Example sentences of "[to-vb] this [noun sg] at [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | To reverse this process at a stroke would be impossible , and every compromise suggested so far has foundered in a fearful bog of legal and financial complications . |
2 | Higher education or ‘ advanced ’ courses are normally distinguished from ‘ non-advanced ’ courses by being beyond A level , Scottish ‘ Highers ’ ( not the same ) or the equivalent in technical qualifications ( such as BTEC National ) , though recent trends towards more flexible access have tended to erode this demarcation at the point of entry , particularly in relation to mature students . |
3 | Is the Chancellor aware that not so long ago I met a chap in Blackpool who said to me , ’ When you see that Chancellor of the Duchy , tell him that I want to give him a piece of my mind : not only is the poll tax three times higher than the rates , but I have lost my job , my wife has been waiting for an operation for two years , my daughter has lost her maternity grant through this Tory Government and my son has lost his income support — so when you see the chairman of the Tory party , will you tell him that I want to meet him to discuss this matter at the top of the Blackpool Tower ? ’ |
4 | It was easy , however , to discount this evidence at a time when opinion polls were in their infancy , at least so far as credibility was concerned , and when it was universally thought that support would return to Churchill as soon as his formidable oratorical skills were thrown in on one side of the party contest . |
5 | However if you require advice or assistance prior to this please do not hesitate to contact this office at the number below . |
6 | The comparison between workplace and family relations encouraged writers like Abegglen , Khan and Vogel to place this feature at the centre of their explanations of how and why Japan differs from other Western capitalist societies . |
7 | It is easy now to regard this wonder at an enemy 's humanity as naïve , but as it is the business of war to foster the naïveté on which it thrives , so there can have been few people in England during the isolation years of 1940–42 who did not take the impersonal nature of their enemy for granted . |
8 | The Independent has five pairs of free tickets to offer for this stimulating event , available to the first five readers to present this page at the Watershed Box Office from 10am this morning . |
9 | Such is the volume of material that a new office has been built to house this material at the home of Collectair ! |
10 | To check this look at the top of the axle and , as someone moves the vehicle forward , watch to see if the axle top moves forward slightly . |
11 | It is better to take this decision at the outset rather than have a poorly planned attempt backfire on the parents . |
12 | Failure to achieve this goal at the outset may result in a patient who depends on others for insulin injections , misses injections or does them with a very poor technique . |
13 | Teachers had to make this distinction at the end of the third year , or earlier . |
14 | There exists a sequence of numbers C t such that , if player B t believes that player A acts according to the rule , then it is optimal for the type z player A to follow this strategy at every information set . |