Example sentences of "[noun sg] [to-vb] [noun sg] at a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Likewise , a carpenter or joiner might be on a set day rate but who for a period might take on a separate contract to saw timber at a rate per 100 ft. , the figure depending upon the hardness of the wood . |
| 2 | The food is prepared in the prison kitchens by a private catering company — ARA , which has a contract to provide food at a set cost . |
| 3 | National Power ( NP ) , Britain 's largest energy-generating company , has shelved a plan to use orimulsion at a power station in Pembroke , Wales . |
| 4 | It is up to the Secretary of State , if he keeps internment on the books as he has told us he will , to begin to educate people throughout this kingdom about the need to implement internment at a time that he judges correct — when he is advised by the Chief Constable and the GOC to do so . |
| 5 | Aim , then , from the beginning to collect vocabulary at a pace you can handle , and to file it carefully . |
| 6 | Nevertheless , this sector has the potential to generate employment at a rate close to the rate of growth of the urban population , but at very low levels of income . |
| 7 | According to the report , by Dutch Socialist MEP Hemmo Muntingh , the EC has financed the construction of a road cutting through one of Zaire 's forests in order to increase production at a meat processing plant . |
| 8 | He would start the evening in his quiet , sometimes moody , Kansas drawl and would end up in ranting fashion , telling them all that things would be different when he and the rest of ‘ new ’ Hollywood were running things , and they would all be clapped in irons , which was hardly the brightest way to inspire confidence at a time when you were seeking film money . |