Example sentences of "[to-vb] [noun] at [noun] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hopefully , further research may lead to a way of quantifying tendon strength and thereby possibly being able to identify animals at risk from tendon injury prior to starting training . |
| 2 | Er the reference to surface water presumably that 's a reference to flooding and the the need to avoid areas at risk from flooding . |
| 3 | The Angevin connection was thus represented by a close kinswoman of Edward I. Jean of Brittany 's talents were more suited to diplomacy than to warfare ( although he served against Philip the Fair in Aquitaine , between 1294 and 1297 ) , while his close connections with both the French court and the nobility of western France clearly helped to ease tension at periods of crisis . |
| 4 | Indeed , my own interest in the problem came , not through sociology , but originated when , as a law student , I studied the legal powers available to the state to protect children at risk from abuse and neglect . |
| 5 | She told the Opposition 's Lord Carter that farmers often worked in isolation and were traditionally independent , ‘ possibly leading to a reluctance to seek help at time of depression . |
| 6 | However , the creature 's capacity to change colour at will in order to blend into its surroundings is not as extensive as is popularly thought . |
| 7 | In the face of growing needs arising from an ageing population , the only substantial source of funds available for care was through the Social Security System which enabled elderly people to enter voluntary and private nursing homes whereas the funds to develop care at home by health and social services were limited and restrained as part of the overall policy to reduce public spending . |
| 8 | Emerge into next field , where go forward and slightly left , passing to right of projecting corner of hedge coming down from left to take stile at corner of field into allotments . |
| 9 | To the Tysons , that meant nothing extravagant — just an extra £135 a month to make life at home in South Ruislip , Middlesex easier . |
| 10 | There is no sense of accountability in a council such as Edinburgh , which sought last year to tax residents at £584 per head . |