Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] [noun pl] at [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the Opposition to make guesses at costings would be aimless . |
| 2 | On the economic front Alia 's proposals included encouraging initiative in enterprises and curtailing the role of central planning bodies ; paying bonuses to workers exceeding production targets ; allowing agricultural workers to sell surpluses at prices not fixed by the state ; curtailing artificial price fixing , by means of state subsidies , for all but essential goods ; and allowing people to build their own homes . |
| 3 | A few pupils have gone on in recent years to study Classics at universities including Oxbridge . |
| 4 | Indeed , the logic of commercialism may lead the enterprise to pursue activities at odds with other government objectives . |
| 5 | Krashen maintains that in practice it is difficult to encourage monitor use , but that it has the advantage of being able to draw consciously on language competence to produce utterances at levels which have not yet been acquired . |
| 6 | ‘ The Inter-Regional Group called on all voters to adopt resolutions at rallies and meetings and to send letters and telegrams and find other ways to support the demand , ’ Tass reported . |
| 7 | The inaccessibility of rural areas , the lack of public transport facilities , the dispersed and sparse population had all contributed to the failure of many courses to enrol students at levels within the prescribed minima for grant-aid and the thresholds for the Board 's Regulations were demonstrably too high under such circumstances . |
| 8 | Mr Gummer unveiled a series of measures to cut costs at slaughterhouses . |
| 9 | Local authorities do have the power to subsidise services at times when the provision of a service might not be a commercial proposition . |
| 10 | They call for horseracing bosses to modernise procedures at racecourses . |
| 11 | Police have been conducting house to house enquiries at homes nearby . |