Example sentences of "[to-vb] [noun sg] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If people do not pay the Council will have to borrow money at current high interest rates to pay its bills ( including bills for trying to collect the tax ) and that can only mean higher poll tax bills next year . |
| 2 | It would still be reasonable to suspect that someone prepared to borrow money at high rates of interest was likely to be particularly vulnerable , even if there is now little surviving residue of the old suspicion or disapproval of interest-bearing credit on ethical grounds . |
| 3 | One possible future for biomedical engineering not essayed by Heinz ( but which is being taken seriously by electronics wizard Clive Sinclair ) is the sending of minuscule probes into the bloodstream to repair damage at distant sites . |
| 4 | Indeed , he confessed that he was deeply troubled by having to pass sentence at ill : ‘ Itis with feelings of great pain that I pass sentence upon you , the defendants , and I can make great allowance for the youthful spirit which has been exhibited by you . ’ |
| 5 | At the 1989 Annual Conference in Bournemouth it was resolved to support the RAF Benevolent Fund 's 50th Anniversary of the Battle of Britain Appeal , and Branches were asked to provide support at local level for what became known as the ‘ Reach for the Sky ’ Appeal . |
| 6 | The old Poor Law had always provided instances of parishes making allowances to able-bodied parishioners unable to secure work or , more commonly , unable to secure work at adequate wages . |
| 7 | However , this class may actually enter into economic activities for private gain using , for example , its privileged position to secure credit at favourable rates of interest , obtain monopolies and franchises in import and export businesses , start up industrial enterprises , speculate in urban property and so on ( for a debate about the bureaucracy in lesser developed countries , see Coulson 1975 ; Leys 1975 : 193f . ) . |
| 8 | It currently accounts for some 10 per cent of ozone loss , but this proportion is likely to rise to 16 per cent if present trends continue , despite the fact that at a meeting of Montreal Protocol signatories last November , it was agreed to freeze use at present levels [ see ED 68 ] . |
| 9 | You are expected to pay your whack to benefit society at large . |
| 10 | Bear half left , aiming 100 yds to the right of group of trees , to find gate at right extremity of hedgerow . |
| 11 | It was also frequently noted that staff were encouraged to request attendance at external courses , but likely to be nominated for attendance at internal courses ( normally developed in the frame-work of their perceived training needs ) . |
| 12 | The general secretary of the railway union is elected by the federal congress rather than by the railway delegates alone , and there is a growing concern to concentrate policy-making at federal level . |
| 13 | Most health information systems were originally designed to support decision-making at national level . |
| 14 | In fact holoenzymes reconstituted in vitro with truncated α-subunits , α-235 or α-256 , containing respectively the first 235 and 256 amino acids of the 329 residues of the α protein were perfectly able to initiate transcription at constitutive promoters , but were unable to respond to CRP activation at type I promoters [ 13 ] . |
| 15 | I pay the rent , the salaries , the insurance , this , that and the other , and meanwhile I 'm having to sell stuff at great losses . |
| 16 | There , in a raised garden overlooking the drive , and sheltered by umbrella pines , the servants were waiting to serve food at little tables scattered around haphazardly . |
| 17 | He expressed disappointment that some Catholic countries were unwilling to discuss population at UNCED . |
| 18 | The latest variants on royalty structures use branches of a Dutch company , which operate in much the same way as finance branches , and rely on exemptions to avoid tax at full rates in the Netherlands . |
| 19 | Most healthy adults in the West seem to require food at four-hourly intervals and fluid refreshment at two-hourly intervals . |
| 20 | In addition , since the CAB did not succeed when they pressed for the extension of legal aid to cover representation at industrial tribunals , there simply is no other organisation able to take on this work . |
| 21 | Before expanding , arrangements must be made for the higher cash requirements needed to support trading at increased levels . |
| 22 | Thus while from the point of view of community members , situations may fall into the categories of " Patois " ( e.g. playground interactions with other black children ) or " non-Patois " ( e.g. talking to a teacher ) , what this means is that in a " Patois " situation , it is permitted to use Creole at certain times . |
| 23 | For years it continued to give pleasure at countless cinema shows in deaf institutes all over the country until demand for the available films gradually ceased . |
| 24 | The initiative is also supported by Wilson Sporting goods who will supply Staff Coaches to give advice at regional Centres , not to mention the Wilson Radar Gun , which will be available at each tournament to enable competitors to measure the speed of their serves . |
| 25 | Some corporations entrust their routine legal work to outside solicitors , but have legal advisers whose task is to give advice at high level within the industry ; these advisers organise the legal work which is to be executed by the outside solicitors — perhaps in many countries . |
| 26 | It is possible to use music at historic sites . |
| 27 | It said that the formation of associations , movements or parties " depends on the will of citizens " , and that the LCY would " campaign for its own political legitimacy " and would seek to retain power at free elections which would be " guaranteed by the Constitution " . |
| 28 | Malcolm Watters , senior careers tutor , careers , said : ‘ There is considerable local and national concern about the drop in number of students applying to study physics at advanced level in sixth form colleges . |
| 29 | The extent to which the process of privatization has involved major shifts to market provision at local level , then , should not be exaggerated , and public choice theory would suggest there is much more scope for the market provision of services currently handled through the state . |
| 30 | Leslie Reed , then Chief Inspector , told a House of Lords Select Committee in 1982 that the Inspectorate would ‘ almost certainly ’ require methods to reduce sulphur at new power stations but this had no immediate effect . |