Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] at [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Peter Wood relinquished the Chairmanship of RBIC , and RBIS , to Chris Pearson , Director of Private and Offshore Banking and Director , South of England in October 1992 when the rapid growth of Direct Line made greater demands on Peter 's time ; Norman , who had been due to retire at that time , was asked to stay on for two years to see the restructuring process completed . |
| 2 | On the autobahn or the test track , this translates into an uncanny ability to accelerate strongly to 140 mph with sufficient in reserve to cruise at that speed for as long as conditions allow . |
| 3 | He talks as if I 'm free to go at any minute , and I 'm the same . ) |
| 4 | The agent subsequently contacted us to advise that the company 's was the highest bid and asked if we would be prepared to proceed at that figure . |
| 5 | You are free to cancel at any time . |
| 6 | It is clear to see at most training clubs that praise is in very short supply with novice and even more experienced handlers . |
| 7 | It is interesting to remember at this point that the EC excludes the Canary Islands , the Channel Islands and the French Overseas Departments , but includes Monaco and the Isle of Man . |
| 8 | The price of 36s. has thus some claim to be called the true equilibrium price : because if it were fixed on at the beginning , and adhered to throughout , it would exactly equate demand and supply ( i.e. the amount which buyers were willing to purchase at that price would be just equal to that for which sellers were willing to take that price ) ; and because every dealer who has a perfect knowledge of the circumstances of the market expects that price to be established . |
| 9 | But if that was what Adams wanted , well , he was willing to clutch at any straw . |
| 10 | The Government 's new City Challenge Initiative , which we are all hoping will be accepted er on behalf of , that they are willing to look at social partnership with firms , although we have reservations about some of their proposals er in that area . |
| 11 | And they were very , very prepared to look at different department 's needs , and to have a very wide-ranging staff discussion on what the curriculum needs were , and to buy the books accordingly , and then to move on to how they should use them . |
| 12 | But we are perfectly prepared to look at scientific evidence — we are not afraid of that . |
| 13 | Or the London Gazette Supplement which is free to read at main Post Offices lists all winning numbers . |
| 14 | Children have to learn that it is easier to start at one end of a line of objects and finish at the other . |
| 15 | The pilot must be vigilant on every aerotow and must realise the importance of being prepared to release at any point on the climb out should his glider get badly out of position . |
| 16 | ‘ As far as I can see there is only one house that is easier to get at that way than by going through the town , and that is the house on stilts . ’ |
| 17 | In this context an assignment may be considered " terminated " , because it can not affect or be affected by the other process , and is free to terminate at any time . |
| 18 | Perhaps the internal strains within the authorities of a newly-reunited Germany — and the demands of public opinion in the old East — make any punitive measures against ex-Easterners peculiarly uncomfortable to promote at this time ( and Krabbe 's coach has been widely fingered as a luminary in East Germany 's old chemically-enhanced Sportkulur . ) |
| 19 | That is a question I am afraid that is impossible to answer at this stage , that wo n't be known until he 's had a thorough investigation by the surgeons at the hospital who er probably wo n't be able to answer that for a day or two yet . |
| 20 | No wonder I could n't quite believe it when we went into the top entrance of OFD II and it opened into wide open spaces where it was easy to walk at full height . |
| 21 | It is not easy to measure at local scale because the 1981 Census did not contain an ethnicity question , but an impression can be gained from birth-place data in the Census . |
| 22 | There was too much to explain at one time . |
| 23 | Nigel Jemson is still ruled out along with centre half Peter Shirtliff ( hamstring ) , but full back Roland Nilsson looks set to return at full back in place of John Harkes . |
| 24 | I was fortunate to have had these advantages ; it is quite impossible to operate at any level in industry without being aware of the world forces which are pressing upon us . |
| 25 | At Edgbaston , in his early days , it is hard to recall him as the skinny lad in wire spectacles who tried too hard to bowl at medium pace , and when he became depressed at his form , came out in eczema rashes and asthma wheezes . |
| 26 | It is very , very unfortunate to come at this time . ’ |
| 27 | We shall briefly discuss three interconnected lines of enquiry and , although the success of these approaches is hard to evaluate at this stage , they have certainly raised many issues which either expose the incompleteness of the simple Keynesian model or point to fundamental inadequacies within it . |
| 28 | But the not-in-my-backyard arguments are hard to resist at local level . |
| 29 | Seaward there was nothing but a pearly opalescence which , though it seemed likely to vanish at any moment , effectively blocked out sea and sky . |
| 30 | The effects upon the services with which this book is concerned and upon the behaviour of local government are hard to predict at this stage . |