Example sentences of "[verb] [det] [n mass] at [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Anemones are mainly plankton feeders and fish are not regarded as potential prey so there is no loss to the anemone in keeping all fish at bay by adopting such a strategy . |
| 2 | More worrying , perhaps , is that he happily accepts most people at home and outdoors , but sometimes shies away , even from people he 's met . |
| 3 | The aims of the project , which are discussed in more detail in Chapter Two , were to provide flexible ‘ packages ’ of supplementary home support to dementia sufferers , in addition to the statutory health and social services and the non-statutory services normally available , and to test whether , given this service , it is possible cost-effectively to sustain such people at home for longer than is usually possible with support only from existing forms of health and social service ; to explore the circumstances in which the dementia sufferers could cost-effectively be sustained at home , and to examine the circumstances in which it was not possible to sustain them ; that is , to identify the limits to care . |
| 4 | Doctor Sandy McNair from the Bureau , says all people at risk should be vaccinated . |
| 5 | First of all , they suggest that it may be possible to identify those people at risk of depression , that is , those who tend to make global , stable and internal attributions for failure , before they become depressed . |
| 6 | The Severn Bridge case highlights the dangers facing many people at work . |
| 7 | Graham has no plans to fly this aircraft at present and will put it to one side as soon as assembly and testing is complete . |
| 8 | ‘ If present trends continue we will have fewer people at work making things than out of work making nothing , ’ he declared . |
| 9 | ‘ If present trends continue , ’ Labour Party spokesman Robin Cook said , ‘ we will have fewer people at work making things than we will have really out of work and making nothing . ’ |
| 10 | They do n't have the time or the resources , and that may be because they do n't have enough people at partner level to cope with the organisation that training involves . ’ |
| 11 | Needing more funds to finance his move to a lavish Beverly Hills mansion ( embellished with Ruhlmann furniture , Jensen silver , Chinese export porcelain , and African tribal art ) , Billy offered more works at Christie 's London in 1988 ( which realised $5.93 million ) . |
| 12 | The constant upheaval of her life had parted her from any close friends and her own quiet , withdrawn manner kept most people at arm 's length . |
| 13 | ‘ Do those people at unemployment offices know what it 's like to come face to face with them ? ’ said Sharon . |
| 14 | He came into the room with a broad grin on his face and could hardly wait to tell me that not only had he managed to approach several people at work and ask them questions , but that he had decided to put himself to the test over the last few days and had , in fact , gone up to complete strangers in the street to ask them the time . |