Example sentences of "[vb pp] [verb] at a " in BNC.
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1 | They had arranged to meet at a pub in Soho , not far from Helen 's flat . |
2 | Personal bankruptcies may also slow down because of the recent interest rate cuts but are expected to continue at a high level for some time , he said . |
3 | In Britain , water tables are expected to remain at a low level throughout the summer . |
4 | For example , in a particular year a given region has x million inhabitants and the population is expected to increase at a rate of 2% per year . |
5 | But after 25 years loyal service with the RAF , the time has come to look at a more modern replacement . |
6 | The press starting running in the summer and is expected to run at a profit by the end of the year . |
7 | I understand the gearbox is designed to run at a temperature of 95°C , so would it not be prudent to use the heavier oil ? |
8 | Dunvegan had a well ; the water , Johnson found upon enquiry , was not brackish but hard ; Rorie More 's drinking-horn held two quarts of liquor , ‘ which the heir of Macleod was expected to swallow at a draught … before he was permitted to bear arms , or could claim a seat among the men ’ . |
9 | Usually , the m-derived section is designed to resonate at a frequency just outside the pass band of the prototype so that its strong resonant attenuation coincides with the range of weakest attenuation of the prototype . |
10 | This chart is designed to show at a glance exactly how many rooms have been let and exactly how many rooms are still available to be let and their type . |
11 | And , because they are designed to operate at a lower cost level they tend not to make demands for expensive peripherals such as PostScript devices or even simpler page printers such as Epsons and Okis that emulate the Hewlett-Packard LaserJet . |
12 | Nominations for the LASMO Staffa Music Award were invited from the United Kingdom 's top music colleges and five finalists have already been selected to perform at a competition and festival of music . |
13 | Now that Hearts have decided to remain at a re-developed Tynecastle , Gulliver has resigned from the board . |
14 | In such a case , some form of conflict resolution must be adopted to arrive at a solution . |
15 | Usually seen soaring at a considerable height . |
16 | Jim had decided to stay at a hotel there till his car was mended . |
17 | GOODS are needed to sell at a church fete next month in Tarvin . |
18 | But Strasbourg 's anti-nicotine brigade has won a consolation prize : the health and social-affairs commissioner , Mrs Vasso Papandreou , has promised to look at a ban in the future . |
19 | Actually , I missed some good ones in the couple of days ' holiday I took ; if I 'd just bothered to look at a single fucking news-stand after I left Stromeferry I 'd have seen this story starting to break about this guy — ‘ The Red panther ’ the tabloids decided on eventually — murdering these right-leaning pillars of the community . |
20 | What they do , I mean just play a game , it 's just a ga it 's a it 's a game , like sort of Simon says , try and catch them out in things , you 'll say right , now you 've got to point at a window , say , and then you have to point at , and you can get them all doing it , you |
21 | Failure to use these words can lead to a lot of confusion , and provide opportunities for awkward parties to obstruct a reference by questioning the procedure used to arrive at a result which they expect to be unfavourable . |
22 | A worse incident happened to me when invited to preach at a special service in a small church which was well filled for the occasion . |
23 | All the members of the family , along with Mrs Prynn , the head groom and Sir Gregory 's personal manservant , were called to attend at a private meeting in the refectory . |
24 | ( The restaurant is closed on Tuesdays when guests are invited to dine at a restaurant in San Gimignano . ) |
25 | Piaget attempts to map the increasing capacity for abstraction implied by the symbolic function , showing that in this development , language , which depends on an entirely conventional relationship between sign and signified , is bound to come at a relatively late stage . |
26 | At one stage Glasser is invited to look at a tenement close — by Bernard , a Communist who was to fight in Spain and return with an altered mind . |
27 | For many viewers to be invited to stare at a naked child is too complex and disturbing . |
28 | To avoid inconvenience it may be scheduled to run at a specific time when LIFESPAN itself is not required . |
29 | The group is invited to start at a common point : response to a specific trigger — a research quote , a statement about opinions to be completed , a range of factors to be ranked for importance , a role play . |
30 | Molly Scrutton was invited to teach at a KFA Training Course in Thorpe and she has taught at our own Rallies in Kent and Essex earlier in the year . |