Example sentences of "[be] [to-vb] at a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | A hundred and forty jobs are to go at a brewery distribution centre in Swindon . |
2 | Sixty two jobs are to go at a milk depot . |
3 | Theirs are the more menial chores in Hell — the fetching and carrying of water , for instance — and their reward is to suckle at a witch 's nipples . |
4 | To go back to 1700 is to look at a life that is very little different , for most men and women , from that of 1500 or even 1200 . |
5 | Part of the art of angling is to look at a stretch of water , to analyse the clues of current , depth and cover and to decide , for example , where the roach are likely to lie or where the barbel may be shoaled up . |
6 | IT 'S AEROBIC — The key to walking aerobically is to walk at a pace of 3.5 — 4.0 miles per hour for a minimum of 20 minutes , during which time the heart rate is elevated to 60–85 per cent of its |
7 | To get one , the best course is to ask at a gunshop , or to advertise . |
8 | The biggest cut comes in Germany where its packaging plant in Braunschweig is to close at a cost of 275 jobs , and the decision highlights the growing structural problem in the German economy : growing numbers of German and international companies now find that the high cost of employment makes it too expensive to manufacture there . |
9 | The procedure was exactly as for Experiment 1 except condition C was to point at a target using the non-preferred hand while wearing prisms , rather than pointing at an auditory target . |
10 | Her routine was to rise at a quarter past seven , bath , take a light breakfast and catch an omnibus into the City . |