Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] at a " in BNC.
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| 1 | So long as the documents have been sent to all those entitled to attend a general meeting in accordance with section 238 , it is a pointless farce to require a formal general meeting to be held in order that they may be ‘ laid ’ unless a member wants to raise questions about them at a meeting , or the auditors want to have an opportunity of talking to the members about them . |
| 2 | As socialists we would demand decent and secure housing for everyone at a reasonable cost , but the difficulty arises when we consider what we can demand specifically as women without simply constructing an alternative women 's culture or further reinforcing women 's place in the home . |
| 3 | These would provide accident and emergency service for everyone at a given sum per year and meet certain quality criteria . |
| 4 | ‘ Those altar candles we pay so much for , we seem to be getting through them at a fair old rate . |
| 5 | Or rather , their memoirs were launched for them at a glib and glitzy party by Heinemann , the publishers . |
| 6 | The take or place booking means that the client will be offered a room if there has been a ‘ no show ’ or cancellation , and failing that accommodation will be found for them at a comparable hotel , usually within the same chain of hotels . |
| 7 | So w we 're not charging out for them at a high enough rate . |
| 8 | Just ask for them at a maternity clinic or child health clinic and show your Income Support payment book or , if you 're paid by girocheque , the letter that came with the girocheque . |
| 9 | It was the Guga Hunters who had chartered Viking to land the men and supplies ' on Sula Sgeir and return for them at a specified date . |
| 10 | Ankhu and Nebamun would have it easier , but for the majority of privileged men work was a nominal activity as they laboured more or less intelligently in the upper ranks of the army , the civil service and the priesthood ; most of the graft was done for them at a humbler level . |
| 11 | her used glass for me at a private view — |
| 12 | A part time post was created for me at a busy hospital 40 miles from home , and the arrangement worked very well . |
| 13 | The time for someone on a star will be different from that for someone at a distance , because of the gravitational field of the star . |
| 14 | With a hiss , the double-sided door began to close , just as the figure of Mahon turned the corner and came after them at a terrifying speed . |
| 15 | They called to him twice before he heard , and then he started and came after them at a rapid walk , like a man driven by some urgent pain he could not slough off . |
| 16 | You — you took advantage of me at a moment of weakness . ’ |
| 17 | When they reached the base of the steep drop into the valley , they spotted Bob Lamb striding out ahead of them at a brisk pace . |
| 18 | T : I 've got a lot more respect for them now because I met one of them at a party once and he told me they 're going to be bigger than The Beatles — in all seriousness . |
| 19 | Instead he received all of the 3,813 papers , but each of them at a reduced value . |
| 20 | The effect will be the same as in the distribution of a primary surplus : in the simpler system the transfer of a proportion of the available votes , the transfer of all of them at a reduced value if the senatorial rules are used . |
| 21 | Different theoretical traditions , it is sometimes claimed , belong to ‘ incommensurable paradigms ’ ( Kuhn , 1962 ) ; one can work within only one of them at a time . |
| 22 | They should always be placed in the same positions each time ; you should be able to put your hand on any of them at a moment 's notice : no scrabbling around ! |
| 23 | It took all three of them to lift him out of the reeking waterlogged shelter through an opening just big enough for one of them at a time . |
| 24 | When you have some children who find it very difficult to work with others , one solution might be to work with much smaller groups , maybe even just a couple of them at a time for five minutes or so . |
| 25 | You act on one of them at a time , and then decide which , if any , is going to be most productive . |
| 26 | The main purchasers of bills are the discount houses , which then sell many of them at a slightly higher price , to the banks . |
| 27 | Are they all lying straight or are some of them at an angle ? |
| 28 | If you do n't turn your body to face your opponent directly you will succeed only in placing both of you at a disadvantage . |
| 29 | Ten whole words out of you at a stretch ! |
| 30 | She had removed the brushes , but , both at once , instead of one at a time . |