Example sentences of "[vb -s] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What I found amazing , to the extent of keeping me occupied combating fluoridation during the past 20 years on a more-than full-time basis , was that the sales promotion experts employed to build the fluoridation bandwagon have been able for so long to lull most scientists and politicians into accepting this method of diluting and dumping waste fluorides at public expense . |
| 2 | This included an amount sufficient to buy food adequate for energy needs at various ages . |
| 3 | Modern meteoric precipitations and regional ground waters at equivalent high latitudes have lighter isotope signatures O. Palaeotemperatures calculated from O of the meteoric concretion cements and vein-fills suggest mean annual air temperatures of 10°C . |
| 4 | The latter was served by the pursuit of health through drinking or bathing in natural mineral waters at inland spas . |
| 5 | The EC has at various stages attempted to devise summary indicators of regional performance as a guide to the magnitude of the regional problem . |
| 6 | Meanwhile , Motorola has at long last revealed its initial pricing for the 88110 : 50MHz versions are $495 and a 40MHz parts costs $360 — both in quantities of 1,000-up . |
| 7 | As chairman of the European Movement in Britain , I am gratified to observe that a treaty which I would describe as extensive and profound has at long last been signed . |
| 8 | This strategy has at different points in time involved the abolition of certain benefits , a reduction in the numbers eligible to those that remain , the curtailment of the rate of increase in the value of benefits and real cuts in their financial worth . |
| 9 | In some ways the social worker stands at special risk of prosecution . |
| 10 | Debt stands at unprecedented levels . |
| 11 | Today , devoid of sundry aid pegs , it stands at hard E2 ; and at that time it was another leap in climbing standards . |
| 12 | Table I.3 Number and percentage of those aged 60 and over in three age bands at various periods , United Kingdom ( millions ) |
| 13 | During the reproductive life of a woman , one egg — rarely two or more — matures at monthly intervals and is discharged at ovulation , which brings the total number of eggs that are ovulated to barely 500 . |
| 14 | The book also examines the relationship of individual artists such as Manet , Monet and Degas as well as more ‘ traditional ’ names and the Salon , and looks at critical reception to individual works . |
| 15 | Later on each of the souls pouring out of Narnia on Doomsday looks at Aslan as it comes through the Door-way of Death — to be saved if it loves , destroyed if it hates . |
| 16 | Cool solutions for hot climates : David Spark looks at tropical temperature controls for vaccines |
| 17 | For instance , the Department of Geology investigates global ice sheets and climatic change , the Department of Geography examines changes in the vegetational patterns of Amazonian rainforests , the Edinburgh Centre for Tropical Forests ( involving the University 's School of Forestry ) looks at tropical conservation in the developing countries , and the Department of Meteorology , together with groups in Italy , Germany and Greece , is studying the circulation of the Mediterranean Sea . |
| 18 | He looks at Island er and the Irish language and in America he looks at immigrant e adaptation and the value of the historical record in each . |
| 19 | And Richard North looks at current provisions for the destruction of PCBs , and at the history of British involvement in a rather uncomfortable growth industry The security guard at the entrance to one of Britain 's mightiest hazardous waste disposal plants pressed a button and the gate opened . |
| 20 | The Citation Index looks at current publications to see what previously published articles are being cited by the present authors . |
| 21 | Family Finance : Drop in and take cash out Christine Stopp looks at instant settlement share dealing , the latest offer from the only building society with its own stockbroking arm |
| 22 | When the latest invoices are recorded , Caterdata looks at various sections of its filing system and updates them with the information . |
| 23 | SIGNS OF THE TIMES looks at generational conflict re furnishing and pictures of Jesus . |
| 24 | Hughes looks at comprehensive assessment of elderly people and their carers . |
| 25 | It provides a good training for any biologist because it looks at living organisms from many different viewpoints . |
| 26 | Pesticides : Missing the Target says that rather than regulating pesticides on a chemical-by-chemical basis , the government should adopt a comprehensive policy that compares the costs , risks and benefits of chemical and non-chemical control and looks at appropriate pest control for sustainable agriculture . |
| 27 | The chapter on health care looks at actual discriminatory practice , but older people can be very sensitive to the attitudes exemplified by the ‘ it's-only-your-age ’ approach . |
| 28 | The second part looks at mixed numeric/character data files . |
| 29 | It looks at joint compensation schemes cases in which civil liability principles do not apply . |
| 30 | City : OFT looks at industrial gas spot market option |