Example sentences of "[to-vb] [prep] [noun] at a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We only call dolphins when we need help in a rough sea , or we are in difficulty or if there is something we would like to know about relatives at a distance over the ocean . |
| 2 | And the government 's so called mum 's army proposals for teaching youngsters are expected to come under fire at a meeting in Nottingham later today . |
| 3 | An incompetent head is one who fails to master the task of reconciling a management plan with a financial plan , who fails to communicate and to ensure enough understanding for the financial plan with his or her teacher colleagues and who is unable to engage with governors at a level where there is both trust and understanding . |
| 4 | They might be considered likely to feed on flowers at a time , such as the dry season , when there is a scarcity of fruit . |
| 5 | Consequently , such marketing boards have frequently found themselves in a price squeeze , unable to offer a price high enough to producers , but only able to sell to consumers at a loss . |
| 6 | Ian Graves , 41 , the new headteacher at Dene School , Thornaby , is to sing for charity at a money raising cabaret on February 14 . |
| 7 | At the end of the five year period , the employees will be able to use their savings to subscribe for shares at a discount of up to 20% of the value of the shares when they started saving . |
| 8 | They was only , they 'd either got to pay for accommodation at a lodging house or go to the workhouse , they called them then , which is the casual ward , and at the casual ward they were required to bath on admission , which a lot of them did n't like , they were compelled to do certain work . |
| 9 | First stop was Stornoway where Ewen Munro , the Manager , was on hand to relieve me of an important part of my luggage , The Crofter of the Year Cup , which I was to present in Stornoway at a Dinner on the Friday once I had returned from my more distant island travels . |
| 10 | At the time the fieldwork was conducted and until the Social Security Housing Benefit Act 1982 , it was compulsory for all those claiming unemployment benefit to register for work at a Jobcentre . |
| 11 | A recently widowed friend of mine , well into her 80s , writes to say that she ‘ was asked to speak on bereavement-coping at a conference of social works and has had two more bookings as a result . ’ |