Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] [vb base] at [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm taking here about pure , blind betting of someone who is not attempting to exercise any skill but is just looking at the odds offered by the bookies , and pointing out — and I 'll have a table to demonstrate this in the talk I give at the Open Day — the way in which the rate of return on bets made in this way decreases steadily the longer the odds are offered . |
| 2 | Many candidates who start at the bottom skip grades on the way up , or , perhaps because of pressure of other work , take more than a year between adjoining grades . |
| 3 | In this chapter we look at the general nature of weak syllables . |
| 4 | Most chemical reactions which proceed at a measurable rate are believed to take place in a series of simple steps . |
| 5 | And I suppose he that 's an area where one is worried about quantity and quality because it 's in a way you can always provide more quantity I imagine at a lesser cost by going into a conurbation than you can by going into rural areas . |
| 6 | All necessary and desirable directions for disposing of the proceedings should be given at the pre-trial review , and the parties should as far as practicable ask for all the directions they need at the pre-trial review , giving prior notice to all interested parties ( Ord 17 , rr 1 and 3 ) . |
| 7 | Is that the only child they have at the present time ? |
| 8 | They should be able to offer you the support you need at an academic and personal level . |
| 9 | Voluntary organisations which operate at a regional level would be severely disadvantaged by the proposals in the White Paper . |
| 10 | My hon. Friend will be aware of the concern of my constituents who work at the Royal Navy workshop at Almondbank because of the present review of helicopter servicing . |
| 11 | We have the county council and the district councils telling us what a good job they do at the present time , spending a lot of money in doing it , we have provided this largely out of our own efforts , we 've got grants from er other bodies , I think it 's something that we should properly erm hallmark as an initiative of this parish council to celebrate one hundred years of parish government , and I would propose centenary field . |
| 12 | Tabkay , as they call him , is one of 35 Buddhists who live at the 30-room Kilnwick Percy Hall , otherwise known as the Madhyamaka Buddhist Centre , just outside Pocklington . |
| 13 | Erm I have already referred sir to the investigations which are proceeding with regard to the ability to erm , as it were , encourage er this er amphibian to go to other ponds , and I would again call your attention to the state of the knowledge we have at the present time , which is that that is not possible . |
| 14 | That 's reach a common understanding which reflects the realities of a relationship we enjoy at the present day so that we can all get on with the task of serving our members and forming a Labour government . |
| 15 | ‘ One week I look at the various uses of manure , another , say , a flat cap that can improve your golf swing or the cup and spoon for people with moustaches . ’ |
| 16 | A large proportion of the people who work at a nuclear plant — a total of several hundred for each reactor — are concerned with ‘ health physics ’ , the official description for radiation protection . |
| 17 | And contrast means you then compare th a compare means you look at the similar yeah it could be the similarities and differences , I quite like that . |
| 18 | This month we look at the new arrangements for meeting the costs of residential care places . |
| 19 | Mr Stafford Smith is one of four lawyers who work at the Southern Centre for Human Rights in Atlanta , Georgia , which is the only office of defence lawyers funded solely by private contributions . |
| 20 | Due to a recent rule change , players who fail at the pre-qualifying stage can now return to amateur competition . |
| 21 | I have seen some fine players who compete at a high level bring in another line , between the service line and the baseline . |
| 22 | Within this locality we look at the imminent or fairly imminent closure of , of , of . |
| 23 | The goals must be debated and discussed until their true implications are appreciated , then their application worked out in terms of the curriculum planning and development decisions they imply at the various stages of the educational process . |
| 24 | Priorities are decided as part of the January cycle which introduce at the local budget |
| 25 | They are Sekers Fabrics , David Evans and Vanners Silks , all of which manufacture fabrics which sell at the top end of their markets . |
| 26 | Reason , one might think , for the wary traveller to duck behind the luggage lockers , but no , the assembly listens rapt as John Berger ( for it is he ) embarks upon a long yarn about two Italian peasants who meet at a Communist Party dance . |
| 27 | A dapper stranger ( John Berger ) hoves into view and launches into a long , rather tedious yarn about two Italian peasants who meet at a Communist Party dance . |
| 28 | If you think about this it 's based on the four carbon structure so you 've got ta have a few in the name there is a carbon carbon double bond so the basic structure we 've got is the Butane but as there is more than one position you could have that carbon carbon double bond now , to indicate this position and so this one would be called futes it would normally be a butane but to indicate it 's position bute one E and again you 're taking the lowest number so instead of it being a bute three , it 's a bute one E you start at the appropriate . |
| 29 | The first is the kind of trainee we require at the Special Executive , a world-wide expert in breaking up and reassembling old bonds . |
| 30 | On the other hand we look at the individual bodies themselves and each one is obviously a coherent , integrated , immensely complicated machine , with a conspicuous unity of purpose . |