Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] at [noun sg] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have already explained , I think three times , in the hearing of President Delors why this Government are not prepared to put at risk the striking progress that has been made in industrial relations in this country since 1979 . |
| 2 | If you do n't do so you are also likely to put at risk the closeness of your own relationship with them . |
| 3 | It helps to have a high IQ , though I suspect a talent for mimicry is more useful ; being able to adopt at will the tones and attitudes of the educated middle classes . |
| 4 | It is noteworthy that , whereas the demographic conditions of optimum childbearing can be largely , though not entirely , controlled , parents and individuals are unable to regulate at will the socio-economic and environmental circumstances that affect infant and child health and mortality and , by inference , optimum conditions of childbearing . |
| 5 | David Parkin was obviously keen to preserve at work the image of a happy marriage despite , or perhaps because of , his affair with Nicola . |
| 6 | For rural weavers the habit of association was in itself sufficient to produce at need an organisation to provide deputations or conduct strikes , and this habit was reinforced rather than created by more formal links such as village friendly or burial clubs . |