Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] at a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Using this diagram , it is possible to see at a glance the relationship of one context to the rest of the site . |
| 2 | The boy , who ca n't be named , was due to appear at a Youth Court in Swindon . |
| 3 | Mm and I was just wondering if that is your girl who is due to come at a quarter past six then she erm |
| 4 | Section 47 of the Criminal Law Act 1977 , was not brought into force for another five years until 1982 , Ministers of both parties having accepted the advice of Home Office officials that the provision was too risky to implement at a time of acute overcrowding in the prisons . |
| 5 | ‘ I wonder how long we are prepared to vacillate at a time when Britain , and all that Britain stands for , and human civilization , are in peril ? ’ |
| 6 | The greater number of developers are not necessarily confined to any particular geographical area and will , therefore , not only investigate the market potential in the immediate locality of their home base , but Will be equally prepared to operate at a distance . |
| 7 | One of the advantages of a quantitative study of this sort is that it is possible to view at a glance a collected set of responses . |
| 8 | I mention that this mechanical bird has three blades because we have here something of great importance for a photographer — the three blades are designed to give a far smoother ride than the two-bladed machine , and because of this it is possible to shoot at a speed as low as 125th of a second . |
| 9 | An excellent air conditioning system , independently variable between the driver 's and passenger 's sides and fitted as standard , improves on an already good ventilation system , although its controls and high-tech graphic display are not easy to understand at a glance . |
| 10 | This problem is more likely to arise at a time when the patient is unconscious and can not be consulted . |
| 11 | If in doubt , it might be as well to look at a pattern for fabric or to measure the amount of depth on a hemline that is already a favourite . |
| 12 | The labour force is becoming more like the military with the use of a limited age range and the screening out of anyone with any kind of disability who might not be able to work at a pace and with the flexibility and precision which will maintain the return on the very large capital investment . |
| 13 | this time we were able to stand at a distance from it all and weigh it up and write better songs . |
| 14 | Although these findings were considered in the context of differential hemispheric activation , they might more parsimoniously be thought to reflect no more than the fact that people wish to be able to look at a blackboard in the middle of the room . |
| 15 | Pearce lists these as two important qualities for a top manager together with being able to look at a problem and see the two or three key factors . |
| 16 | No-one will be able to look at a photograph , particularly a family album photo , in the same way again . |
| 17 | When discussing differences in earnings between black and white workers , we noted that it was important to look at a number of factors , for example , the age structure of the two groups and the kind of industry in which they worked . |
| 18 | Before going on to consider the results of this survey , it is important to look at a number of methodological limitations which may well compromise some of its findings . |
| 19 | The implication is that the Frankish foot soldier was skilled in all round weaponry , able to fight at a distance and at close quarters . |
| 20 | If , for lack of a formula , British ministries ( and no doubt ministries elsewhere ) are unable to price the amenity value of landscapes threatened by development , how on earth would any government — or , more probably a conference of governments — be able to arrive at a system for pricing the air ? |
| 21 | It is clear from the above that higher headquarters placed great emphasis on L Detachment remaining essential fly as a parachute unit , and this was in keeping with Stirling 's doctrine that his men should be able to arrive at a target by whatever means were most suitable . |
| 22 | The longest and costliest criminal case in US history ended on July 27 when the prosecution dropped child molestation charges against Raymond Buckey after the jury had declared itself unable to arrive at a majority verdict . |
| 23 | Since daylight was flooding into the world , I was able to stay at a distance and keep him in sight . |
| 24 | Certainly Hearts created precious few chances , and the fact their goal , which came in the 20th minute , stemmed from a blunder must have proved hard for United to swallow at a ground where they last won in 1985 . |
| 25 | I would say that they ought to be able to spend at a level which is within the S S As that have been given both for the county and for the districts , and therefore we should be below the three hundred and seventy eight . |
| 26 | Apparently , in the year 2000 only five collieries would be able to produce at a cost of 130p per gigajoule . |
| 27 | MOTORISTS will soon be able to tell at a glance whether it is cheaper to buy their next car abroad . |
| 28 | Insofar as English law requires the directors to take into account the interests of groups other than the shareholders it adopts the position that these interests do not fundamentally conflict with those of the shareholders and that it is therefore possible to arrive at a decision that balances all the relevant interests , subsuming them under or subordinating them to the vaguely defined collective goal of the organization . |
| 29 | From these figures , it is possible to arrive at a number of quite different versions of what changes took place in the years in question . |
| 30 | Military conscription has always been a useful way of soaking up young people and even though Russia is suffering from a decline in the birthrate the sudden release of a large number of men on to the civilian labour market might be difficult to absorb at a time when Gorbachev is trying to raise productivity . |