Example sentences of "[verb] [noun] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If that gap is n't narrowed , we could well see a backlash as business doing their bit for the environment lose heart at the apparent lack of consumer interest . |
| 2 | That the arbitrageur can lend money at the riskless rate of interest appears sensible , but it is more questionable to assume that he or she can borrow at the riskless rate ( although if the marginal arbitrageur is a large financial institution , the assumption may be reasonable ) . |
| 3 | Nor , said Thomas Gisborne in 1795 , must he himself disdain to borrow money at the appropriate moment if he is not to put his credit to real and serious hazard . |
| 4 | I do n't understand your argument that having an E two type policy and without prejudice to what it may say , will make discussions at the local plan level about where boundaries are , more difficult or less difficult . |
| 5 | Display maps at the key positions should remove this problem . |
| 6 | ‘ One year ’ — Māilo 's eyes lit up at the memory — ‘ I sold so many musk pods at the Indian border that I could hardly walk back , my pockets were so weighted down with silver coins . ’ |
| 7 | Miss F met Courtney at the Royal Free Hospital when she had her baby by caesarean section . |
| 8 | Individual small bids ( up to £100,000 ) may be submitted on a non-competitive basis and the bidder receives stock at the mean accepted price . |
| 9 | ‘ I met Veronica at the Anglo-Catholic church in putney — St Mark 's . |
| 10 | Well I 've visited both Cambodia itself and the camps , er first of all in the camps , the situation is appalling because there are very many people who do not want to be in those camps and are really in effect being held there against their will , and what has been extraordinary until this year , is that the people who 've been holding them there against their will have been the Phol Pot dominated so-called coalition government and on the basis of the people being in the camps , that , that , that regime has gone on to claim recognition at the United Nations ; an appalling situation . |
| 11 | PC Kevin Williams , aged 28 , of Paddington Green and Sergeant Colin Moore , of West End Central , accused of perverting the course of justice , were sent on bail to stand trial at the Old Bailey by Bow Street magistrates yesterday . |
| 12 | Well the advice Mrs then is if you know what variety it is and you know it 's a variety tough enough to grow outdoors like er Peregrine , then send protection at the susceptible time of the year when the blossom 's out , otherwise er if it is a tend a more tender variety we do n't think er the thing is going to survive and certainly not going to fruit . |
| 13 | Cases of CJD rose from 32 in 1990/91 to 48 in 1992/93 but the rise " is not statistically significant " and reflects " inevitable fluctuations from year to year " , say researchers at the national CJD surveillance unit in Edinburgh . |
| 14 | He had been on the committee of the Scottish region , as it was ten called , since 1984 — ‘ they flung me on as naive new blood ’ — — and was vice-chairman for two years before becoming chairman at the tender age of 25 . |
| 15 | After signing copies at the official launch on Saturday , Bob , who lives on the edge of Hartburn , said : ‘ The initial print-run was 1,000 and more than 500 have been sold already . ’ |
| 16 | Health departments had achieved a clearer separation of purchases and provider functions , and much more effective methods of needs assessment at the district-wide level . |
| 17 | Mr. C. H. L. Davis and Dr. H. Sihler were appointed Directors on 16 July 1992 , and Mr. B. R. O'Neill and Mr. P. E. Yea have been appointed Directors with effect from 1 April 1993 ; each will seek election at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting . |
| 18 | If they start to fall beneath their percentile band then they are not growing or gaining weight at the expected rate and it is important to try to determine why this is happening . |
| 19 | we went to meet mummy at the Jolly Farmers |
| 20 | Occasionally , one would flick snow at the other — although by now the snow was well trampled over a wide area . |
| 21 | If he 's lucky , once he 's typed his copy he can use special phone and fax lines at the nearby headquarters of Unprofor , the United Nations peace keeping force , which also controls other necessary supplies . |
| 22 | After a period of unemployment in 1919 he found work at the government-run Slough Transport Depot where he became chairman of the shop stewards ' committee , organizing strikes and demonstrations against its eventual closure in April 1920 . |
| 23 | When the German officer began to shout abuse at the Poles , this goat leant out of his window and shouted abuse at the German officer . |
| 24 | In the case of the Barnes , a logjam of more than a year ended on 21 July when a Pennsylvania judge ruled that the Foundation could send paintings from its celebrated collection on a tour that will include stops at the National Gallery of Art in Washington , D.C. , France , Japan , and probably the Philadelphia Museum of Art . |
| 25 | As in other carriers , a tube incorporates a wire hanger , only in this case the release of the bear takes place when the wire hits a line stop with its forward end , and is pushed clear of a slotted tube at the aft end . |
| 26 | This is because St James 's Church was not listed as a building of architectural or historic interest after it was declared redundant and thus the cost of the building work would attract Value Added Tax at the standard rate . |
| 27 | Levels of intermarriage , in the first place , varied considerably from republic to republic and from nationality to nationality ; and although the proportion of ethnically mixed families at the national and republican level might have been increasing , it did not necessarily follow that the incidence of intermarriage between each of the major nationalities had been increasing at a similar rate . |
| 28 | Last year he won the Irish Junior Triathlon Championship and he will be representing Ulster at the British Championships in Swindon next week . |
| 29 | Allow finance to be equated to the resources needed to provide education at the required level ( ie achieve equilibrium ) |
| 30 | Having already come runner-up at the Hard Rock Café World Cup , Elkerton is now favourite to win the Triple Crown . |