Example sentences of "at which [pron] can [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 ) . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Private firms should invest if the rate of return on the project exceeds the market interest rate at which they can borrow funds . |
| 7 | Which means that we talk to them about a reasonable rate at which they can pay their rent . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | They have reached the crucial point at which they can save because they have discharged other liabilities , but they will find such saving difficult . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | But Barclays ' Vine-Lott says few people ask the price at which they can sell their shares . |
| 12 | This age-based inequality in our society is most marked in the years of youth and early adulthood : thus , in British law , 16 is the age of consent , 18 is the age at which one can vote and drink in a pub , and so on . |
| 13 | The differences between disciplines to which Taylor refers mean that the discussion will to some extent be an abstract one , moving at a level at which one can identify general ideas , characteristics and trends . |
| 14 | There is no precise moment or position at which one can say of a particular individual that the child has become an adult or that the man who was outside the house is now inside . |
| 15 | It is correspondingly harder to find something at which one can point , and say , ‘ This shows you to be wrong ’ . |
| 16 | We have no means of measuring the extent to which Anselm 's outlook may already have been changed by his experiences at the papal Curia , but there are two points at which we can observe an alteration in his language during and after his stay at Lyons . |
| 17 | It might be the opportunity of a world summit , or an earth summit , at which we can involve the public in Britain and throughout Europe in understanding that we have a common environment throughout the world . |
| 18 | There should be one point at which we can put it and put it in just that one place . |
| 19 | There is a wide range of standards at which you can compete , ranging from weekly club races to national series events or even international championships . |
| 20 | Early in the Autumn Term there is a reception at which you can meet current staff and students . |
| 21 | So if you 're a third man , or a third woman for that matter , look out for the specially selected hotels at which you can make some fantastic savings when a third person shares a room . |
| 22 | There is no legal minimum at which you can leave your child unattended . |
| 23 | Even if memory is limited , with only the odd few 100 K's of free RAM spare , caching makes a big difference to the speed at which you can work . |
| 24 | There are four levels at which you can join a committee . |
| 25 | COACHING CONTROLLER CARDS : These cards are designed to speed up the pace at which you can get information from your hard disk . |
| 26 | ‘ You have not reached the stage at which you can know . |
| 27 | Personal pensions are largely modelled on the old-style self-employed pensions — with one or two important differences , including in particular the age at which you can retire . |
| 28 | Right that 's just determined to the level at which I can go at this stage then . |
| 29 | But today 's date even that does n't apply because you you 're category 's above the level at which I can give you advice . |
| 30 | It sets the earliest date at which he can hope to regain his freedom . |