Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adj] [noun pl] at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Community wildlife officer Dave Muir and Ann Lolley of the Tidy Britain Group join local people to plant British wildflowers at the Children 's Forest in Pennywell , Sunderland , on Wednesday . |
| 2 | It is worth your while to obtain detailed quotations at the outset and to insist upon a further quotation for any work which may be added to the schedule as you go along . |
| 3 | In addition he and his mother were able to obtain free lodgings at the house of the Privy Court Councillor , Serrarius , in return for lessons for his 15-year old daughter . |
| 4 | We had three requests to find lost rings at the shop in one day recently . |
| 5 | Throughout this period Sutton continued to work Saturday-night shifts at the Sunday Mirror as a sub-editor , and decided to catch up on his education by taking a BA in history at Goldsmiths College , part of the University of London . |
| 6 | Therefore if a purchaser is in a strong negotiating position , it should remember not to demand excessive restrictions at the time of contract despite its relative negotiating strength . |
| 7 | The later Mariner 10 probe , launched in 1974 , confirmed that the dense sulphuric clouds moved across the sky so rapidly as to create violent storms at the surface . |
| 8 | In the blithe mid-century days when five-year plans were supposed to create industrial sectors at the flick of a wand , there were five-year plans galore . |
| 9 | The Wren insurance mutual of some 40 major firms is offering a package tied up with an optional extension to cover consequential losses at the owner/occupier/tenant 's expense . |
| 10 | Levitation , who became the subject of intense interest from major labels on leaving Rough Trade , plan to play low-key shows at the end of November before going into the studio to record material for New Year release . |
| 11 | Car owners whose main concern is to return to their parked vehicles will need to retrace their steps exactly to avoid steep cliffs at the south end , but others with no such inhibitions can extend the walk , and enjoy doing so , by following the crest of the ridge northwards until meeting the path coming up from Clapham Bottoms bound for Selside , here turning down east to join another path to Selside , this continuing the road along Crummackdale from Austwick . |
| 12 | The setback for Mr Souness came hours after the Liverpool board had announced that they would meet to discuss public protests at the manager 's dealings with a national newspaper . |
| 13 | All parties to the April 1989 round-table agreements had already committed themselves to free multiparty elections at the end of the new National Assembly 's first four-year term — see p. 36578 . |
| 14 | Literacy and education tend therefore to reduce linguistic diversity and to enhance major languages at the expense of minor ones . |
| 15 | In families where they are able to identify good characteristics at the beginning of treatment the parents and child may have a sufficiently positive relationship to move directly into this phase . |
| 16 | This is a good month to buy new climbers at the garden centre . |
| 17 | They have to carry their own diesel to avoid lengthy queues at the fuel stations . |
| 18 | His scouts had assessed that the enemy numbers would reach around twenty thousand , and were moving fairly fast , a mounted host save for the Islesmen and Highlanders who , trained to proceed long distances at the run , and lightly clad , did not hold up the horse to any extent . |
| 19 | The meeting was called to persuade the Eastern Health Board to retain acute services at the Lagan Valley . |
| 20 | Moscow chose initially not to stress Soviet-Iranian relations at the expense of Iranian independence and non-alignment . |
| 21 | We therefore call on all churches in Africa as a must to put human rights at the forefront of their agenda and mission by : |
| 22 | The media have a right to publish defamatory remarks at the risk of paying heavy damages if they can not subsequently be justified . |
| 23 | From what I 've seen of Bardsley , he reminds me a bit of Sterland — he looks very good going forward but he seemed to leave gaping holes at the back when he played for England ( ca n't remember who it was against ) . |
| 24 | A useful way to understand this is to remember that in a domestic context UK banks do not need to keep operational balances at the Bank of England equal to the total value of their deposits , just in case they are withdrawn . |
| 25 | Although he was occasionally called out of retirement to represent English interests at the curia and at the French court , his main interests were now religious . |
| 26 | Her emotional maturity should be such that she does not have to gratify personal needs at the patient 's expense . |
| 27 | Local management is not about scrimping and saving to allow major savings at the end of the financial year , but the spending of monies to meet sensible educational demands . |
| 28 | The Police will co-operate with the Department of Education in making a video to demonstrate investigative techniques at the scene of an accident . |
| 29 | Neither circulation nor in-house use studies reveal anything about the failure of users to locate specific items at the shelf , although this information is certainly of interest to the librarian trying to improve the effectiveness of stock . |
| 30 | Er , for the most part , industry , er we have refused to pay additional costs at the government level which arise as a result of the slip er induced by industry 's own er causes . |