Example sentences of "[vb base] to [be] [verb] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The family goes foraging as a group within a large home range and establishes a variety of bases for refuges which seem to be used at different times of the year . |
| 2 | Archives have an important role to ensure that strategic datasets , at the very least , continue to be deposited at low cost . |
| 3 | New , covered shopping centres — for all their obvious advantages in a climate such as ours — tend to be aimed at established shops with a brand name , which can pay a good rent . |
| 4 | Always aim to be carving at right angles to the bone , otherwise the sliced meat will be stringy in appearance and texture . |
| 5 | She added : ‘ Prisoners have to be checked at regular intervals and given proper exercise . ’ |
| 6 | If Ministers are serious about wanting us not to be governed by unaccountable bureaucrats , why are they not leading in the argument that those decisions that have to be taken at European level are fully accountable to a stronger European Parliament that is elected by a fair system ? |
| 7 | The public are thoroughly fed up with prisoners smashing up prisones , which then have to be repaired at vast expense to the taxpayer , and with attempted escapes which cause injury to dedicated prison officers . |
| 8 | An average of forty per cent of the vote is spent on pay and pensions , which have to be held at comparable levels with their civilian equivalents if the principle of voluntary recruitment is to be sustained . |
| 9 | Tablecloths , mats , napkins , dolls ' clothes , dressing up clothes , cot and pram covers all need to be washed at various intervals and provide experiences of sorting , displacement , comparison , absorption and evaporation . |