Example sentences of "[vb -s] [to-vb] [noun] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | wants to throw money at the NHS . |
| 2 | The general principle of proportional representation is surely a more democratic one than any system which tends to over-represent majorities at the cost of under-representing minorities — if they are lucky enough to be represented at all . |
| 3 | This ‘ science city ’ , sited at the University 's Bush Estate to the south of the city , aims to put Edinburgh at the forefront of technology transfer by bringing the world 's finest R&D and training to its doorstep . |
| 4 | Everybody seems to have flu at the moment |
| 5 | A breakdown of the trades involved in the faults appears to show bricklayers at the top of the blacklist . |
| 6 | NEC Corp 's NEC Akita Ltd subsidiary has put off production of circuit boards at a new factory in Akita prefecture , northern Japan , because of poor demand for home appliances and computers : according to Reuter , NEC Akita completed construction of the new factory at the end of 1992 , and it now hopes to start production at the plant later this year . |
| 7 | Estella and Miss Havisham reduce the reader 's sympathy towards Pip by turning him into a snob at the beginning and Magwitch helps to redeem Pip at the end by bringing out his loyalty . |
| 8 | He tries to fix dates at the key time of Jesus ' birth and beginning of his ministry ( Luke 2:1 ; 3:1 ) . |
| 9 | Work on the project will start shortly and the company expects to start production at the new facility early next year . |
| 10 | In the second case , that where the wife agrees to become surety at the instance of her husband though she does not understand the effect of the document or the nature of the transaction , her failure to do so may be the result of the husband 's actually misleading her , but in any case it could hardly ever occur without some impropriety on his part even if that impropriety consisted only in his neglect to inform her of the exact nature of that to which she is willing blindly , ignorantly or mistakenly to assent . |
| 11 | As the weeks go by she begins to receive visitors at the refuge and when she begins to feel the marriage is over , with the workers ' help she starts negotiating with the council and housing associations for a new flat , although she also feels the refuge is home , a safe space that is becoming more and more difficult to leave . |