Example sentences of "[conj] [v-ing] [to-vb] [pers pn] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is very contrary to our traditional view of trying to segment and fragment the information and trying to keep it at the business specific level or trying to keep it at the corporate level . |
| 2 | It is much better to step in and help people firmly rather than having to punish them at a later stage . |
| 3 | It is much better to attempt to prevent fears arising , rather than having to rectify them at a later stage . |
| 4 | Gibraltar , for instance , is often used to hold Spanish assets , although the Spanish tax authorities are aware of the situation and attempting to limit it at least as far as the holding of real property is concerned . |
| 5 | He led her inside and left her at one side of the room , walking softly away and stopping to face her at the other side . |
| 6 | This is very contrary to our traditional view of trying to segment and fragment the information and trying to keep it at the business specific level or trying to keep it at the corporate level . |
| 7 | In some West Indian islands a yacht arriving without one will be confronted with a customs officer producing a rolled-up flag from his pocket and offering to sell it at an inflated price in an atmosphere of thinly disguised pressure . |