Example sentences of "[vb infin] [noun sg] at a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Minister of Science William Waldegrave , may have released the first major UK government White Paper on science and technology for over 10 years yesterday , but information technology professionals need n't hold their breath : while Waldegrave seems to think we should count ourselves lucky because we 've got our own research council for the first time , it would be more truthful to say we 've been stuffed into the miscellaneous section of the Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council , along with the electronic , electrical and communications industries ; our body , together with the Particle Physics and Sciences Research Council , will replace the Science and Engineering Research Council ; as a result , we will benefit ‘ from the same building of bridges between research bodies and industry ’ as the rest of the reorganised bodies and should experience interaction at an earlier stage — on the Japanese and German model . |
| 2 | There is also already evidence that healthier lifestyles at early ages — including , in particular , abstention from smoking , a reduction in alcohol consumption , more controlled eating , and regular exercise — are now being adopted , and it is probable that they will improve health at a later stage for the cohorts which adopt them . |
| 3 | This is because regular heroin use is likely to result in both physical addiction and a major psychological dependence , and these consequences would keep prevalence at a high level long after any drop in the level of social deprivation . |
| 4 | The plant , built in 1974 , had a poor safety record and had been closed for a two-year period following a failure in the control system in 1985 , and could no longer provide electricity at a competitive price . |
| 5 | There are few exceptions where human skulls have been found in wells and which could suggest violence at a later period . |
| 6 | In order to avoid disputes and unnecessary duplication of effort , where work requires remeasurement this will take place at a joint meeting of the builder 's surveyor and the sub-contractor . |
| 7 | While this is not insignificant ( a weakness of the lecture or the teacher-directed lesson is that it must take place at a pre-set time irrespective of student readiness ) it is hardly Liberty Hall . |
| 8 | Labour 's National Executive Committee agreed last night that the leadership contest should take place at a special conference on July 18 . |
| 9 | Reed was also ordered to pay Macmillan 's legal costs , and an inquiry into the amount of damages suffered by Macmillan will take place at a later date . |
| 10 | Experience in Leeds suggests that intervention must take place at an early stage in order to be effective . |
| 11 | The answer is that a reaction will take place at an appreciable rate only if there is a specific enzyme that speeds it up . |
| 12 | For example storytime might take place at an established time towards the end of the school day , but in a follow-up session the next day questions could be asked to see how much they remember of the story , or one child could be asked to retell the story they heard yesterday ( see Boxes 4 and 5 ) . |
| 13 | In 1978 it was claimed that these devices could not produce electricity at a cheaper rate than 20 pence per kilowatt hour ( as opposed to the Central Electricity Generating Board 's 2.7 pence per kilowatt hour ) but this has now been reduced to 10 pence per kilowatt hour while Dr Salter maintains that the Duck could achieve 4 pence per kilowatt hour . |
| 14 | can I still have treatment at a local hospital ? |
| 15 | Can you still have treatment at a local hospital ? |
| 16 | However , what stings the coal industry is that all but a few of the new gas plants will produce power at a total cost about 15 to 30 per cent . |
| 17 | Recent information has shown that all but a few of those plants will produce power at a total cost above that of British coal at present prices . |
| 18 | In the case of alcoholic liver disease , this may be logistically impossible , since even if biopsy specimens could be obtained from alcoholics with normal liver blood tests to ensure the absence of occult disease , there is not way of predicing whether these patients will develop disease at a later date . |
| 19 | One of the first indications that this belief would have to be abandoned came when calculations by the British scientists Lord Rayleigh and Sir James Jeans suggested that a hot object , or body , such as a star , must radiate energy at an infinite rate . |
| 20 | And there 's nowhere he 'd rather be than back in his native Enniskillen — where he can unashamedly lead life at a crawling pace . |
| 21 | This strategy may therefore require revision at a future date . ’ |
| 22 | But you will still shed weight at a good pace . |
| 23 | But a body with a particular temperature must emit radiation at a certain rate . |