Example sentences of "[vb infin] a [adj] [noun] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jimmy Phillips has been sorely missed through suspension and will make a welcome return at left back . |
| 2 | If you can face a fifteen-foot wave at Banzai Pipeline , you can handle anything . ’ |
| 3 | However , it does warn you that vine weevils are about , and that you should take a close look at potted plants . |
| 4 | Unions sources said last night that they think the move could have a knock-on effect at other firms , and could be seized on by unions at Ford — where the company has so far resisted demands to reduce the 39-hour working week , and whose workers at Southampton walked out yesterday in protest at the company 's pay offer . |
| 5 | 11.8 Each social work unit and office must develop a direct link at senior level with the police locally . |
| 6 | Marching on FOOTBALL : Juventus clinched a thrilling 2–1 victory over Atalanta yesterday to claw back a point from Italian first division leaders AC Milan who could only manage a goalless draw at lowly Fiorentina . |
| 7 | Given this , it follows that different pupils may satisfy a given criterion at different ages : to tie the criteria to particular ages only would risk either limiting the very able , or giving the least able no reward , or both . |
| 8 | Childhood cancers , including leukaemia , can strike a healthy child at random , regardless of race , social background or creed . |