Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adv] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Webb has constantly said he is happy to carry on at Old Trafford and fight for his place . |
| 2 | The net wickets at Queen 's Park were considered too dangerous and , indeed , the five specialist seamers were allowed to bowl only at unguarded stumps . |
| 3 | We find customers prefer to sit down at individual desks and discuss their requirements . ’ |
| 4 | Also available from Bisque is the battery-powered , remote-control Bagno-Stat , which allows you to pre-set the towel radiator heater to come on at specific times and maintain required temperatures . |
| 5 | At times like that , you call on your mates , and Kenny Everett kindly got us out of a spot of trouble there and agreed to come on at short notice . |
| 6 | Responding to SCOTVEC 's suggestions , however , the Prison Service has now created a support structure across institutions which ensures parity of standards and allows Instructors to come together at regular intervals for staff development sessions . |
| 7 | Not only is there a failure to work together at local level , but central government also fails to provide the framework of legislation and subsidy that would enable housing and social services departments to address jointly the aspirations of disabled people . |
| 8 | He was chased out over the Adriatic by fighters and was obliged to come down at Tatoi airport near Athens . |
| 9 | In addition , Alexander Hardinge , who had replaced Wigram as private secretary to the King and who constantly saw his loyalty as lying with the institution and not with the person , was available to come over at short notice and did so . |
| 10 | But the moment Vincente 's back was turned the ball tended to squirt off at eccentric angles — or , worse , refuse to move at all . |
| 11 | Recent analyses have shown positive host-economy effects in terms of their greater adaptability to local conditions , greater use of labour-intensive technology , and greater skills to work profitably at small scale . |
| 12 | It appeared to be an occupational hazard , walking down dark and dingy — or even brightly lit — corridors , waiting for strange creatures to pounce out at unexpected moments . |
| 13 | In order to make a success of your business career you need to be prepared to work hard at oral skills . |
| 14 | During this time you will have developed the personal credibility to communicate persuasively at top management level . |
| 15 | Corporate Finance and Safety teams will continue to report separately at top level to AEA corporate management , who will continue to have a small CHQ support team . |
| 16 | Net income on the group 's £52.3 million of net cash grew from £2.4 million to £4.1 million , with the help of currency gains and a decision to lock in at fixed rates last July . |
| 17 | The cars used to set off at one-minute intervals , originally starting at 9.00 p.m. on a Saturday but that was changed in 1949 to midnight , . |
| 18 | There are three issues you have to sort out at different ages and phases of your child 's development , and they involve the following questions : |
| 19 | Stuart bellowed his words as if answering a court-martial and failure to enunciate perfectly at top volume would earn him a few more years in the glasshouse . |
| 20 | She set her alarm clock to go off at hourly intervals throughout the night , but even before its first summons she was disturbed . |
| 21 | It seems , then , that the average undertaker was little more than a speculative cabinet-maker and joiner who , either by direct contact with the metalworking trades , or via such funeral houses as Richard Green 's , was able to buy in at wholesale all that was required for a funeral . |
| 22 | The research aims to look both at personal characteristics , such as age and sex , and also at company characteristics , such as the number of employees at the workplace . |
| 23 | One example is the practice of engaging casual chambermaids , porters , waiters , bar and kitchen staff to cover the traditionally busy week or two around Christmas , or to help out at other times of the year when hotel occupancy rates exceed expected levels . |
| 24 | I know Mother used to help out at Low Fields in an attempt to ease Daddy 's burden a bit . |
| 25 | As you stroll through the narrow streets , be sure to look upwards at regular intervals , and you will discover why they call Aarau the town of the beautiful gables . |
| 26 | The general message was not to look back at past crimes but forward to a more worthwhile place in society . |
| 27 | However , the DES has expressed a willingness to look sympathetically at limited transitional arrangements to help schools that enter the new system with serious inherited problems , such as buildings in a very poor state of repair . |
| 28 | Mr Gordon said : ‘ If this happens we want to take projects off the shelf to keep up our level of investment , and we would have to look earlier at light rail transport schemes . ’ |
| 29 | As a result an occupier will tend to look closely at existing accommodation and see how it can be maximised . ’ |
| 30 | One may need to look closely at developmental and familial aspects , at past and present circumstances and at feelings which , regardless of age , may be unconscious and deeply submerged . |