Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] at [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , a broker might know that one market maker has a strong demand for CDs of six month maturity , but can only find an issuer willing to issue at three months . |
| 2 | Feminists studying language have in general been more interested in furthering the study of sex difference than in criticising it , and though it is acceptable to sneer at long-dead commentators like Jespersen , whose work we will shortly come to , a thorough critique of modem sociolinguistics has been very slow to emerge . |
| 3 | The majority , however , were adamantly opposed to anything which weakened their absolute control over their crews and were prepared to take any action which would ensure that this was upheld , the most effective method being the recruitment of non-union crews which were prepared to sail at lower rates and under worse conditions than union men . |
| 4 | If Labour 's executive brethren are also disposed to look at new options and new deals today they will doubtless incur some internal wrath . |
| 5 | When households initially decide the flow of their labour services that they are willing to supply at different values for the real wage rate they are simultaneously deciding the quantities of goods which they demand in exchange for those services . |
| 6 | In section 3.3.2 we saw that with a fixed monetary base banks could increase their lending only if they were prepared to operate at lower ratios of base : deposits . |
| 7 | When necessary , it was also willing to strike at perceived threats , for example Iraq 's nuclear reactor in 1951 . |
| 8 | It is very easy to laugh at such calculations ; even King 's pre-1692 figures were just wild guesses . |
| 9 | Harry and I were tall and strong , not easy to attack at close quarters . |
| 10 | ‘ Mo you 're too respectable to look at such things . |
| 11 | Armour-plated like giant turtles , humped and unruly and gashed with ferocious battle scars , yet in other places so biscuit-thin that it is possible to look at distant landscapes or clouds through the pierced form of a perforation in the ridge ( rather like one of Henry Moore 's outdoor sculptures ) . |
| 12 | These two groups of animals are quite unrelated , but both still have living representatives in the oceans , and so it is possible to look at living animals to help with the interpretation of fossil examples . |
| 13 | They are likely to flower at different times and the effect will be untidy . |
| 14 | Although the need for fixed radio relay systems seems likely to remain at current levels in the foreseeable future , any diminution in spectrum availability will have to be compensated for . |
| 15 | Upstream , production in 1993 is likely to remain at current levels , as a series of new fields come into production and offset the older declining fields . |
| 16 | In some cultures there are still some established religious and social rituals surrounding death that help all the bereaved have a better understanding of how they are supposed to behave at certain times . |
| 17 | In planning ward staffing , the ward manager should start with a clear view of the number of staff she is likely to require at various times of the day . |
| 18 | The result of both explicit and covert discrimination was that boys were far more likely to succeed at public examinations and to enter higher and further education ( Wilkin , 1982 ) . |
| 19 | This has not satisfied Essex County Council , which has produced statistics showing fatal accidents are four times more likely to happen at automatic gates . |
| 20 | Fields already declared commercial are likely to produce at 100,000 barrels per day ( 5 million tonnes ) and it is predicted that by 1990 the Netherlands could be meeting some 20% of its oil requirements . |
| 21 | Because you 're not , because you 're inside a lot , you do n't have to go out every day , you do n't , you do n't have anything very specific to do at different times during the day . |
| 22 | ‘ Obviously it would be good to look at more examples from different cultures , but it 's such a huge subject , in ten weeks you can only really deal with the tip of the iceberg . |
| 23 | In exploring what this may mean for professional practice , it may be helpful to look at other attempts to reconstrue the nature of professional activity . |
| 24 | It is particularly useful to look at overall patterns which emerge from a sequence of activities and ( maybe ) to discover obvious gaps in the child 's experience . |
| 25 | After surveying the general scene it is useful to look at existing differences between educators about each of the four main activities . |
| 26 | However , so much of what is now being produced lacks these very qualities that it may be more useful to look at successful artists ' work to find an answer to this question . |
| 27 | Although at the moment it is up to you to decide what form of updating you would like to undertake , it would be useful to look at any developments in your area aimed at your special interest , and to find out from employers what they might expect from you in advance of offering you a job . |
| 28 | It was all very well to laugh at ancient superstitions by light of day and in company . |
| 29 | This means that a business can easily work out what would happen if its sales , purchases , wages etc were all to change at different rates , with some going up and some going down . |
| 30 | It is not unusual for a pH value of between 4 and 5 to occur at certain locations far removed from human interference ( Charlson and Rodhe , 1982 ; Hibbard , 1982 ) . |