Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The appended list gives names of all officers and members of Council currently serving , and indicates those due to retire at the close of the AGM . |
| 2 | ‘ He was due to retire at the end of the year anyway . |
| 3 | While there are few hard and fast rules about what is precisely right to wear at the office this season , there are some pointers to keep you heading in the right direction . |
| 4 | While there are few hard and fast rules about what is precisely right to wear at the office this season , there are some pointers to keep you heading in the right direction . |
| 5 | If I have , I can arrange the pattern so that I 've a complete repeat at the edge of the knitting . |
| 6 | The Chippendales were due to perform at the Leisure Centre two years ago . |
| 7 | The idealised FAOR solutions , although impractical to implement at the time , nonetheless provided a goal that could be pursued via a strategy that would recognise the speed of technological developments , the availability of finance , and other priorities of the two departments . |
| 8 | And the TCCB disciplinary committee is due to meet at the weekend to decide whether to increase Lamb 's punishment for the awful crime of failing to get his comments cleared by Lord 's before they were published in the Mirror . |
| 9 | He had been selected from hundreds of applicants with stars in their eyes by producer Harry Adair , and was due to appear at the Broadcasting House auditions on Saturday . |
| 10 | The cow , worth thousands of pounds , had been champion of several shows and was due to appear at the National Dairy Event in Warwickshire next weekend . |
| 11 | It is untrue that there are six sets of morris dancers due to appear at the Spring Thing , the annual Darlington folk festival . |
| 12 | A tantalising mixture of talent is due to appear at the Town Hall in Oxford on Friday . |
| 13 | The eerie stillness of a town asleep caught at the edges of her already stretched nerves , and she shivered with apprehension as well as from the biting wind . |
| 14 | She found it strange and a trifle exciting to sit at the cafe tables , and watch Wehrmacht , Luftwaffe and Nazi naval personnel walking in the leafy boulevards . |
| 15 | Would the Secretary of State have been prepared to sit at the same table — I repeat , would the Secretary of State and his colleagues have been prepared to sit at the same table with that man , within the confines of the Anglo-Irish Agreement ? |
| 16 | Would the Secretary of State have been prepared to sit at the same table — I repeat , would the Secretary of State and his colleagues have been prepared to sit at the same table with that man , within the confines of the Anglo-Irish Agreement ? |
| 17 | Remember to keep these screws well back , to be hidden by the frame , because although the Faithful kneeling at the altar are meant to have their minds on other things , this is professional woodwork and we do n't want them peering up the legs of our fixings . |
| 18 | If there are any area display teams willing to perform at the Annual Reunion on Saturday 19th November to be held at Warwick Park School , please contact at , , |
| 19 | Even in death he is willing to work at the vine ( the biblical symbol of the Chosen People ) , suggesting in ‘ Credo ’ that the work , however unlikely it appears , is going on ; ‘ the holy promised land ’ is being peopled : ‘ the feet of fierce or humble priests trample out the green ’ ; he among them , despite putative evidence to the contrary . |
| 20 | So what forces impeded the real wage rate from falling so as to bring into employment those willing to work at the going wage rate ? |
| 21 | It was clear to the classical writers that there were tens of thousands of workers who were unemployed and who were prepared to work at the going ( real or money ) wage rate . |
| 22 | In Carthage an inveterate schism ( Donatism ) originated when a devout and wealthy lady who treasured the relic of a martyr was rebuked for lavishing kisses on it at the commemoration of the faithful departed at the eucharist ; ‘ she went off in a huff |
| 23 | But even though what was being contemplated was regionally restricted , it nevertheless went far beyond what these states , following the British line , had been willing to accept at the European level . |
| 24 | They are free to evolve at the mutation rate . |
| 25 | Actually it must be quite interesting looking at the development of language as time goes on . |
| 26 | Never , The Smiths now make Duran Duran , Nik Kershaw or Michael Jackson look years out of date so how could they have been seen as old fashioned at the start ? |
| 27 | With this explanation in mind , it is interesting to look at the accuracy of recall of clause ( 1 ) in the two conditions . |
| 28 | This suggests a major drop in popularity , and it would be interesting to look at the circulation figures . |
| 29 | How exciting to look at the costumes and have the impression that one is wearing them , or see one 's own face adorned with the ear-rings on display . |
| 30 | Where the shareholders also happen to be the directors , and a close personal trust and confidence is involved , the courts have been willing to look at the settlement of arguments on the basis of equity rather than strict legal principle . |