Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] at [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Geoff , who is due to retire at Christmas , started work in April 1943 with Armstrong Siddeley Motors in Coventry , as a fourteen-year-old trainee in the works order office . |
| 2 | The outer surface of the ergosphere is in fact a spheroid of revolution with a radial coordinate r+ which is dependent on the polar angle θ with respect to the axis of rotation : At a radius r+ ( θ ) it is just possible to remain at rest . |
| 3 | ‘ When everybody travels it will make it awfully pleasant to sit at home . ’ |
| 4 | 5029 is due to remain at Bury until the end of February , and is subject to a six steamings a month agreement , so it should see extensive use , and provide plenty of opportunities to experience GW ( four-cylinder power in Lancashire ) . |
| 5 | But everything hinges on the fitness of the eight FA Cup final ‘ marathon men ’ of Arsenal and Sheffield Wednesday , who are not due to report at England 's Bisham Abbey headquarters until later today , plus the Italian-based trio of Paul Gascoigne , David Platt and Des Walker , who arrive after tomorrow 's Serie A matches . |
| 6 | The Marquis was due to appear at Horseferry Road magistrates on two counts of assaulting policeman , and four of dodging taxi fares . |
| 7 | Two 10-year-old boys have been charged with abducting and murdering James , and are due to appear at Preston Crown Court later this year . |
| 8 | He was due to appear at Oxford Crown Court . |
| 9 | A 24-year-old Belfast youth was due to appear at Belfast Magistrates Court today in connection with the robbery . |
| 10 | A 49-YEAR-old Carrickfergus man was due to appear at Belfast Magistrates ' Court today charged with two counts of murder . |
| 11 | He was due to appear at Caesar 's Palace in Luton last night . |
| 12 | Almost half of the company-car drivers surveyed thought that it was acceptable to drive at 90mph on a motorway ( 20mph over the speed limit ) , compared with a quarter of drivers of privately-owned cars . |
| 13 | Yet at 1130 hrs that morning a Corps Commander 's Conference had been held at 5 Corps HQ [ Kp 217 ] at which one of the main topics discussed had been " the Evacuation of the Cossacks to the Russians " and under this heading the decision had been taken that : " Divs will be prepared to shoot at Cossacks to enforce the evacuation plan . " |
| 14 | The figures thus lend support to any intuitive sense we have that the effect of his ordeal in scene six is reflected in his being less willing to talk at length . |
| 15 | It 's very exciting to win at shows . |
| 16 | It was probably wrong to look at women 's busts , but he could n't bring himself to mention it in confession , not until he had decided about his vocation , one way or the other . |
| 17 | Concluding that there was no economic justification for phasing out the stations before the end of their planned lives , it also told Nuclear Electric that it would be willing to look at plans for capital spending to extend the life of the stations . |
| 18 | She was too embarrassed to look at David , but she knew he must be amused . |
| 19 | If we are prepared to look at things in that light then the range of choice becomes much wider . |
| 20 | The rest of the time , they were not disposed to look at Peter as a human being , but only as a rector , a creature of whom standards of motive and conduct were expected that they did not expect of themselves . |
| 21 | The analogy was there to draw between what they were prepared to do at home and what they might contemplate doing out of sight in a subjected territory . |
| 22 | I have already explained , I think three times , in the hearing of President Delors why this Government are not prepared to put at risk the striking progress that has been made in industrial relations in this country since 1979 . |
| 23 | The failure of the English to intervene at St Andrews , however , brought no general relief to the Scots . |
| 24 | The former is mainly concerned with the achievement of goals , not overly concerned about opposition and the costs of disturbance ; the latter is more concerned to represent and respond to diverse interests and is willing to arrive at compromises , if necessary sacrificing policy goals . |
| 25 | The essence of a country house park is that it is a large area of grazing , uninterrupted by hedges or fences , in which animals are free to roam at will . |
| 26 | As has been seen , the choice of Pétain to command at Verdun was made less because of his qualities than because he happened to be available at the moment . |
| 27 | ‘ Football on the continent has changed and the results in both groups of the Champions League show that sides are now willing to attack at home or in their away matches . ’ |
| 28 | New doubt has been cast on the viability of the Thorp nuclear reprocessing plant due to open at Sellafield in 1992 . |
| 29 | At the time of going to press a fourth PC World was due to open at Staples Corner . |
| 30 | AN art exhibition on lesbians , due to open at Darlington 's Arts Centre has been condemned by an outraged Tory councillor . |