Example sentences of "[noun pl] [to-vb] at [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | television are obviously having trouble rousing experts to appear at ungodly hours to comment on the morning 's news . |
| 2 | These could be controlled by the driver , on either side , enabling the cars to load at central islands , as envisaged on the Lytham Road route before it was conventionally relaid in 1936 . |
| 3 | Each operating region is visited once every three months and in between , he visits other countries to look at specific projects . |
| 4 | Encourage engineers to speak at public meetings , discussions , seminars and conferences to promote public awareness of risk issues . |
| 5 | The technique was made possible by the use of the scanning tunnelling microscope which allows researchers to look at individual atoms on a surface . |
| 6 | The governing body will almost certainly need to set up sub-committees or working groups to look at different aspects of the school 's development . |
| 7 | Market gardeners often use artificial light and dark cloths to adjust the length of the night and so persuade plants to flower at unnatural times of the year . |
| 8 | Recent attempts by psychologists to arrive at psychological tests which identify desirable characteristics in candidates has had only limited success . |
| 9 | In the autumn of 1915 the Government had assumed powers to requisition at fixed prices all cereal products ; in 1916 these powers were extended to sugar , milk and eggs , but only limited use was made of them . |
| 10 | But although Mr Redwood agreed to allow the West German competition authorities special rights to look at sensitive mergers , he obtained a commitment from the Council of Ministers that this could only be used ‘ in exceptional circumstances ’ . |
| 11 | We asked people ‘ Do you meet a broad range of other people in your daily life ? ’ erm ‘ Do you feel that your time is structured , that you have erm things to do at different times of the day ? ’ and so on . |
| 12 | We do not , for a simple example , examine heat directly but through , for instance , the property it has of causing certain metals to expand at uniform rates : a property which enables us to construct mercury thermometers which are capable , within reasonably precise limits , of measuring heat . |
| 13 | The fixed duration , the stereotypy , of the growth phase , makes it possible for particular things to happen at particular times during embryonic development , as if governed by a strictly observed calendar . |
| 14 | High fields permit experiments to operate at high densities , and the higher the density the better the confinement time . |
| 15 | But Israel used its newly acquired Phantoms to strike at civilian targets deep inside Egypt . |
| 16 | Even if the outcomes remain at the level of measurable behaviour the possibilities for partners to arrive at different interpretations of what has been ‘ agreed ’ are considerable . |
| 17 | He readily accepted invitations to talk at other colleges or to teach at weekend courses for amateur artists . |
| 18 | We encouraged group members to look at alternative ways of dealing with feelings , such as talking to a friend , crying , shouting and asserting themselves . |
| 19 | Since wages and prices tend to be ‘ sticky ’ in the downward direction , the only way that the price mechanism can work and give the appropriate signals is for the prices of different goods and services to rise at different rates . |