Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adj] [noun sg] at [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But we do n't get to see each other at the choir |
| 2 | ‘ He was waiting to see that man at the factory long before then . |
| 3 | There was an apparent consensus , however , that budget deficit reduction was a central plank of the necessary stable policy framework , and that governments lacked scope for undertaking more expansive public expenditure or consumer credit policies to stimulate economic growth at a rate faster than the predicted very gradual recovery to end-1993 . |
| 4 | Erm , and it is not my intention to implement that minute at the moment , because I think it relates purely to a London situation . |
| 5 | So lively did it get on occasions that Bishop Story had to order the pilgrims to carry crosses and banners in 1478 instead of the coloured staves with which they were prone to hit each other at the height of their religious fervour . |
| 6 | The case for such objective assessment before operation seems particularly strong in women over the age of 50 because they may have suffered occult damage to the anal sphincter during the childbirth and could be at particular risk of a poor functional outcome if the sphincter were to sustain further damage at the time of operation . |
| 7 | Although it was very late , Otto whisked us off to dine that night at a restaurant some way along the coast . |
| 8 | Staff get to know each other at every level and learn how to support each other . |
| 9 | If anybody wishes to see just how pernicious that influence can be , they can look at the Likud government in Israel , which has had to impose repressive legislation at the behest of religious extremists who hold the balance of power . |
| 10 | Just consider the idea that fear is a hungry creature that wants to feed off our energy and see how easily it has trained us to provide that nourishment at the push of an idea . |
| 11 | Just imagine the abuse with which they would be showered by people who would tell them : ‘ Since it is easily possible for the economy to grow at 4 , 5 , 6 per cent or any other figure you like , the public are being cheated of the growth of public expenditure which they have a right to enjoy by this niggardly Government which is only counting on being able safely to increase public expenditure at a rate of 2 to 2and1/2 ; per cent . ’ |
| 12 | A system of retention ratios at least gives exporters part of the benefits due to them , since they are assured of most of their import needs , and can sell any surplus foreign exchange on the black market to other enterprises , who also benefit by being able to obtain foreign exchange at a price instead of being at the mercy of administrative decisions by bureaucrats . |
| 13 | The effects of fire are to increase light intensity at the ground , affecting germination but also the fauna and flora of the soil . |
| 14 | The link was put in place to provide some stability at a time of political turbulence in the British colony . |
| 15 | In view of the number of working and pleasure horses in the kingdom , when the phrase ‘ horsepower ’ meant literally just that , and the concentration of dairy cows around and even within the metropolis , and also the growing number of pets in middle-class households , it is strange that the demands of so many animal owners , some wealthy or even extremely rich , had not led to the development of a proper profession competent to deal with animal diseases , just as the professions of physician , surgeon and apothecary had burgeoned to meet public demand at the end of the 17th and the beginning of the 18th centuries . |
| 16 | The Inns have kindly agreed to provide additional accommodation at no cost to the Unit and the Vice Chairman and I are currently reviewing the situation to determine what additional management and other support they need . |
| 17 | They have the ability to jump straight back at a moment 's notice . ’ |
| 18 | We designed ideal standard criteria for using dilatation and curettage : clinical suspicion of tuberculosis ; failure of medical treatment for menorrhagia and dysmenorrhoea ; severe menorrhagia presenting as symptomatic anaemia ; to exclude early pregnancy at the time of tubal ligation ; to remove an intrauterine contraceptive device if not possible in outpatients . |
| 19 | With a brief push to provide kinetic energy at the start of a walking stride , we humans can swing the rest of the stride on gravity alone . |
| 20 | It would be an additional folly to impose generic substitution at a time when the Japanese government has singled out pharmaceuticals as a significant area for growth and one to which high technology is applicable . |
| 21 | We do know however that , with perseverance , every day can produce some success and that , by continuing to work one day at a time , we will be building up a very solid basis for renewed confidence and further achievement . |
| 22 | The experiment consisted of presenting an unseen passage of text to a person and asking her to guess one letter at a time . |
| 23 | ‘ Because of all that 's happened , ’ she says , such a move would have to come one step at a time . |
| 24 | In fact it usually turns out to be owned by a used-car dealer and staffed by elderly women who used to work next door at the cake shop and who know as much about mountaineering as goldfish know about pre-Cambrian pottery . |
| 25 | Oxygen booths , in which people will be able to breathe pure oxygen at the cost of $2 a minute , are to be installed around Mexico City centre . |
| 26 | The great advantage which officers of East Indiamen possessed over their counterparts in less favoured ships was their customary right to own a certain proportion of the cargo carried , and to sell that share at the end of the voyage for their own profit . |
| 27 | To reverse this process at a stroke would be impossible , and every compromise suggested so far has foundered in a fearful bog of legal and financial complications . |
| 28 | Higher education or ‘ advanced ’ courses are normally distinguished from ‘ non-advanced ’ courses by being beyond A level , Scottish ‘ Highers ’ ( not the same ) or the equivalent in technical qualifications ( such as BTEC National ) , though recent trends towards more flexible access have tended to erode this demarcation at the point of entry , particularly in relation to mature students . |
| 29 | They later had to receive medical treatment at the hospital following the assaults . |
| 30 | It is ridiculous to sell one beast at a time to one person . |