Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] [to-vb] at [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But now the club have found that on applying for renewal of permission to play at the same venue next season , the pitch has already been allocated . |
| 2 | Resolved , That this House , believing it is in Britain 's interests to continue to be at the heart of the European Community and able to shape its future and that of Europe as a whole , endorses the constructive negotiating approach adopted by Her Majesty 's Government in the Inter-Governmental Conferences on Economic and Monetary Union and on Political Union ; and urges them to work for an agreement at the forthcoming European Council at Maastricht which avoids the development of a federal Europe , enables this country to exert the greatest influence on the economic evolution of the Community while preserving the right of Parliament to decide at a future date whether to adopt a single currency , on issues of Community competence concentrates the development of action on those issues which can not be handled more effectively at national level and , in particular , avoids intrusive Community measures in social areas which are matters for national decision , devlops a European security policy compatible with NATO and co-operation in foreign policy which safeguards this country 's national interests , increases the accountability of the Commission , enhances the rule of law in the Community including improved implementation , enforcement and compliance with Community legislation , improves co-operation between European governments in the fight against drugs , terrorism and cross-border crime , and through these policies secures the long-term interests of the United Kingdom . |
| 3 | The motion , eventually approved by a clear majority of 101 votes , declared that it was " in Britain 's interests to be at the heart of the European Community " but called on the UK government at Maastricht to pursue a policy which would avoid " the development of a federal Europe " and enable it " to exert the greatest influence on the economic evolution of the community while preserving the right of parliament to decide at a future date whether to adopt a single currency " . |
| 4 | Her own afforded her nothing but a transient thrill , but mine supplied another dose of semen to chuck at the uterine wall where , sooner or later , she reckoned , some of it must stick . |
| 5 | At least the up-to-date cost accountant has plenty of ammunition to fire at the chief executive who insists that accounting has little to do with strategy . |
| 6 | A climber jumps in his car , burns precious fossil fuels on a stretch of tarmac that has eaten acres of countryside to arrive at an undeveloped crag . |
| 7 | We expressed our reservations about the conditions attached to the pay review body — both the preconditions and the ability of the Minister or the Secretary of State to interfere at a later date . |
| 8 | There continues to exist an element of uncertainty as all EC member countries are not at the same level of preparedness to proceed at an identical pace towards the final stage of European monetary unification . |
| 9 | He knew just when , and how , to tap , in order to receive at a deeper level than he gave . |
| 10 | Holists therefore face the pressing task of effecting a compromise : they must somehow overcome the opposition between their own view of the individual and that held by individualists in order to arrive at a coherent theory . |
| 11 | But in order to arrive at a balanced judgment , a more rational analysis of the factors involved is required . |
| 12 | This is essentially a linguistic problem , whose solution probably depends as much upon the range of your vocabulary , and your response to the stimulus of words , rather than upon your capacity to reason formally through a set of data in order to arrive at a valid solution . |
| 13 | One often goes to extremes in order to arrive at a physical configuration that is mathematically soluble by simple means . |
| 14 | The first aim of the ESRC funded project is to complete the Gloucester database , to revise it as necessary in order to arrive at an optimum design for future use , and to publish the final version in the form of a book of statistical tables . |
| 15 | I have destroyed many pages and crossed out hundreds , no thousands , of words in order to arrive at an imaginative sympathy ( though not , of course , an explicit approval ) with Miller as he walks down this long , gently curving terrace of dilapidated Edwardian houses . |
| 16 | The income tax relief already given under MIRAS should be offset against PAYE deductions , income tax deducted from dividends etc in order to arrive at the net income tax already suffered . |
| 17 | He suggested to our supervisor that we should read the ‘ new linguistics ’ coming out of the U.S.A. , in order to arrive at the best analytic categories and techniques for analysing the language of television . |
| 18 | One would deduct from the amount received the value of the charge at the date the charge was executed in order to arrive at the taxable gain and claim other reliefs ( see Chapter 2 ) . |
| 19 | A space of 10cm ( 4in ) to 12cm ( 4 ¾in ) between the pleats gives an attractive arrangement , but this is variable in order to arrive at the desired finished width of curtain . |
| 20 | Now suppose that Pathway 1 needs the succession of enzymes A1 , B1 and C1 , in order to synthesize a desired chemical D , while Pathway 2 needs enzymes A2 , B2 and C2 in order to arrive at the same desirable end-product . |
| 21 | In order to start at the logical beginning I went with the default selection , Title . |
| 22 | Therefore it is necessary to go beyond general statements about the nature of social representations in order to look at the theoretical ideas about how social representations might operate . |
| 23 | There are a large number of living species that are predators , some species using the modified radula as a kind of poison dart , others employing it to bore neat , perfectly round holes through the shells of prey ( often bivalves ) in order to get at the nutritious interior . |
| 24 | And a famous , ancient legend of kung fu relates that a Buddhist monk named Bodhidharma , crossed the Himalayas on foot to arrive at a half-ruined monastery whose monks were in a terrible state of health ; Bodhidharma , through a series of health-giving exercises based upon some Indian systems of yoga brought the monks from their emaciated state to a condition of youthful vitality . |
| 25 | My youngest son , Joseph , is very interested in history , and we are going to Hue to look at the Imperial City and watch the emperor perform the traditional ceremonies of Tet . " |