Example sentences of "[verb] at [noun pl] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He may act at times like a nasty prat , but he is still a legend . |
| 2 | Parallel cracks form where the soil is patchy or irregular , or the ground sloping ; on flat ground lesser cracks appear at angles to the main system , forming irregular polygons . |
| 3 | ( 3 ) The P. wickerhamii introns are located at positions within the structural genes which can be considered as preferred intron insertion sites in homologous mitochondrial genes from fungi or liverwort . |
| 4 | They expect the lecturer to fill both mind and notebook with undeniable facts , which can then be regurgitated at examinations in a depraved and bowdlerised state . |
| 5 | Like a baby , playing with plastic beakers on the edge of a volcano , or shuddering at tales of the Big Bad Wolf while monstrous murderers sharpened their knives at the door . |
| 6 | There is therefore no national study which also looks at students in the traditional university sector , and further comparative studies would be useful to help strengthen the conclusions which can be drawn . |
| 7 | In contrast , some sort of appeal to , say , the authority of the government executive ( although in practice often the implicit outcome ) looks at odds with the individualistic framework of neoclassical economics . |
| 8 | Ortega hinges peace offer on disbanding of contras Simon Tisdall in Managua looks at prospects for a Nicaraguan proposal at the Central American presidents ' summit this weekend . |
| 9 | This Update looks at aspects of the new beginning , from an individual view of the validation process to an account of how new national units are developed . |
| 10 | Friday looks at jobs in the legal profession . |
| 11 | It 's what they say it 's just the whole business of looking at lectures for the British National Corpus . |
| 12 | Example 5 : Three middle infants were looking at wood-lice through a magnifying glass . |
| 13 | Such proposals are naturally a major source of controversy between the political parties but some local authorities have undoubtedly been looking at charges with a fresh eye in recent years . |
| 14 | Class time The drama work is preceded by research into nineteenth-century life , including looking at maps of the local area prior to the coming of the railway . |
| 15 | His time was often spent , he said , looking at maps in the local bookshops , following voyages of exploration such as those of Francis Drake . |
| 16 | And it 's looking at proposals for a permanent archaeology museum . |
| 17 | And it 's looking at proposals for a permanent archaeology museum . |
| 18 | But you 're looking at things on the top floor where they 're not squashed — not to the same extent at any rate-so … they would look … bigger than normal … yes ? ’ |
| 19 | Try looking at things from a different viewpoint . |
| 20 | Mr Kinnock and Mr Smith may not do much to frighten us , but by the system of patronage — some would call it deference or sycophancy — which operates in this country , we will find , overnight , that respectability somehow has a new meaning : that judges , policemen , journalists , school teachers , even the local sanitary inspectors or environmental health officers , suddenly start looking at things in a different way . |
| 21 | In the middle of the spectrum are those rare books that are rooted in some sort of evidence while looking at humans as the fascinating evolutionary product that they are . |
| 22 | But we are looking at charities from the institutional end of the business , not the private client end ’ . |
| 23 | Now there 's time for Peter to relax and enjoy looking at photographs of a recent trip to France organised by the centre . |
| 24 | 47% admitted to enjoying looking at photographs of the Royal Family in newspapers and magazines , 50% claimed that they did not . |
| 25 | Of these , women and older people were more likely to enjoy looking at photographs of the Royal family . |
| 26 | Almost a third ( 29% ) of people who said they enjoyed looking at photographs of the Royal Family said that there were too many pictures of the Royal Family in the press . |
| 27 | Looking at episodes from the Middle East and Africa , this project will investigate the circumstances which give rise to such mass departures , examine their socio-economic dimensions , and consider the policy options available to deal with them . |
| 28 | Operations manager Siobhan Hunter , who is responsible for the Morgan Grenfell contract , says : ‘ We 've been looking at computers for the past 18 months , and we went for Caterdata , having seen it in action at BE Services , the in-house caterer at the Bank of England . ’ |
| 29 | The ‘ ideals of middle class culture ’ which had informed British broadcasting in the past seemed at odds with a divided Britain . |
| 30 | Such a concept seemed at odds with the progressive and ameliorative spirit of the age . |