Example sentences of "of [noun] [to-vb] at a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is the task in front of humanity to arrive at a definition for all controversial acts and to set a value on them ; acts decided as ‘ good ’ contributing to the Godhead , acts decided as ‘ evil ’ detracting there from , and acts of an innocuous nature as ‘ neutral ’ — , and having no effect . |
| 2 | The first prizewinner will also receive £250 worth of vouchers to spend at a range of top high-street stores ; the 12 second prizewinners get £80 worth of vouchers . |
| 3 | Since the discourse analyst , like the hearer , has no direct access to a speaker 's intended meaning in producing an utterance , he often has to rely on a process of inference to arrive at an interpretation for utterances or for the connections between utterances . |
| 4 | To force together two protons that are initially far apart , for example those in two separate hydrogen atoms , is like trying to encourage the two north poles of a pair of magnets to join at a distance of less than a billionth of a millimetre . |
| 5 | And there are some properties producing rent , though not many , because the group 's business is in speculative purchases of property to sell at a profit — it 's not a property company in the sense of owning blocks of officer or flats to rent . |