Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] [pron] at [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The vast waiting lists of the local authorities , as well as the existing local authority houses , contain large numbers of families who , with private enterprise building again at the rate and real cost of the 1930s , would be both able and willing to accommodate themselves at economic rents or prices . |
| 2 | Once public debate is permitted in the election period it becomes hard to prohibit it at other times . |
| 3 | Various people were due to address them at various moments , in particular Winston . |
| 4 | Hence not only were there more old people , but more of them became unable to support themselves at earlier ages . |
| 5 | Good thatch is difficult to obtain in many parts of the world , and in the Indian State of Kamataka peasants now have to buy bamboo at 1200 rupees a tonne on the free market ( about £80 a tonne ) whereas the paper industry is still able to get it at 15 rupees a tonne ( £1 ) from the government 's reserved forests . |
| 6 | ‘ Well I 've read a bit of it , mainly in order to be able to quote it at Communist opponents , who 've never read it . ’ |
| 7 | In drawing such sections it is normal to have them at equal distances at right angles to the guide line which ensures that they are correctly related . |