an account , corresponding to a bank account , with one of a number of ‘ account operators , ’ linked to TAURUS , from whom shareholders would be able to obtain at any time documentary evidence of the state of their accounts . |
| 22 | It would be difficult to say at this juncture whether this upturn , achieved at considerable social cost , can be sustained . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Maybe she was just waiting for a chance to go abroad and wanted to be ready to leave at any time . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | It would be wise to note at this point that there can be pitfalls . |
| 27 | Changes in attitude conducive to the development of a corporate approach would have been difficult to effect at any time . |
| 28 | The pilot must be vigilant on every aerotow and must realise the importance of being prepared to release at any point on the climb out should his glider get badly out of position . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | Sor if I sorted out being able to book at this restaurant which only is about I 'd be in |