Example sentences of "[vb infin] [to-vb] [adv] at a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do n't try to give up at a time when you are already stressed . |
| 2 | Wait for a suitable moment and say : " That is a very interesting point you have raised , Mr R. , which we might wish to take up at a later meeting , but I really do n't think it helps our problem at the moment . " |
| 3 | With a zoom , however , it is larger when the angle is wide and the lens is at a short setting ( eg 25mm ) and becomes smaller as the focal length increases — the beam of light , originally wide , is ‘ squashed ’ within the longer tube and becomes narrower , while distances between camera and mirror and between mirror and screen remain the same ( the screen would have to move backwards at a measured rate for the image to stay the same size ) . |
| 4 | ‘ Now , I sat up in bed last night reading papers because I did n't want to turn up at a meeting unprepared . |
| 5 | Due to the greater bombardment on the slope AB more sand grains will be ejected from this area : these will tend to land again at a distance of one characteristic grain path downwind and thus lead to increased accumulation in that area . |