Example sentences of "[to-vb] at [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Halon production is only required to freeze at 1986 levels by 1992 ; no direct cuts are to be implemented . |
| 2 | Several times while I was at Magdalen he had me to dine at All Souls with its distinguished Fellows . |
| 3 | The best time to see the Lakes he felt was not necessarily high summer , and he recommended people to come at all times of the year so that they might appreciate the great torrents of water after rain and misty light on cloudy days . |
| 4 | It means that the stressed syllables in an utterance tend to come at regular intervals with a varying number of less stressed syllables in between . |
| 5 | For all her encouragement to them to come at any time to her house , Rose herself was wary of calling at Great Meadow . |
| 6 | Ten ratings were chosen to stand at selected points along the way . |
| 7 | … or is it just another of those little habits ( much favoured by men ) that seem to flourish at this time of year . |
| 8 | In 1890 , Beatrice Webb referred caustically to ‘ individualists , reinforced by a batch of excellent ladies ( eager for the Right of Woman to work at all hours of the day and night with the minimum space and sanitation ) ’ who opposed any attempt to regulate conditions in workshops and the homework trades . |
| 9 | At recent rates about 80 per cent of married women can expect to work at some time in their married lifetime ( Martin and Roberts 1984 ) . |
| 10 | No matter where you finally wind up in the advertising business , you will want to work at some stage in an agency to gain real insight into advertising and acquire first-rate skills ( and , hopefully , reputation ) that puts wheels under your career . |
| 11 | To work at this sort of depth it is necessary to dig a hole of bigger diameter and in this case you must consider your own safety . |
| 12 | Alongside tests of observation , students would be required to work at different sections in the kitchen : sauce-making ; larder-work ; vegetable-preparation , etc . |
| 13 | Habsburg representatives at least continued to do this until 1719 ; and the Emperor Charles VI felt it necessary to insist in an article of the treaty of Belgrade which he signed with the sultan in 1739 on the right of his representatives to appear at such audiences in European clothes . |
| 14 | Because the Moon revolves around the Earth , the lunar day — the time it takes for the Moon to appear at equal heights above the horizon on successive occasions — is longer than 24 hours . |
| 15 | They passed , apparently oblivious , intent only on their own business ; but hardly a soul in the village failed to pass at some time during that day , and not one missed a detail of what was there to be seen . |
| 16 | Thus in Hartog v Colin and Shields [ 1939 ] 3 All ER 566 , it was held that the plaintiff could not sue on a contract for the sale of hare skins at so much per pound when he knew that the offeror really meant to sell at that price per piece . |
| 17 | For her it worked because of one other factor — her ability and willingness to engage at some depth with the concepts , ideas and questions evoked by the material . |
| 18 | The Code enjoined members to trade fairly and responsibly , to behave at all times with integrity , comply with all relevant legislation benefiting consumers , act responsibly and prudently in their marketing and advertising , ensure that its debt collection procedures conformed to the highest ethical standards . |
| 19 | Here the actual process of perception by the audience is less important than the knowledge resulting from perception which the playwright wants the audience to receive at this point in the play . |
| 20 | The lectures which he delivered in America on this visit are not of crucial critical significance and , like other addresses of the same period , they are chiefly remarkable for the fact that he felt able to talk at some length about himself and his work — as if he realized that audiences came to see him , rather than hear anything he might care to say . |
| 21 | Florence and Rome are stunning to visit at any time of the year — but in the winter they have a charm of their own . |
| 22 | These are marvellous opportunities to invite all sorts of people — friends , neighbours , relatives — to visit at any time between , say , eleven o'clock in the morning and ten o'clock at night . |
| 23 | Councillors on authorities other than education authorities may be invited to participate at some level in educational administration and in the case of primary schools , district and parish councils may have rights in respect of appointing governors . |
| 24 | Swiss researchers , who lost access to millions of dollars from the European Communities ( EC ) when voters decided in December to delay the process of joining the EC , are waiting for the reaction to their government 's attempt to participate at some level in the EC 's fourth Framework Programme , which begins next year . |
| 25 | Gleizes and Metzinger , carried away by their enthusiasm for his art , went so far as to suggest at one point in Du Cubisme that Cubism was simply a development of his work : ‘ To understand Cézanne is to foresee Cubism . |
| 26 | In planning ward staffing , the ward manager should start with a clear view of the number of staff she is likely to require at various times of the day . |
| 27 | Partly due to this , the long end of the yield curve has been rather stable in the UK , and the need to hedge at this end of the term structure was diminished . |
| 28 | And of ISD explained , with her staff shop sandwiches in hand : ‘ It is very difficult to cross at most times of day . |
| 29 | They would move to buy at low prices from those sellers who have not discovered that some buyers are paying high prices . |
| 30 | And she was initially awed by the plots which the girls concocted as they sought to shame a particular teacher or fellow pupil , or simply to escape at impermissible hours from the school grounds . |