Example sentences of "[verb] at [adv] to [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The evidence is that at the present time there is a serious lack of resources to care adequately for the number of sufferers living in ordinary housing , and that this mismatch between numbers and resources is likely to increase at least to the end of the century . |
| 2 | For he moved at once to a post-natal , ecological sorting wherein individual adaptive variants are retained , while the maladaptive are eliminated in the Malthusian crush of population . |
| 3 | To flush some out it is occasionally necessary to put a copy of the authority in a sealed envelope and insist it be conveyed at once to the chief executive . |
| 4 | He withdrew at once to a gracious distance , not to disturb in any way the privacy and composure of the next contender , and his two young squires , well trained to be equally unobtrusive in attendance , drew in silently at either shoulder . |
| 5 | Tobie , back in the villa and cascading with loud , screaming sneezes , had proposed marching at once to the dyeworks and shaking Bartolomeo Zorzi by the hand : le Grant dissuaded him . |
| 6 | Almost instinctively , people worried that so outstanding a year might tempt Helen to switch at once to the professional circuit . |
| 7 | In Water Resources Development Strategy , the NRA stresses the need to save water by means of reducing wastage due to leaks ( currently running at up to a quarter of total supplies ) and introducing metering in areas of low supply . |
| 8 | I think there is a moral obligation on the E C , not necessarily the Americans because it is a European problem , to intervene at least to the extent of ensuring protection for ordinary civilians and ensuring that they get food and medical s provision . |
| 9 | ‘ Nothing , ’ he called at once to the others , whose view of the top car was obscured by the tall backs of their seats . |
| 10 | Belinda thrilled at once to the beauty of it all , and knew that she would enjoy the opportunity of finding out more about where all these lovely things came from … if she took the job , she reminded herself hastily , just as Dr Russell had recently done , even while she suspected that the matter was a foregone conclusion . |
| 11 | When she closed the door after letting Ellwood in , her eyes went at once to the document case . |
| 12 | As a boy at Halton I had devoured every book available on the exploits of the RFC in World War I and my mind went at once to the great deeds of Ball , Bishop , McCudden , Mannock — why not Mahaddie , I thought ? |
| 13 | The first Russian to mount the wall fell at once to a bullet from one of Thiercelin 's men , but now a slavonic deluge swamped the wall in a wave of green and grey , bayonets fixed , overran the Frenchmen on the terrace and began smashing at the door . |
| 14 | It so happened that the summer was an exceptionally hot one , the yield of tomatoes in the region was unusually high , and " taking advantage of this wonderful opportunity , two thousand 2 kilo cans of crushed tomato were manufactured and despatched at once to the Savoy Hotel . " |
| 15 | The barrister reacted to a situation created by the judge ; he felt that he must try to convey at once to the jury that his client was not being obstructive or reticent about disclosing a statement . |
| 16 | Firstly , the offensive must be spread at once to the Left Bank ; not , now , because this might represent the best way to Verdun , but ‘ rather on the tactical necessity of relieving our main attack ’ . |
| 17 | Eurotunnel 's only hope seems to lie in satisfying the banks ' technical adviser that his forecast can be reduced — which means at least to the contractors ' £7.5bn , if not to Eurotunnel 's own £7bn estimate . |
| 18 | When they arrived they were taken at once to a private alcove . |
| 19 | She turns at once to the Women 's page , where there is a Posy Simmonds strip cartoon adroitly satirizing middle-aged , middle-class liberals , an article on the iniquities of the Unborn Children ( Protection ) Bill , and a report on the struggle for women 's liberation in Portugal . |
| 20 | ‘ You 're to go at once to the vicar 's study , ’ she announced . |
| 21 | When Princess Flavia heard that the King was hurt , she refused to stay at Tarlenheim House and rode at once to the Castle of Zenda . |
| 22 | All the Okapi work has been done on systems which have been developed at least to a point where they are reliable and complete enough to be installed in a library unattended . |
| 23 | She ran at once to the door . |
| 24 | When the stories reached Lysons himself , he wrote at once to the Duke of Portland , the home secretary , alerting him to the ‘ very suspicious business ’ taking place at Alfoxden , and on 11 August a government spy called James Walsh was dispatched to investigate . |
| 25 | According to the Financial Times , such a move represented an attempt to create a " two-speed " CIS , with states like Ukraine , which wished to go ahead in the near future with the introduction of its own currency , " pushed at least to the edge of the CIS , if not out of it entirely " . |
| 26 | ‘ I think she is a lady , ’ said Mr Beckenham in a hard voice , ‘ and entitled at least to a modicum of courtesy . ’ |
| 27 | Explain at once to the speechreader what the mistake was so that he can share the joke , otherwise he may feel uncomfortable and puzzled by the reactions to his remark . |
| 28 | The Law graduate who has gained full exemption proceeds at once to the Final ; this requires attendance for nine months at one of the law schools recognised by the Law Society for this purpose . |
| 29 | The oak door yielded at once to the key . |