Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [to-vb] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said he said erm he thought people might be less willing to speak at the meeting if they knew it was being recorded , which seems entirely reasonable . |
| 2 | As with people , language can be extremely difficult to learn at an older age . |
| 3 | You are only obliged to pay at the London venue . |
| 4 | There were undoubtedly much larger herds of wild asses in the past and as for black and white markings being impossible on shaggy , cold-country coats it is only necessary to look at the shaggy-coated skunks and pandas to see that this is really not a problem . |
| 5 | To realize this it is only necessary to look at the current pattern of ownership of the press , television and radio outside public-sector broadcasting . |
| 6 | WITH MILLIONS of spotty young upstarts being so alarmingly eager to please at the moment , I guess that the slightly askew likes of Strangelove should be welcomed with open charms . |
| 7 | Perhaps we should not be so ready to sneer at the Close Brethren who deny unbelievers access to their domestic table , when we often do not share our holy table with believers . |
| 8 | She was still sufficiently girlish to blush at the formula compliment . |
| 9 | But I was so confident I would feel the solidness of either chub or root my reactions are not prepared to stop at the end of the strike . |
| 10 | Not easy to prise at the rim of the bolt , because this was a purpose-built carriage . |
| 11 | An excellent air conditioning system , independently variable between the driver 's and passenger 's sides and fitted as standard , improves on an already good ventilation system , although its controls and high-tech graphic display are not easy to understand at a glance . |
| 12 | The option is clearly to the advantage of the developer , in that : there is low initial capital commitment there is opportunity to resolve problems and obtain planning approval The faces less competition than would be found if the land was sold at auction or tender if the scheme is abandoned the option need not be exercised On the other hand problems can arise where there is a substantial downturn in the market and it is not viable to proceed at the price agreed in the option agreement . |
| 13 | You are thus unable to look at the great outside and feel you are missing something . |
| 14 | He would enjoy it more , though , if he were not obliged to read at the same time , in the rear windows of other cars , crude reminders of a more basic sexuality . |
| 15 | She claimed that she had invited both her daughter and Neha to go to Marbella with her but Neha was not ready to leave at the same time . |
| 16 | ‘ I would hope a club of the stature of Nottingham Forest might have been more willing to look at the domestic market if they wanted a young keeper . ’ |
| 17 | ( Care must be taken in interpreting these probit equations : note that positive because the higher the price the more likely it is that all will be sold ; is positive because as the horizon approaches one gets less fussy , and so one is more likely to sell at a lower price ; the other signs follow from similar arguments . ) |
| 18 | This problem is more likely to arise at a time when the patient is unconscious and can not be consulted . |
| 19 | When you telephone someone you are more likely to intrude at an inconvenient time and not realize it . |
| 20 | What seems objectionable in Matza 's argument is that he clearly believes there is a ‘ hierarchy ’ of stances in relation to deviance , not just alternatives : the appreciative stance is portrayed as superior to either the romantic or the correctionalist in that it is inherently more likely to get at the truth . |
| 21 | Not only does this mean that you are more likely to get at the truth , but it is also likely to be more fruitful for whatever purpose you have in mind . |
| 22 | Er and erm it 's difficult for people to maintain er not only as I say , but in their lifestyle over a particular period of time , so you could be more likely to get at the truth by this method , than by sending out questionnaires . |
| 23 | There are situations where the reciprocal of a rate would make more sense than the original rate : ergonomists , for example , might find it more natural to look at the time it takes a person to produce a fixed number of items rather than at the output a person produces from a machine in a fixed period of time . |
| 24 | In the context of nurses and health visitors returning to work it might be more useful to look at the ways in which regrading affects your application and appointment , and to provide you with general advice on what to expect from employers in due course . |
| 25 | Rather than trace individual papers in detail , it is more useful to look at the development of particular classes of paper . |
| 26 | If we wish to discuss changes in punishment it is perhaps more helpful to look at the percentage of those found guilty receiving different types of sentence . |
| 27 | This makes it all the more important to arrive at the interview well prepared . |
| 28 | For insects such as locusts , which migrate over vast distances , it is even more important to fly at an economical speed . |
| 29 | And it was Silvia , not Ronni , who was the first to arrive and the more reluctant to leave at the end of each lesson . |
| 30 | Perhaps the scarcity is of trombonists keen to seek the front of the platform — it may be more appealing to lurk at the back , menacing one 's colleagues from behind . |