Example sentences of "[to-vb] [noun] [noun pl] at a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A shopkeeper who refused to sell constables cigarettes at a discount and complained of the illegal sale of similar goods to the public from their own trading organization , the Police Guild , could find himself summonsed by the same officers for employing children under age ( which in turn gave rise to the banning of the Police Guild by the Watch Committee ) . |
| 2 | Whilst training was no guarantee that losses would not occur it might help to identify health disorders at a stage early enough to allow successful treatment . |
| 3 | John Watts , one of the Apothecaries who had contributed to the cost of erecting the wall , was in 1680 appointed to manage garden affairs at a salary of £50 per annum , with additional labouring help . |
| 4 | At one function staged by the Party in Schweinfurt in October 1940 , for example , the local population turned out in force to welcome U-Boat veterans at a recruiting session for the navy , but the same people ‘ were almost entirely missing at the other functions of the NSDAP ’ . |
| 5 | Prime Computer Inc has now filed for its expected return as a public company — under which it will change its name to Computervision Corp , and intends to offer 15.8m shares at a target price of $18 to $20 , concurrent with an offer of $125m of senior notes due 1999 . |
| 6 | The famous scenes of Russians standing in endless line-ups , result from Soviet industry 's inability to produce consumer goods at a rate which begins to meet demand . |
| 7 | But while the mystery deepened , the princess put royal problems behind her — and set off at daybreak on her second trip in four days to comfort cancer patients at a hospice . |