Example sentences of "[to-vb] [noun pl] at the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The eighteenth-century administration sought to protect those whom the intendant of Burgos called the ‘ wretched slaves ’ of the landlords : there were proposals to freeze rents at the 1770 level , to set up arbitration boards of peasants and landlords . |
| 2 | In 1815 he visited Paris , in 1820 he made a six months ' visit to Italy , and in 1825 he was in Paris again , having been sent to supervise repairs at the British embassy . |
| 3 | There were no sudden changes in direction even though employers and government began to modify their attitudes towards trade unions in such a way as to encourage negotiations at the highest level . |
| 4 | A short length of aerial wire ( not more than about three metres ) may be necessary in order to receive signals at the high frequency end of the medium waveband . |
| 5 | The king , troubled by the prince 's displays of temperament and his unwillingness to follow the advice of those who had charge of him , mindful also of his own unrobust health , considered it would be unwise for himself and his brother to receive visitors at the present time . |
| 6 | A GROUP from education establishments in Norway arrived in Darlington yesterday to view courses at the technical college . |
| 7 | The firm has been campaigning since November 1991 to receive results at the same time as the Japanese press — a privilege denied it because it is not a member of the Tokyo Stock Exchange press club , where securities companies post earnings announcements in members ' pigeon-holes . |
| 8 | In that case the court has a discretion ( in order to avoid injustice ) to award damages at the higher level of £750 ( i.e. by reference to the market price at July 15 instead of the later contract delivery date of December 1 ) , Johnson v. Agnew ( 1979 H.L. ) . |
| 9 | Afterwards , Ken told him : ‘ Never give me dialogue and ask me to handle props at the same time . ’ |
| 10 | Now that some manufacturers , including Citroen and Vauxhall , are beginning to list diesels at the same price as petrol versions , the sums may swing even further in the diesel 's favour . |
| 11 | Labour leaders were strongly criticised for embracing an ‘ unprincipled ’ U-turn away from unilateralism in an attempt to win votes at the next election . |
| 12 | He tries to fix dates at the key time of Jesus ' birth and beginning of his ministry ( Luke 2:1 ; 3:1 ) . |
| 13 | If we had continued to treat patients at the same rate — there has been an unprecedented , inexplicable , and hence unforeseeable rise of 12% in medical emergencies — we would have been at least £0.5m in the red by the end of the financial year . |
| 14 | An appeal has been lodged against the refusal of planning permission to convert buildings at the former Jesse Harold factory , Dale Road , Shildon , into flats and houses . |
| 15 | After an official reception at the Embassy they were hurriedly whisked to separate suites at the luxurious Hyatt Hotel . |
| 16 | Sainsbury 's recycles heat from the refrigeration units in the stores and uses this heat to keep stores at the correct temperature whatever the weather outside . |
| 17 | Be careful that you do not continue to reject fields at the same time as getting lower and lower until it is too late either to have any selection or to achieve a good approach . |
| 18 | A few were converted to target tugs at the same base . |
| 19 | Sophisticated surveillance techniques were used to control crowds at the 1968 Chicago Democratic Convention ( see Chapter 2 ) . |
| 20 | This raises the question of whether it is necessary to represent objects at the single cell level . |
| 21 | Comment at length on the strategies you used to overcome difficulties at the grammatical level in particular . |
| 22 | I am happy to have debates at the appropriate time . |
| 23 | Chris Ivory , chief executive at Bedale food firm Dalepak said he knew of a small company which would struggle to stay in business if it had to raise wages at the present time . |
| 24 | Where it is possible to deliver services at the lowest point , one does just that . |
| 25 | It created some problems , which prompted the issue of the Ordinance of Labourers of 1349 and the later statute of 1351 , which attempted to limit mobility of labour and to peg wage-rates at the 1346 level . |
| 26 | The second target , which had been proposed by the Environment Agency , is to stabilise emissions at the 1990 level by 2000 . |
| 27 | As the government looks for cuts , it will find plenty of scope to make improvements at the same time . |
| 28 | If full morphometric analysis were to show changes at the mild end of the spectrum of coeliac like enteropathy in the original biopsies ( as has been reported in two such patients ) this would require that the descriptive term in these cases be revised from latent to low grade or mild gluten sensitive enteropathy . |
| 29 | ‘ The advantage of having your own premastering system is that it 's much cheaper and easier to correct mistakes at the early stage , ’ explains Mr Wakeley . |
| 30 | ANGRY building bosses set off in a ‘ battle bus ’ yesterday — to confront Ministers at the Tory conference and demand action . |