Example sentences of "at [pron] [pers pn] [vb mod] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another person to whom she must speak , at whom she must smile , with whom she must pretend . |
| 2 | I said ‘ If you point at me I can point at you . ’ |
| 3 | Each time the Collective Ghost clutches at someone they must make a successful WP test or suffer the same effect ; if they are already suffering from despair , the effect lasts an extra D10 turns . |
| 4 | In general , from 1450 onwards , non-European Christians were taught theology to a level at which they might function as parish priests , but they were not admitted to the religious orders such as the Jesuits and the Dominicans . |
| 5 | The political feasibility of dangling before Indians a prize at which they might gaze but which they would never grasp was assured , Irwin told Salisbury , by the fact that Indians in their heart of hearts knew they would always need British administrators to guide them . |
| 6 | Crown lands had been so much reduced in size that the most efficient management could not have increased their yield to the point at which they might have made any significant impact on royal finances . |
| 7 | Furthermore , when dates are suggested for changes in these forms , they are usually given , without comment , as the dates at which the changes took place in this standard variety or its unilinear precursor , and not the dates at which they might have taken place in some other variety . |
| 8 | Can you with any of these characters , see stages at which they might have been rescued , and by what means . |
| 9 | First , internecine rivalries ensured that his opponents would never join forces to oust him ; for that reason alone , they would be allowed to continue , though never to reach a point at which they might get out of hand and overwhelm him . |
| 10 | That would have the advantages of specifying with precision what the parties have agreed , thus avoiding misunderstanding , and of enabling the justices to define with greater precision points at which they may have tentatively determined to depart from the agreed proposals ( post , pp. 277H — 278B ) . |
| 11 | To our surprise it was only possible to predict in half the patients the point at which they would block their coronary artery . |
| 12 | Guidelines have been issued to them on the point at which they must desist from the chase because of danger to the public . |
| 13 | Equivalently , on a flow basis , firms compare the rate of return on a new investment with the interest rate at which they must borrow to finance the project . |
| 14 | In the same way , human beings differ from one another in their ability to handle stress and the level at which they can cope comfortably . |
| 15 | The first-year course is designed to take students from scratch to a level at which they can cope with simple Sanskrit texts ( the two texts studied in the first year are the Pancatantra , an ancient collection of humorous fables , and the Bhagavad Gita , the most revered of Hindu religious texts ) . |
| 16 | I knew that both those therapies were designed to attack the cancer cells , the ‘ rogue ’ cells in the body ; what I did not realise was the cost at which they can do it . |
| 17 | In 1894 Gertrude Tuckwell ( Secretary and later President of the Women 's Trade Union League ) advocated ‘ the gradual extension of labour protection to the point where mothers will be prohibited from working until their children have reached an age at which they can care for themselves ’ , and the Women 's Labour League agreed that mothers with children under five should not be employed . |
| 18 | But here Mr Lawson does not seem to be quite so indifferent to the behaviour of consenting adults : he has been endeavouring to control their behaviour by altering the price at which they can borrow . |
| 19 | Private firms should invest if the rate of return on the project exceeds the market interest rate at which they can borrow funds . |
| 20 | Which means that we talk to them about a reasonable rate at which they can pay their rent . |
| 21 | Some owners of compound eyes have another bonus to compensate for their poor resolution , and that is the rate at which they can perceive images . |
| 22 | They have reached the crucial point at which they can save because they have discharged other liabilities , but they will find such saving difficult . |
| 23 | The rate of reproduction by females is limited by the rate at which they can produce eggs , not by the rate at which they copulate . |
| 24 | But Barclays ' Vine-Lott says few people ask the price at which they can sell their shares . |
| 25 | A course available specifically designed for their needs at which they will meet others of their own age is an added incentive . |
| 26 | Again , it will not normally be acceptable for two pit brokers to agree a price at which they will trade with each other before going into the pit . |
| 27 | However , if you are editing in camera , and if your camcorder has a fade-button , it is quite practical to put the fades in as you go if you are organised enough to be able to pick the points at which they should come . |
| 28 | Clear ground rules should be established so that those to whom authority is delegated appreciate the extent of their power and the situations and stages at which they should report back . |
| 29 | Their only prospect of immediate escape would be through selling everything , but the prices at which they 'd do this might prove Unexpectedly low . |
| 30 | Their grant has been frozen in real terms at much below the level at which they could expect to survive on it ; they have been denied entitlement to income support , housing benefits and rebates ; there are no jobs with which they can supplement their incomes during vacations ; and those who find themselves desperately hard up discover , when they turn to the hardship fund , that it has already been exhausted . |