Example sentences of "[to-vb] at [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ability to communicate at all levels , and to retain the confidence of your clients is vital ; you have to work with each other , so this confidence must exist and must override any personality clashes . |
| 2 | Cutting the mids helped knock out the troublesome frequencies , but the sound did suffer , since it 's often the mid frequencies that you need to increase at higher volumes to prevent that harsh , trebly electro-acoustic sound . |
| 3 | Halon production is only required to freeze at 1986 levels by 1992 ; no direct cuts are to be implemented . |
| 4 | Several times while I was at Magdalen he had me to dine at All Souls with its distinguished Fellows . |
| 5 | The fog-horn , its sound now muffled by the houses , continued to bleat at regular intervals . |
| 6 | The best time to see the Lakes he felt was not necessarily high summer , and he recommended people to come at all times of the year so that they might appreciate the great torrents of water after rain and misty light on cloudy days . |
| 7 | It means that the stressed syllables in an utterance tend to come at regular intervals with a varying number of less stressed syllables in between . |
| 8 | In the store room next to the kitchen were a long table and shelves always covered with all sorts of provisions ; large earthenware jars full of confits of pork and goose , a small barrel where vinegar slowly matured , a bowl where honey oozed out of the comb , jams , preserves of sorrel and of tomatoes , and odd bottles with grapes and cherries marinating in brandy ; next to the table a weighing machine on which I used to stand at regular intervals ; sacks of haricot beans , of potatoes ; eggs , each one carefully dated in pencil . |
| 9 | Ten ratings were chosen to stand at selected points along the way . |
| 10 | Excuse me for needing this spelt out , but does this mean that Leeds fans can now just pay at the door to stand at away games . |
| 11 | For centuries the continual struggle of ordinary country folk to harvest an income to keep them and their families above starvation level meant that they were always prepared to swallow their pride and go , cap in hand , to the gentry for a few vital coppers The same philosophy spawned the hiring fairs ( which continued until the second half of the century ) when the ‘ spare ’ children of rural ( and sometimes urban ) families , not required for work at home , were sent to stand at appointed places where prospective employers could examine and interrogate them checking their limbs for strength and making sure they were properly subservient There was n't a deal of difference , fundamentally , between hiring fairs ( as immortalized by Thomas Hardy in Far From the Madding Crowd and the weekly cattle auctions held in market towns . |
| 12 | The scheme will not apply to staff who are contracted to work at multiple locations . |
| 13 | To be ready to work at all times . |
| 14 | It adds that ARC Northern had permission for quarrying and treatment of stone , apart from the roadstone coating , to work at all times , including Sundays . |
| 15 | I crossed it out because I thought it was gon na say cos I thought it said , survey managers are instructed to work at all times |
| 16 | In 1890 , Beatrice Webb referred caustically to ‘ individualists , reinforced by a batch of excellent ladies ( eager for the Right of Woman to work at all hours of the day and night with the minimum space and sanitation ) ’ who opposed any attempt to regulate conditions in workshops and the homework trades . |
| 17 | Alongside tests of observation , students would be required to work at different sections in the kitchen : sauce-making ; larder-work ; vegetable-preparation , etc . |
| 18 | Underlying this simplistic approach is sound reasoning , namely that your audience needs to know at all times where they are during your presentation . |
| 19 | Habsburg representatives at least continued to do this until 1719 ; and the Emperor Charles VI felt it necessary to insist in an article of the treaty of Belgrade which he signed with the sultan in 1739 on the right of his representatives to appear at such audiences in European clothes . |
| 20 | Because the Moon revolves around the Earth , the lunar day — the time it takes for the Moon to appear at equal heights above the horizon on successive occasions — is longer than 24 hours . |
| 21 | television are obviously having trouble rousing experts to appear at ungodly hours to comment on the morning 's news . |
| 22 | A similar ambivalence can be sensed in Uppercross Cottage : on the one hand , its windows can relieve a social occasion by allowing those under stress to admire the view and recover their composure ; on the other , the tendency of the younger generation to appear at those windows unannounced , and even to come in by them , suggests a social life that has become altogether too informal and erratic . |
| 23 | It was all very violent and distressing to observe at close quarters and the stench really brought it home to me . |
| 24 | By allowing Tepilit to engage in the formalities of gift exchange , she may have been able to observe at close quarters how it worked , but she was also entering into the drama . |
| 25 | Land in this category tends to sell at inflated prices , over the current use value , varying from a marginal surcharge , to perhaps 50% over the value of building land , depending on the degree of hope that the site will receive planning approval in due course . |
| 26 | IN AN entry of over 1,000 cattle at McClelland 's Mart , Ballyclare , animals continued to sell at exceptional rates although prices slightly eased on the previous week . |
| 27 | I used to buy a half a pound for 400 pesos and make thousands of papelitas to sell at 50 centavos . |
| 28 | The USA and IBM continue to lead at all levels — in supercomputers , in mainframes , in minis , and in micros ( IBM and Apple ) . |
| 29 | The Code enjoined members to trade fairly and responsibly , to behave at all times with integrity , comply with all relevant legislation benefiting consumers , act responsibly and prudently in their marketing and advertising , ensure that its debt collection procedures conformed to the highest ethical standards . |
| 30 | In some cultures there are still some established religious and social rituals surrounding death that help all the bereaved have a better understanding of how they are supposed to behave at certain times . |