Example sentences of "[to-vb] [noun pl] at a [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To take child care for instance , we can suddenly get two or three ah admissions to secure units at a cost of two thousand pounds a week and that 's er you know a hundred thousand a year per child so we can really there are other votes that can , can absorb that sort of money . |
| 2 | Many trade unionists , acutely sensitive to wage reductions at a time of high unemployment and deflation , held two important views on the matter of pensions . |
| 3 | In December 1989 the then Foreign Minister , Oskar Fischer , expressed his government 's desire to establish relations at a meeting with the chair of the Berlin Jewish community . |
| 4 | Data General Corp is finding the transition to open systems at a time of recession extremely painful with a second quarter loss of $55m after a $48m charge for another 1,000 lay-offs : turnover was down 14% at $274m , in part because the sale of the Japanese subsidiary cut volume by $19m ; the company blamed the disappointing results on competitive pricing pressures , which have cut profits , as well as the weak worldwide economy ; the company says it continues to be very cautious about the remainder of 1992 ; AViiON sales continue to grow , but ‘ we are not satisfied with overall revenues , ’ the company declared Electronic Data Systems Corp says its graphical design system now supports Hewlett-Packard 's series 700 workstations : first deliveries are scheduled for May . |
| 5 | However , in the face of market expectations , the Bank took advantage of a money market shortage on 5 March to buy bills at a rate of discount of 11.75 per cent , 0.5 per cent higher than the previous day 's dealings and about 1 per cent above what markets were anticipating . |
| 6 | The following week police had to be called to quell disturbances at a number of grounds — including Middlesbrough and Upton Park where the referee was again attacked — and Reynolds 's News ( 15 November 1936 ) thought that ‘ the FA will soon have to issue another ‘ rough play ’ ’ memorandum — this time to the spectators ! ’ |
| 7 | Beneath the respectable front of many local organisations there had developed only too frequently , as the men of the north-east had earlier predicted , a form of legalised crimping operated between Board of Trade staff at Mercantile Marine Offices and boarding house keepers who were only too happy to supply seamen at a profit to themselves . |
| 8 | It is important to make changes at a pace with which you can easily cope . |
| 9 | The new ore-sorter has over 1000 photoelectric cells to scan rocks at a rate of 500 per second . |