Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [to-vb] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In earlier times and into the twelfth and thirteenth centuries , many of the basic administrative and judicial activities were carried out through the arrangement of hundreds , hundred courts , and hundredal manors courts being held at hundred meeting places , where three men for every tithing or vill had to attend at three-weekly intervals . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | The mist still limited visibility to less than a hundred yards and the fog-horn continued to blare at regular intervals . |
| 4 | We suggest you find out where your newly-acquired friends and acquaintances tend to gather at different times of the day . |
| 5 | A case in point was a series of devastating strikes that Finniston had to weather at British Steel in 1974 . |
| 6 | He added that imports had to continue at competitive levels to safeguard jobs in the processing industry . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | In this particular case , however , there was no such conformity ; the attacks seemed to occur at random intervals and in many differing situations . |
| 9 | Here the position that the plaintiff seeks to establish at common law is broadly consistent with the legislative policy evidenced by the Act of 1976 . |
| 10 | It could limit or remove altogether certain rights presumed to exist at common law . |
| 11 | To keep clear of British radar and stay undetected , the bombers had to fly at low level and so never attained the necessary height . |
| 12 | One problem that has cropped up when trying to turn zoos into arks is that a lot of the exhibits are leftovers from the days when zoos were unashamedly places where people went to look at exotic animals . |
| 13 | Trouble is , people love to sneer at British products . |
| 14 | Their study shows that every $10 of interest payments per year and per person means 142 days less of life on average , had life expectancy continued to increase at pre-debt crisis rates . |
| 15 | Mr Stitt pointed out that mountain accidents tended to happen at similar times — during hard winter conditions , at weekends or in holiday periods . |
| 16 | With City struggling to defend at set pieces , Strachan again planted a free kick into the penalty area where David Wetherall released Gary Speed whose left foot shot gave Tony Coton no chance . |
| 17 | His right foot had to remain at right angles to his leg . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Somehow Paul manages to look at other people in three different directions in our reading . |
| 20 | The murderer has to wink at other children in the room . |
| 21 | The tone was worthy , but the programmes represented TV 's first weekly series attempting to look at gay people . |
| 22 | Those of us who draft these clauses have to look at similar cases , to see which restraints the courts have upheld and which they have declared void . |