Example sentences of "[vb infin] [verb] at an " in BNC.
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| 1 | If we are constituted as subjects by the totalities we inhabit , then our beliefs about the divide between science and ideology ( Althusser 's included ) will be determined too , and we can not expect to arrive at an impartial , objective view of it . |
| 2 | While the Government would like to aim at an insurance pool of around £500m a year , the industry thinks this would be optimistic . |
| 3 | For instance , a pupil with hemianopia or a diminished visual field may have to sit at an angle rather than square to the blackboard in order to use remaining vision usefully to discriminate what is on it . |
| 4 | any authorised deductions should have occurred at an earlier stage than when the trustees received the monies ; when the monies came to the trust they had " come home " ; and 2. there was no heading under which the deduction could be made . |
| 5 | The financial year runs from April 1 , and by that time , departments must have arrived at an estimate of their needs . |
| 6 | I am not convinced that even in theory this is an accurate reflection of section 2 , for I think it possible that in many cases the investigation will have concluded at an earlier stage . |
| 7 | ( A planetesimal is a small , solid celestial body that may have existed at an early stage of the development of the solar system . ) |
| 8 | Did you start painting at an early age ? |
| 9 | Did you start painting at an early age ? |