Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [to-vb] at [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The governing body will almost certainly need to set up sub-committees or working groups to look at different aspects of the school 's development .
2 television are obviously having trouble rousing experts to appear at ungodly hours to comment on the morning 's news .
3 For corporatist arrangements to survive at local level , at least according to Cawson , state agencies must be ‘ capable of making and delivering bargained policies , so that a potential local corporatism depends upon strong local state institutions ’ ( 1985b , p. 146 ) .
4 The fixed duration , the stereotypy , of the growth phase , makes it possible for particular things to happen at particular times during embryonic development , as if governed by a strictly observed calendar .
5 Each operating region is visited once every three months and in between , he visits other countries to look at specific projects .
6 We do not , for a simple example , examine heat directly but through , for instance , the property it has of causing certain metals to expand at uniform rates : a property which enables us to construct mercury thermometers which are capable , within reasonably precise limits , of measuring heat .
7 But although Mr Redwood agreed to allow the West German competition authorities special rights to look at sensitive mergers , he obtained a commitment from the Council of Ministers that this could only be used ‘ in exceptional circumstances ’ .
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