Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] at the [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On such occasions the airline needs to know at the earliest possible moment whether there is something inherently wrong with its equipment , procedures or training , and therefore the official investigators should keep the airline fully informed of the factual material it establishes as the investigation proceeds . |
| 2 | The latest surge in the yen has come at the worst possible time for many Japanese companies , especially exporters . |
| 3 | This chapter has looked at the main academic and political perspectives which have shaped thinking on health and health care . |
| 4 | A radiation leak has occurred at the Russian nuclear power station at Sosnovy Bor , 60 miles west of St Petersburg . |
| 5 | The right wing coalition parties , RPR and UDF , are expected to triumph at the French legislative elections due to take place at the end of this month but , regardless of who wins , the French economy is set to go into recession in the first half of this year with even the most optimistic forecasters predicting zero growth . |
| 6 | Maggie sat at the table , thinking that she did n't know about the proposed camp but could n't wait to get at the promised bathing facilities . |
| 7 | Erm now what I want to say at the very very end is a quick observation by Beatrix Campbell who wrote a book about the Cleveland er child sex abuse scandal which took place in the late 1980's . |
| 8 | This tradition happily has been continued by his successors whose duties have included presiding at the Annual General Meeting , an unpredictable , lively affair where it has been known for election to the Board to be determined by the toss of a coin ! |
| 9 | It was a late start because of the poor education he 'd received at the local Protestant school . |
| 10 | Well they had to get their own machines out an there 's one old boy had a stitcher , a be he looked ninety , he probably was n't , and er he was chu , it was just after lunch and he was chewing apple and old Jo , I was working with so you know , Jim someone 's I said look at the silly old B , I said ! |
| 11 | Laura turned to grin at the small dark-haired girl sitting beside her desk . |
| 12 | You know when we 're going to look at the four forty five I may as well get book four two nine six seven . |
| 13 | The women clucked and tutted as one by one they turned to stare at the tall fourteen year old . |
| 14 | You 've got to look at the other positive thing as well though that if it comes out as a target and there are specific training needs there throughout the |
| 15 | Racism just boils down to ruling-class propaganda ; you 've only got to look at the popular Tory press , churning it out day after day , all owned and controlled by capitalists who 've got a direct interest in setting white workers against black and undermining the unity of the working class . |
| 16 | Although that was extremely pleasant , and something I 'd like to repeat at the earliest possible opportunity , ’ he added , his eyes glinting brightly . |
| 17 | In here , the couple like to sit at the circular polished pine reproduction table with matching chairs bought from a local shop in a nearby village . |
| 18 | We arranged to meet at the next new mum 's group at my house the following week . |
| 19 | It was thus a new phenomenon when , during the winter and early spring of 1976 , outspoken resolutions on law and order began to arrive at the Presbyterian central office in Belfast from congregations and presbyteries across the country . |
| 20 | WHEN THE originators of the Dart Valley Light Railway plc formed it in 1965 they always intended that it should be a commercially operated line rather than a ‘ preserved ’ railway , for having looked at the then contemporary scene they felt that there were enough preservationists at work already and that their nice for survival in an essentially holiday area should be revenue-earning profitability . |
| 21 | We have attempted to look at the three critical institutions of the corporate state and to examine their legitimacy in Christian terms . |
| 22 | It will not come from Government spending , because the Government will have to borrow massively to keep going at the present mean levels of public spending . |
| 23 | The question may have niggled at the 7,776 advertising talents who entered their work for the prestigious Design & Art Direction Awards , some of whom will turn up tonight at a glittering Grosvenor House junket to find out whether they have won one of the silver or gold pencils . |
| 24 | The imminence of the Olympic Games means that the top British fighters , having competed at the British Open last weekend , are back in training , leaving the field clear for emerging figures in both the men 's and women 's events . |
| 25 | So we will need to manage the whole of that block to the right of the dotted line , and therefore I think , members will appreciate that we are not going to do that effect , or indeed do it at all , if we simply continue spending at the four hundred and fifty thousand pounds which is the costs that we 're incurring in the current year . |
| 26 | She saw two little girls , nicely dressed , running up the steps to the nearest house , starting to beat at the paint-scraped wooden door . |
| 27 | The overweight people in this experiment , however , kept eating at the same fast pace throughout the meal . |
| 28 | The parents of youngsters who go to play at the two local nurseries are very worried about the effects that the petrol station will have on their children . |
| 29 | ( iv ) As autumn progresses and temperatures fall an increasing proportion ( up to 80% ) of the L3 ingested do not mature but become inhibited at the early fourth larval stage ( EL4 ) . |
| 30 | On the other hand , if the member of parliament was induced to solicit for the removal of an acting officer , any failure to arrange the question satisfactorily would be taken in his constituency as a failure of political interest in London and evidence of a lack of effective power , which again could prove damaging at the next general election . |