Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] at a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Status would allow operators to see at a glance which items of safety-related equipment were in proper working order . |
| 2 | What is the assembly of Eurip European unity policies and regions and why was it necessary to send two representatives to Portugal to attend at a cost of over one thousand five hundred . |
| 3 | Each side then loses something if there is an attempt to meet at a mid-point . |
| 4 | You may not feel that this is always necessary with designs that can be knitted automatically , since they will appear on screen in colour , but it is a great memory jogger and , rather then going back into the programme to look at a design , the colours and design may be seen from the printout . |
| 5 | Meanwhile , vegetarian George has turned down £20,000 to sing at a wedding in Paris because the bridegroom is a butcher . |
| 6 | Richard Rolle 's at times flamboyant attempt to arrive at a form of living which would express his compulsive and impulsive drive towards personal realisation of the love of God , brought the circumstances of his life into prominence . |
| 7 | Incidentally , the pineapple is a sign of hospitality , making this a very appropriate dish to serve at a party . |
| 8 | counselling er , and it follows directly from what was said , erm , Judy has referred in her talk about the importance of communications with members , and I 'm delighted to note , that erm , the Health and Disability Group , is to have a meeting in January to look at a variety of issues including the health work of N C V O. This is the first meeting for I think , two years , and if it new era in communications , I for one am delighted . |
| 9 | He had only a second to stare at a page before setting off various alarm spells , but that was time enough for one spell to leap from it and settle in his memory like a toad in a stone . |
| 10 | This enormous gift that , despite all the trying things that went with it , Phoebe had received ; this capacity to look at a thing and know that , because it must be done , it is the doing of it that brings freedom and salvation . |
| 11 | It is the task in front of humanity to arrive at a definition for all controversial acts and to set a value on them ; acts decided as ‘ good ’ contributing to the Godhead , acts decided as ‘ evil ’ detracting there from , and acts of an innocuous nature as ‘ neutral ’ — , and having no effect . |
| 12 | The first prizewinner will also receive £250 worth of vouchers to spend at a range of top high-street stores ; the 12 second prizewinners get £80 worth of vouchers . |
| 13 | Mrs Thatcher finally announced her decision to resign at a Cabinet meeting summoned at the unusually early hour of 9 am the next day , declaring that she had concluded that the unity of the party and the prospects of victory in a general election would be better served if she stood down to enable Cabinet colleagues to enter the ballot for the leadership . |
| 14 | All of them have got a part to play , because we believe there are erm it 's a national problem , but the solutions are in each community different and we need the community to look at a situation and see what can be done on the ground , and I can give many examples of the sort of thing one has in mind . |
| 15 | Engineers have recently scaled up the process to separate at a rate of a few milligrams per hour . |
| 16 | Erm , resolution that Synod appoints Jo , John as Synod clerk for a period of up to three years to commence at a date mutually convenient to him and the present Synod clerk . |
| 17 | This was its justification : ‘ All who make war seek through war to arrive at a peace more perfect than existed before war . ’ |
| 18 | However , in the need to arrive at a compromise and not to have full blown confrontation , a register of Labour supporters is the answer . |
| 19 | First , it makes it a criminal offence for anyone in the course of a business to display at a place where consumer deals are likely to be made ( e.g. at a shop or garage ) a notice of an exemption clause which is void by virtue of section 6 of the Unfair Contract Terms Act . |
| 20 | He clearly regards the management of the mound as his own particular responsibility and expertise , for if the female comes to the mound to lay at a time when opening it might cause a dangerous fluctuation in its temperature , he will refuse to do so and drives her away . |
| 21 | Because the individual moving into a local community is not concerned with the congestion costs that this implies for existing residents , her decision to move will be determined by the difference between and and there will be no incentive to move at a point when is equal to . |
| 22 | The shock move follows his refusal to speak at a trial on the fate of the banned Communist Party . |
| 23 | Startled , George turned his head to stare at a woman who was standing up somewhere in the middle of the tight-packed rows of the audience . |
| 24 | So , as Forster points out , AMV has the cash resources to expand at a time when many target companies are temptingly priced . |
| 25 | Luckily the lad spoke a little English , telling Harry to cycle on and he would overtake for Harry to follow at a distance . |
| 26 | You have attempted to schedule LIFESPAN RDBI to run at a time in the past . |
| 27 | Its influence extends beyond its seeming limits , causing business parks and shopping centres to sprout at a distance — hence the book 's title . |
| 28 | Luciano Pavarotti took a night off from his sell-out performances of Tosca at Covent Garden last month to appear at a Masterclass for four up and coming young singers . |
| 29 | In consultation with colleges in 1989 , we planned the changeover to the new system over three years and three batches , providing , we hoped , a timetable which was not too rushed but which at the same time allowed centres to progress at a pace which met their candidates ' needs . |
| 30 | SCHOOLBOY William Byrne , 11 , of Clare Avenue , Darlington , had a role to play at a North quarry yesterday . |