Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pron] [n mass] at [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Members of the Darlington Association on Disability expressed concern about how members were to reach their headquarters at the Friends ' Meeting House in Skinnergate .
2 Some people try to keep their fish at a temperature of about 70°F ( usually in an attempt to reduce the electricity bill ) and then wonder why their pets are sluggish , wo n't feed , and do n't show any sign of breeding .
3 A bishop went to represent his people at the ordination of bishops in neighbouring churches .
4 These means include the appointment of joint committees for a particular purpose , the ability of one authority to place its staff at the disposal of another , and the possibility of local authorities entering into agreements to provide each other with goods and services .
5 But when the whole sum is due , by no intendment the acceptance of parcel can be a satisfaction to the plaintiff ; but in the case at bar it was resolved that the payment and acceptance of parcel before the day in satisfaction of the whole would be a good satisfaction in regard of circumstance of time ; for peradventure parcel of it before the day would be more beneficial to him than the whole at the day , and the value of the satisfaction is not material ; so if I am bound in £20 to pay you £10 at Westminster , and you request me to pay you £5 at the day at York , and you will accept it in full satisfaction for the whole £10 , it is a good satisfaction for the whole , for the expenses to pay it at York is sufficient satisfaction . ’
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