Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] [noun pl] at a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The bishops will be prepared to confirm children at a rather younger age so that they may be admitted earlier to the communicant life . |
| 2 | Yet during their tenure of office both have had to deal with a Russia now run by an apparently liberally minded head of government who has come to the conference table willing to reduce arms at a rate that the West sometimes finds embarrassing . |
| 3 | Even though open systems may be able to meet requirements at a lower cost than perhaps the traditional proprietary systems , if you 've already paid for the traditional proprietary system , clearly there is no saving to be made by throwing it away and replacing it with the equivalent functionality on new technology . |
| 4 | The Norwich City Council wanted to get a licence to be able to sell intoxicants at a new pop centre they were going to open , mainly for young people , and was a member of the Labour Party , incidentally , and and a County Councillor , one of the City Wards , had the cheek to go and oppose the whole of Norwich City Council |
| 5 | Beneath the respectable front of many local organisations there had developed only too frequently , as the men of the north-east had earlier predicted , a form of legalised crimping operated between Board of Trade staff at Mercantile Marine Offices and boarding house keepers who were only too happy to supply seamen at a profit to themselves . |
| 6 | It is important to make changes at a pace with which you can easily cope . |
| 7 | Since ambient temperature and humidity are subject to considerable variation , seasonal and diurnal and geographical , it is greatly preferable to store samples at a controlled constant temperature ( 20°C or 25°C ) rather than ‘ room temperature ’ . |
| 8 | Gosh , I was so surprised to see skinheads at a Madness gig . |
| 9 | Many trade unionists , acutely sensitive to wage reductions at a time of high unemployment and deflation , held two important views on the matter of pensions . |
| 10 | To allow sufficient time in the post for training in investigation techniques and the all-important legal aspects and also for the accumulation of a broad experience at this fairly unusual job , it is desirable to recruit inspectors at a reasonably early period in their career , especially if they are ultimately to rise to supervisory or management positions in the organisation . |