Example sentences of "[vb -s] at [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Urologist Dr Petr Albin and cardiologist Dr Slavek Januska were particularly impressed with the Cleveland unit for assessing children with special health needs at Middlesbrough General Hospital . |
| 2 | It also demonstrates that the findings of research support a coherent policy to identify family needs at times of stress and develop services and good practice to match them as far as possible . |
| 3 | Weakened leaders are not what Germany needs at present . |
| 4 | His stable star will get the easy ground he needs at Ayr today , but the Friendly Hotels PLC Station Hotel Ayr Novice Chase also offers modest prizes considering the decent line-up . |
| 5 | ‘ Harriet ’ also comes as wall-covering at £6.99 a roll , a 10-inch deep wallpaper frieze at £6.50 a roll , square , round and bolster lace-frilled cushion covers at £11.99 , and a mushroom pleated lampshade ( not shown ) at £16.99 . |
| 6 | This book covers at length the types of problems encountered in validating a given analytical method , with correct data manipulation and with the quality control of the assay procedure . |
| 7 | Mr Fallon plans to ask Christopher Chope to look into plans for road narrowing and speed humps at Lakeside , Darlington . |
| 8 | Several of my old shipmates from earlier years were now established on the cutters and were building up reputations as excellent navigators , boat handlers or engineers , as well as hitting the headlines occasionally with notable seizures or rescues at sea . |
| 9 | Nevil feels his game has improved , helped by the intensive coaching and practice he undergoes at Stirling University . |
| 10 | A district nurse checked her blood glucose concentration with BM strips at home ; it varied between 17 and 44 mmol/l . |
| 11 | Some manufacturers put reflexive strips at front and back , but even more important are the sides , because cyclists are very vulnerable to vehicles emerging from side turnings or entering roundabouts . |
| 12 | Rarely can a goalkeeper have had such an incentive to shut out a former club than Rovers ' Bobby Mimms has at Ewood Park this afternoon . |
| 13 | THE ‘ Grim Reaper ’ of ice hockey explained the role he has at Wembley Arena today : ‘ I go out and do a job on anyone who is giving our top scorers a hard time . ’ |
| 14 | We have great hope that your Majesty who always has at heart anything that can be useful for the peace of the world , will use her personal influence , as well as that of Prince Albert whose influence is so great in Germany , in order to achieve this end . |
| 15 | The greater the commitment , the more a fan has at stake . |
| 16 | The occasional blow-ups he has at Lennie are understandable , as Lennie is very difficult to look after , and George could be popular , settle down with a woman and get a good job . |
| 17 | Although this proposal has at present not the slightest chance of being implemented , nevertheless as the rate of inflation and growing unemployment prove to be intractable problems so people will be forced to seek solutions which work in practice even if that means constraining both government and its officials . |
| 18 | Again a scientist stands at the point which has at present been reached within a long tradition of enquiry . |
| 19 | Why tolerate the misery of unemployed people when , if given jobs on works of improvement , it would make a Britain with better services than it has at present ? |
| 20 | The endowment that your girlfriend has at present can be used to cover part of your new loan . |
| 21 | It is a home from home for Sue Wilson , who has probably spent as many nights at the camp since it was set up on January 18 as she has at home . |
| 22 | A World Apart is , ‘ despite ’ its author 's socialism , a ‘ deeply religious book ’ , in which she has at times the sense of ‘ a man talking to God ’ . |
| 23 | In very recent years holy war has been fought between Iran and Iraq , and with a ruthlessness that has at times , with the use of chemical weapons for example , offended international codes of conduct . |
| 24 | In later Christian debate the history of the formation of the biblical canon has at times become a sensitive issue : were the books admitted to the church 's canon because they were self-authenticating , and a passive act of the community was to acknowledge their inherent authority ? |
| 25 | Douglas Hurd has proved a reassuring figure in a campaign that has at times seemed to lack confidence and direction . |
| 26 | No one knows how they got to be so diverse , though Dr Humphry Greenwood , of London 's Natural History Museum , has suggested that the water in Lake Victoria has at times been lower than now , with the fringes separated into pools . |
| 27 | Just as Israel at times has thwarted United States ' regional objectives , so also the PLO has at times thwarted the policies of Jordan and Syria ; Egypt has reneged on its commitment to the Soviet Union and a defeated Syria was able to destroy the Israeli-Lebanese Withdrawal Agreement virtually overnight . |
| 28 | This problem has become very apparent in recent months at Humberside , where the beacon ‘ HBR ’ on frequency 350.5 kHz has at times been almost unusable due to interference from the NDB ‘ LPL ’ at Liverpool on 349.5 kHz . |
| 29 | ‘ Charles has at times given the impression that he would prefer to renounce the throne in favour of his son . |
| 30 | The treatment of individual supporters has at times been shoddy and the club need to radically improve their attitude towards the paying customer . |