Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adv] at a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Years of irresponsible budgets have obliged America 's fiscal policy to work perversely at a particularly awkward moment . |
| 2 | Much of the social life evolves around the patio at Cosmos , where decisions are taken about which taverna to visit for supper , and whether or not to meet later at a bar or disco . |
| 3 | It is possible to work hard at a complete system and get very little from it because of interference by other predators . |
| 4 | At the time my idea of manhood was personified as someone who had to work hard at a job he hated in order to support not only himself , but other people whose very existence he resented ; someone who was forever having to make difficult decisions and take frightening initiatives , both of which ended in frustration ; and someone who might be called upon to fight in wars ( National Service was then still in operation ) and kill people . |
| 5 | With some misgivings , Wolfgang settled down to work steadily at a stream of compositions , beginning with the Italian serenata Il sogno di Scipione ( Scipio 's Dream ) for the ceremonial enthronement of the new archbishop on 14 March 1772 . |
| 6 | Mr Rodger Bell QC , for Mr Bewick , suggested that his client had a ‘ bee in his bonnet ’ about surgeons being able to work anywhere at a drop of a hat . |
| 7 | This may have embarrassed Loughborough 's Richard Wareham , the tight-head who played in the England Under-21 front row when they hammered Romania in Bucharest last May , and the youngsters continued to go backwards at a rate of knots in tight and loose . |
| 8 | In summary , when cells are activated , the cytoplasm becomes an excitable matrix which allows a calcium signal to initiate periodically at a specific point before spreading throughout the cell as a regenerative calcium wave . |
| 9 | The patient was asked to breathe deeply at a rate of six breaths/minute , the inspiration lasting for four seconds , the expiration for six seconds . |
| 10 | The necessary legislation — enabling the government to buy compulsorily at a price of its choosing — was pushed through last year . |
| 11 | This had been a perfectly human reaction : to look quickly at a dead relative , loved or otherwise . |
| 12 | The prescription of glasses is an exact science , and they are made to fit correctly at a specific distance from the eyeball . |
| 13 | He urged the Government to look hard at a number of other measures , short and long-term , to improve the position : |
| 14 | Sometimes they will go back to look again at a word which has been passed . |
| 15 | She thought she saw a movement and turned to look again at a stone figure lying on a tomb . |
| 16 | The basic assumption of geometric perspective is that although parallel lines never meet , they appear to do so at a vanishing point , on a distant backcloth . |
| 17 | He has won titles at two different clubs — Everton and Arsenal — and to do so at a third would be unique . |
| 18 | Many were reportedly angered by the Amir 's decision to restore the National Council despite their request not to do so at a meeting on May 28 between opposition leaders and government ministers . |
| 19 | The Lebanese army did not enter a nearby camp used by Dev Sol , the Turkish urban guerrilla group , but were expected to do so at a later date . |
| 20 | Where the dealer acted as counterparty to the contract he may be willing to unwind the contract with a customer but there is no incentive for him to do so at a competitive price . |
| 21 | In Wales , the ‘ derwyn corp ’ , is the name given to a large , ghostly bird which flies around a house where there is sickness , stopping only to tap loudly at a window if the patient is to die . |
| 22 | His oarsmen held his great galley back off the beach , ready to leave again at a word as Eachuinn Odhar leaped thigh-deep to surge ashore , energetic and agile almost as in his youth , and much more dangerous . |
| 23 | Due to the greater bombardment on the slope AB more sand grains will be ejected from this area : these will tend to land again at a distance of one characteristic grain path downwind and thus lead to increased accumulation in that area . |
| 24 | They provide a picture of construction , production and wholesale areas as major growth areas on an ‘ all Wales ’ basis , but the pattern of growth was found to vary markedly at a county level . |
| 25 | Kylie enjoyed the performance so much that when a Melbourne football club asked members of the Neighbours cast to sing together at a charity concert , she was at the head of the queue to sign on . |
| 26 | be careful in the dusk , remember mirror , signal , manoeuvre once you start to overtake move quickly passed the vehicle you are overtaking , when overtake er , overtake only on the right except when the driver in the front has signalled that he intends to turn right , you can overtake him on the left , without getting in the way , when you want to turn left at a junction , when traffic is moving slowly in queues and be er , in a lane on the right and moving more slowly than you are , in one way streets , but not dual carriageways , maybe with a path on either side , when traffic is moving as described , do not increase your speed while being overtaken , slow down if necessary to let the overtaking vehicle pass . |
| 27 | The table was littered with shrimp whiskers , the sponge-cake gobbled up to the last crumb — but all she could do was to sip painfully at a meagre cup of tea and toy with a few shoots of mustard and cress , although she had prepared the extensive meal . |
| 28 | ‘ I hope to get home at a reasonable time tonight , but it rather depends on what Kegan wants . |
| 29 | The train had been forced to brake hard at a level crossing to miss a taxi and one of the wheels had been damaged . |
| 30 | We see this as sufficient justification to go ahead at a pilot level of say eight student places ( rather than 15 for a later course with two lecturers ) , but also a warning that considerable effort will have to be put into consulting with partners both to incorporate their main concerns , and to advertise the course . |