Example sentences of "[prep] being [adj] [to-vb] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The requirement of a creditor to wait 12 months before claiming relief instead of being able to claim at the end of the first quarter after an insolvency ( as was possible previously ) has an adverse effect on his own business 's cash flow . |
| 2 | However , the organizational advantages of being able to sample at a regular interval are so considerable that such anxieties are often set aside . |
| 3 | Pearce lists these as two important qualities for a top manager together with being able to look at a problem and see the two or three key factors . |
| 4 | I apologise to my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for the Home Department for being unable to attend at the start of the debate , due to the aggravated taking of British Rail , which took three hours to take me from York to the metropolis . |
| 5 | You can minimise disappointment by calling the airline ( toll-free ) to check availability , and by being ready to switch at the last moment to a different , less popular destination . |