Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adj] at the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So I 'd be very grateful therefore if er you could put your minds to the options and erm we could discuss that at the next board meeting . |
| 2 | I do not expect any difficulty in getting approval for the larger sum , and can do that at the same time as tenders are to hand for acceptance , but it will remain important to contain the total project cost as far as possible . |
| 3 | I thought I could best do this at the Foreign Office , since in the aftermath of Suez so many dangerous tangles remained to be unravelled and so many ruptured friendships to be mended . |
| 4 | This is a likely problem after holidays or long weekends ; you do not feel tired at the new bedtime but do feel tired when it is time to get up . |
| 5 | It will be supplemented by the top 50 companies in terms of employment levels , and both tables will give those at the sharp end of the economy the chance to give their businesses a much higher profile . |
| 6 | Through trial and error and careful practice the body learns how to balance , pedal and steer all at the same time . |
| 7 | Very few of us can afford all of the appliances we would like all at the same time . |
| 8 | All of these have strategic aspects to consider , and strategic developments in these areas will not occur all at the same pace or even , necessarily , in the same direction . |
| 9 | Policies differ , but let's look first at the basic type which covers buildings and/or contents against a set list of risks such as fire , theft , subsidence and earthquakes . |
| 10 | While not representing a complete list of provisions these sections map out the range of professional social work services which should become available at the local level to deal comprehensively with difficulties that might arise in the life of a young person . |
| 11 | For example , if continued family contact is in the child 's best interest , social workers should make sure at the matching stage that the proposed new parents really believe so too . |
| 12 | We 've had a lot about politics this morning , and if the Labour Party wants to mobilize working women many of them who did n't vote Labour at the last election here is a ready made campaign to take into the next election . |
| 13 | Do n't vote Labour at the next election . |
| 14 | The proposal form should be checked to see if the Policyholder disclosed the illness/injury or if the complaint first occurred after inception of the policy , did the Policyholder disclose this at the appropriate renewal date . |
| 15 | Fortunate that things do n't happen all at the same time . |
| 16 | Evidently the question has arisen in discussions over what should happen next at the European Laboratory for Particle Physics ( CERN ) . |
| 17 | But we did mention this at the last meeting did n't we ? |
| 18 | Though it may well be , he wrote , that one actually achieves more working with the wrong plans and in the wrong spirit , with the wrong tools and the wrong principles , on the wrong surface and with the wrong conception , it may well be , he wrote ( and Goldberg typed ) , that one achieves more than working with the right plans and in the right spirit , with the right tools and the right principles , on the right surface and with the right conception , though right and wrong and more and less are relative concepts and what seems right at one moment to one person may seem wrong at the same moment to another Person or at another moment to the same person , and what seems more to one person at one moment may seem less to another person at the same moment or at another moment to the same person , right , wrong , more , less , relative concepts , scribbled Goldberg , in the margin , panting slightly as he bent over his old Olivetti Portable , there is only the beginning , wrote Harsnet , or rather , there is only having begun , beginning , scribbled Goldberg , aware now of the black stains on his hands left by the felt-tip pen , having begun , there is only the feeling in the pit of the stomach or the feeling in the chest , wrote Harsnet , the feeling of sickness or the feeling of elation , those are not relative , he wrote , those are absolute . |
| 19 | That may prove crucial at the safe-handover process . |
| 20 | ‘ But you can have the other if you did n't get enough at the last place . ’ |
| 21 | They were also raising money for the Anthony Nolan Bone Marrow Appeal and making a dream come true at the same time . |
| 22 | Their punishment was that they were to walk bare foot behind the procession on the following Sunday , but instead of one taper they had to carry four tapers ( value 2d ) and there they should offer two at the High Altar , and two at the Altar of St. John . |