Example sentences of "[to-vb] [noun sg] [noun pl] at a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 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 .
3 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 ’ .
4 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 .
5 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 .
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