Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adv] [conj] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It seems to differ little if at all from the standard idea of the mainstream in force for the last twenty or thirty years . |
| 2 | I began to talk rapidly and at random . |
| 3 | So the group at Shepherd 's Bush has a way to go before some of them might be deemed fit to audition there or at other vocational schools . |
| 4 | It was to no purpose , however , for Franco was no more inclined to negotiate now than at any time in the past year . |
| 5 | However , in most circumstances the right decision will be to go ahead and at this point the PRO must , as honestly as possible , judge the merits of his company 's case and , if necessary , suggest ways in which the company might modify its stance on an issue so as to reduce its vulnerability . |
| 6 | Everyone 's perpetual concern to safeguard himself against having to take legal responsibility necessitates a fearful expenditure of effort , paper , ink , and time , slows down the transaction of business , removes from the provincial and district agencies all feelings of independence , and teaches them to act surreptitiously if at all . |
| 7 | It is n't feasible just to search aimlessly and at random . |
| 8 | But what you must not do ( and could conceivably lay yourself open to legal proceedings by doing ) is to quote exactly and at some length . |
| 9 | City shopkeepers thought this would be disastrous as the last thing that people cooped up in offices all day want to do is to plunge underground when at last they have a chance to get out in the fresh air . |