Example sentences of "[to-vb] at such " in BNC.
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| 1 | I thought it particularly nice of them to write at such length , as I had mistakenly called Roy Griffiths Mister ! |
| 2 | " It 's good of you to come at such short notice , very good , " said Willis . |
| 3 | It was good of you to come at such short notice and lucky for me that you had no date for this evening , as you so easily might have done . ’ |
| 4 | It perhaps shows the group 's laid back attitude that they were willing to appear at such an unlikely place . |
| 5 | Habsburg representatives at least continued to do this until 1719 ; and the Emperor Charles VI felt it necessary to insist in an article of the treaty of Belgrade which he signed with the sultan in 1739 on the right of his representatives to appear at such audiences in European clothes . |
| 6 | It was unusual for women to appear at such a public occasion . |
| 7 | The therapist tried to get her to look at such situations from her parents ' viewpoint . |
| 8 | It is understandable for our staff in the offices to look at such claims in a different way from that of someone who comes in off the street . |
| 9 | ‘ Mo you 're too respectable to look at such things . |
| 10 | In Leicester working groups have been set up to look at such issues as energy , transport , waste and pollution , food and agriculture , economy and work , and the environment both natural , man-made and social . |
| 11 | Nor is Roddick fearful that she will be unable to ensure that the most suitable people are recruited to join The Body Shop as it continues to grow at such a fast pace . |
| 12 | It is surprising that London did not industrialize and that the population continued to grow at such a rate . |
| 13 | It can perhaps be said that the bereavement care teams who usually now come to help at such times are the public recognition of this phenomenon . |
| 14 | He expected Charity to scoff at such weakness , but surprisingly , she seemed only to be concerned with how that could be arranged . |
| 15 | More orthodox scholars are inclined to scoff at such theories . |
| 16 | She remembered how she had ridiculously thought meeting him had left her tingling , and was then able to scoff at such a fanciful notion . |
| 17 | Fran sat back in the seat , staring unseeingly out of the window , wondering why she should feel the most ridiculous urge to cry at such evidence of Luke Calder 's attitude to life . |
| 18 | There was then the opportunity to meet the captain and crew and to find out a little bit more as to how the plane was able to fly at such a phenomenal speed . |
| 19 | It 's only natural for defeated parties to grab at such explanations , but there are some reasons for believing that the result of the general election in Scotland owed more to Conservative skill at exploiting the mechanics of registration and demography than to any ‘ principled ’ decision-making by voters . |
| 20 | I guess the only really risky one was the ‘ Met ’ début — to arrive at such a comparatively young age , and sing the Grand Inquisitor … ! |
| 21 | To arrive at such a figure , however , the BMA must consult with solicitors and the courts to avoid unsustainable advice being given to doctors who accept this sort of work . |
| 22 | As she was replacing it with its fellows , a thought occurred to her , and she wondered why it had taken her so long to arrive at such an obvious conclusion . |
| 23 | ‘ Ah , Maria , ’ Michele spoke in Italian , ‘ I 'm sorry to call at such an awkward time , but I wo n't keep you more than a minute . ’ |
| 24 | It is these odours which give rise to problems , being technically difficult to control at such low levels . |
| 25 | It is very easy to laugh at such calculations ; even King 's pre-1692 figures were just wild guesses . |
| 26 | One would n't normally suspect the credentials of anyone who could afford to stay at such a place . |
| 27 | Not an easy tongue to master at such short notice , but she had always felt it was a basic courtesy for a tourist to make some attempt , however feeble , to communicate in the tongue of the host country . |
| 28 | ( 4 ) Where a sale by auction is not notified to be subject to a right to bid on behalf of the seller , it is not lawful for the seller to bid himself or to employ any person to bid at such a sale , or for the auctioneer knowingly to take any bid from the seller or any such person . |
| 29 | To interrupt at such a time would be selfish and babyish — which I had only just promised Heavenly Father not to be . |
| 30 | Hum. , 1908–13 ) for the purpose of giving graduates of the College opportunity to travel at such time in their careers as might be of most value to them either by enabling them to broaden their experience of other countries and their peoples or to carry out research . |