Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adj] [noun] at [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The question is whether competition policy is seeking to raise the welfare of a particular economy , or whether it should be used as an instrument to promote economic efficiency at a supranational ( or even international ) level . |
| 2 | With the right policies they believed it was possible to reduce inflation without incurring excessive levels of unemployment — to keep prices down and to sustain economic growth at the same time . |
| 3 | The diversity of factors and problems suggests that no single preventive measure is likely to be relevant to all patients , and that effective prevention will have to include different procedures at the various stages in the chain of events leading up to the suicide attempt . |
| 4 | The only thing that has been co-ordinated has been monetary policy , because participating countries , most notably America , refused to include fiscal policies at the same time . |
| 5 | It was one thing in the 1830s and the 1930s to provide luxuries for a minority , but it was quite a different thing to provide non-essential products at a competitive price for the whole population . |
| 6 | It is also interesting as perhaps the key example of a special system designed to minimize political influence at the local level , since local authority involvement is only indirect and slight . |
| 7 | We are not convinced that just because large quantities of potential secondary materials are present in the North Wales region , they can be used to meet unsustainable demand at an acceptable environmental cost . |
| 8 | We are not convinced that just because large quantities of potential secondary materials are present in the North Wales region , they can be used to meet unsustainable demand at an acceptable environmental cost . |
| 9 | Fifteen per cent to meet public requirements at a central level in the territory of the aforementioned Länder … |
| 10 | He has tried to work similar magic at the unwieldy Energy Department . |
| 11 | This measures a country 's ability ( or inability ) to increase real output at a faster pace than population growth . |
| 12 | You are likely to find qualified staff at an approved school and certainly beginner riders should try to find the best tuition they can . |
| 13 | Even without previous knowledge or the sight of a cover or title , people often have to process new information at the very beginning of a discourse , though this is often mediated by a kind of meaningless dummy , like ‘ there was ’ in the given slot at the beginning : Given New There was a man called Ernest Hemingway . |
| 14 | I think that given that University work is supposed to encourage intellectual activity at the highest level of which any individual is capable it is very important to increase motivation by allowing those individuals to proceed at their own pace and to establish their cognitive frames as and when they feel capable of doing so . |
| 15 | They had no solution to the possibility that even they might sometimes fail to find permanent employment at a living wage . |
| 16 | France should , de Choiseul hoped , be able to assemble a striking force of 22 large vessels from Brest , Ferrol , 13 miles [ 21 km ] north-east of Corunna , and Cadiz , sufficient to obtain local superiority at the decisive point , provided Spain contributed eight ships . |
| 17 | Naturally , we do n't expect you to fling real arrows at the best C64 mag on the market , no no no ! |
| 18 | You will otherwise feel frustrated if you try to tackle different things at the same time . |
| 19 | Forfaiting involves a contract between the exporter and the forfaiter [ probably a subsidiary of a major bank ] to purchase accepted bills at an agreed discount at future dates , in normal circumstances without recourse to the exporter . |
| 20 | Building societies are legally obliged to sell repossessed properties at the best possible price . |
| 21 | Households might have to sell domestic property at a substantial discount because there is no ready second-hand market . |
| 22 | Thermal and bias variations tend to create equal signals at the two inputs and therefore negligible output . |
| 23 | Like all screening programmes endoscopic surveillance of the duodenum in FAP patients seeks to detect treatable lesions at an asymptomatic stage and this has been achieved . |
| 24 | But governments now believe that if they are to tackle new subjects at a European level they must tighten their control . |
| 25 | This becomes more important with increasing age , when people can expect to lose long-standing friends at an ever-increasing rate . |
| 26 | Although this has been relatively under explored by economists ( Labelle , 1987 ) , presumably those providers concentrating on certain clinical services may be able to agree large contracts at a lower implied unit price . |
| 27 | Practice varies , and it is good practice to find out from the beginning in order to avoid unpleasant surprises at a later date . |
| 28 | The proposal failed to win unanimous endorsement at a subsequent ministerial meeting on Oct. 19 . |
| 29 | The aim is not only to increase sales of these products , but also to encourage customers to buy other goods at the same time . |
| 30 | in West Yorkshire — stresses the need for preventive measures to identify potential offenders at an early stage , rather than wait for tragedies to occur ? |