Example sentences of "[vb pp] [to-vb] [noun pl] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | The advice is often given to see roses at the shows , and make your selection there . |
| 2 | But future Landsat craft can be expected to carry sensors at least as sensitive as the thematic mapper . |
| 3 | As a natural corollary of this initiative , extra-mural departments were permitted to provide courses at standards lower , and of shorter duration , than under the 1924 Regulations . |
| 4 | A ‘ scientific commission ’ comprising some of the most learned people on the island was set up , and they produced a report designed to set fears at rest . |
| 5 | The measures were designed to pre-empt attacks at Monday 's Congress of People 's Deputies . |
| 6 | Proposed dwellings on the land will not be permitted to incorporate windows at either first floor level or both ground and first floor levels , facing in a certain direction or overlooking adjoining property . |
| 7 | Perhaps it was also expected to put non-Italians at a disadvantage . |
| 8 | The Nimbus 6 and 7 weather satellites first carried the improved radiation detectors ( radiometers ) , but the solar Maximum Mission ( SMM ) satellite , designed to study sunspots at their most active , has by far the best radiometer ever launched . |
| 9 | They depend for business on Copts , but Prester John 's poor little Ethiopes are not even permitted to roll eggs at Easter . |
| 10 | ‘ Satellites can be programmed to take pictures at the customer 's request , ’ Dr Baker explained . |
| 11 | I have a concern — the Government have sought to divide courses at centres into vocational on the one hand and leisure on the other . |
| 12 | After an official reception at the Embassy they were hurriedly whisked to separate suites at the luxurious Hyatt Hotel . |
| 13 | They are the weaknesses which can be exploited to keep men at work producing the goods which this society needs , and to keep them in subjection . |
| 14 | With Villa bidding to close the gap on Norwich , Atkinson has decided to complete preparations at England 's Bisham Abbey training camp . |
| 15 | However , loans to Argentina are said to change hands at between 12 and 15 per cent of their face value in the secondary debt market . |
| 16 | Some of the others — Roy Eldridge and Dizzy Gillespie , for example — could not really be said to have voices at all . |
| 17 | She and assistant manager Lance Green had been instructed to improve profits at the expense of Burger King . |
| 18 | If I did manage to get the rubber disc in now , but then he arrived an hour or two late , and then we went out for a romantic candle-lit dinner , and then we chatted for a while … the spermicide would have decided to cease hostilities at just about the time I needed it to be at its most fierce . |
| 19 | A council of war was held and it was decided to resume operations at 5 am . |
| 20 | The 14-strong cast got a rousing response from primary schools who were treated to free seats at yesterday 's dress rehearsal . |
| 21 | These Homes were used to accommodate boarders at the school , and their destruction severely hampered the School 's capacity after the war . |
| 22 | Energy management systems are collections of equipment constructed from sensors , controllers , relays , actuators and other microprocessor-based products : they can be used to monitor conditions at particular points within a building ( or group of buildings ) and employed to regulate or reduce fuel consumption as required . |
| 23 | Cuts of 10 million tonnes a year are needed to freeze emissions at 1990 levels . |
| 24 | The German government has offered to spend £82 million over the next seven years to make the plant safe , and Electricite de France has agreed to train technicians at the plant which suffers from a shortage of skilled workers due to poor working conditions and low pay . |
| 25 | With regard to this problem , S.M.T. have agreed to standardise fares at £1.50 in each direction . |
| 26 | On Sept. 17 reports stated that tear gas was used to halt protests at a Mandalay high school . |
| 27 | In the UK methane gas from a London rubbish dump , which has almost half the calorific value of natural gas , is being used to fire bricks at a nearby factory . |
| 28 | Netting is sometimes sold to keep herons at bay , but this is difficult to maintain in good order , as plants become entangled in it and look unsightly . |
| 29 | Sophisticated surveillance techniques were used to control crowds at the 1968 Chicago Democratic Convention ( see Chapter 2 ) . |
| 30 | For each profile component , there is to be a progression through ten levels of achievement — the same scale of levels to be used to assess children at every stage . |