Example sentences of "[to-vb] at [adj] [noun] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The inflation rate has fallen to its lowest in twenty-five years to stand at one point seven per cent . |
| 2 | The role of the National LX Network is to provide at local level those services required throughout the country to enhance the nation 's export profile by supporting British commerce , business and industry in sustaining international pressures and in penetrating foreign markets . |
| 3 | To enter such houses , to know at first hand such interiors , was to give a face to the masses , mitigating on the one hand the terror of revolution , satisfying on the other the promptings of Christian conscience . |
| 4 | A similar ambivalence can be sensed in Uppercross Cottage : on the one hand , its windows can relieve a social occasion by allowing those under stress to admire the view and recover their composure ; on the other , the tendency of the younger generation to appear at those windows unannounced , and even to come in by them , suggests a social life that has become altogether too informal and erratic . |
| 5 | He wishes to inspect at close quarters all the actors in this drama . |
| 6 | Pipe organs are usually individually designed , but it is quite common to purchase at lesser cost one of the standard models offered by many organ builders . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | For further teaching , we need to look at 1 Corinthians 14 where Paul speaks most clearly about the gift of prophecy . |
| 9 | As the authors state , it is important for neonatal research to look at simple interventions such as this . |
| 10 | ‘ But we have to look at developing facilities appropriate to the club and the town in the long-term . ’ |
| 11 | Some effort is being made to look at general issues such as the effect of industrial organisation and firm size on standards and the form and value of published statistics . |
| 12 | Now what I 'd like you to do is to look at these numbers this is a bit like erm have you seen Countdown ? |
| 13 | They were , however , able successfully to fob him off with various working parties , with joint industry — civil service membership , to look at detailed questions such as the principles of pricing and the possibility of load limiters . |
| 14 | ‘ Why should they have to look at naked women all the time ? |
| 15 | ‘ … the main idea is that social phenomena are seen as existing in relation to each other , and continually developing in and through such relations so as to form at various phases contradictory forces that generate qualitatively new formations . |
| 16 | Could n't ha taken too long to learn at one minute thirty two seconds and |
| 17 | We were amused to notice at this years Twelfth of July demonstrations that the Orange Order displayed pathetically small little notices on top of their banners which read ‘ No Dublin Interference ’ . |
| 18 | It is important to note at this point two very different ways in which the word " secular " can be used . |