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

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31 In order to compare one year 's attendance with another , it is important to count at the same time each year .
32 It is just because whatever one has planned to do is bound to be altered in the process that it is important to start at the right moment , he wrote .
33 Dipolar groups in a polymer coil may not all be able to relax at the same speed because of the variable steric restrictions they may experience , imposed by their environment .
34 A customer capable of signing a cheque for £100,000 is unlikely to balk at the extra £10,000 or so , and Aston 's aberrant mid-'80s profitability was due in no small part to the fact that Gauntlett made his car more expensive , in real terms , than it has ever been .
35 I do n't support this blanket band of reducing surplus places for the sake of reducing surplus places , like the district auditor , and if quote right , it 's an accountant looking at erm , looking at figures and nothing else , and I think that is the problem with the issue , erm , we 've seen in other schools , in larger schools , where they 've developed erm , classrooms into a decent library , or resource area , but in the , in the , in the overall spectrum they 're still counted as classroom spaces , and if that classroom was put back er in , into a class , the school would suffer environmentally , because that school would have no library facilities , no resource facilities which it 's able to appreciate at the present time .
36 ‘ I 'm interested in the small things that gradually lead to the repression of women — I want to make people see these , but be able to laugh at the same time .
37 But the only reason the Lewis conference in Barcelona was held in a tiny sweat box rather than the air-conditioned Olympic press centre was because his Japanese sponsors would not have been able to advertise at the latter venue .
38 All of these are still very cumbersome to use at the present stage of development but there is no doubt that they will improve .
39 But he was too proud to plead at the right doors .
40 It was possible to hate at the same time as you loved .
41 It should not be possible to get at the dangerous mains wiring without using a screwdriver or other tool .
42 Alternatively , it could be simply a collection of modules which it is temporarily convenient to modify at the same time .
43 I understand it will be convenient to discuss at the same time the next motion on the order paper that the local government finance amendment report Wales nineteen ninety three , ninety four , House of er in i in in in in inquiry .
44 My sympathy lies squarely with those who refused to be part of the South African sham in order to remain eligible to play at the highest level , but who now find that they will probably lose that chance .
45 Although looseknit networks are difficult to handle at the operational level , at the level of theory they are likely to be important .
46 It would be very difficult to arrive at the same conclusion in 1988 .
47 The biographer is absolutely right to say at the very beginning that Quisling is not at all difficult to understand .
48 This means that if there 's a mistake in the ad , the advertiser is n't obliged to sell at the mistaken price .
49 This means that if there 's a mistake in the ad , the advertiser is n't obliged to sell at the mistaken price .
50 His submission was that where the words of a statute were ambiguous or obscure or were capable of giving rise to an absurd conclusion it should be legitimate to look at the Parliamentary history , including the debates in Parliament , for the purpose of identifying the intention of Parliament in using the words it did use .
51 In order to fully comprehend the nature of the relationship between these sectors of the economy , it is necessary to look at the empirical material .
52 To illustrate further the significance of the Rasakumbha , it is necessary to look at the traditional teachings surrounding the Sanskrit words ‘ Rasa ’ and ‘ Kumbha ’ .
53 To realize this it is only necessary to look at the current pattern of ownership of the press , television and radio outside public-sector broadcasting .
54 In order to understand their significance and the ways in which money supply can be controlled , it is first necessary to look at the various types of account in which money can be held and at the various financial institutions involved .
55 There were undoubtedly much larger herds of wild asses in the past and as for black and white markings being impossible on shaggy , cold-country coats it is only necessary to look at the shaggy-coated skunks and pandas to see that this is really not a problem .
56 He would enjoy it more , though , if he were not obliged to read at the same time , in the rear windows of other cars , crude reminders of a more basic sexuality .
57 LEAKED memoranda from the Department of the Environment were yesterday used by Labour to protest at the alleged abuse of civil service time to cost Labour 's programme .
58 Perhaps we should not be so ready to sneer at the Close Brethren who deny unbelievers access to their domestic table , when we often do not share our holy table with believers .
59 The next morning , the 9.15 came out of the tunnel and the old gentleman put down his newspaper , ready to wave at the three children .
60 She claimed that she had invited both her daughter and Neha to go to Marbella with her but Neha was not ready to leave at the same time .
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