Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] [verb] at [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Employers constantly gnawed at the high level of wages which had been built up during the First World War . |
| 2 | His elbows were on the table edge , his heavily ringed fingers idly scratching at a thick black beard as though it aided his concentration . |
| 3 | Corbett secretly marvelled at the cool composure of his opponent . |
| 4 | These different roles played by the designs normally existed at a subconscious level , and different societies have attached more weight to one or the other . |
| 5 | B. T. Some of the inspectors always appeared at the wrong time . |
| 6 | It may not be necessary for all cars always to stop at a red light at a crossroads , but to have any other rule , such as ‘ stop when reasonable to do so ’ , or ‘ stop unless the road is clear ’ , invites chaos . |
| 7 | The hippos , she thought , with a sure hunter 's instinct , the hippos always mate at the full moon , to whelp during the monsoon , as they had since Tertiary times . |
| 8 | The accused did not have the intention permanently to deprive at the relevant time . |
| 9 | In 1940 , Mannheim concluded : ’ Where unemployment and crime both stand at a high water mark , it can safely be assumed that the latter is largely due to the former . ’ |
| 10 | Occupation outside the main fort at Ilchester clearly began at an early date and probably included native elements . |
| 11 | Wolfenden also hints at the other motives behind the widespread public indignation . |
| 12 | Charities for the homeless report that 5,000 new people a year arrive on the streets and that the total figure now stands at a staggering 300,000 for the whole country . |
| 13 | The economy-minded president even stayed at the four-star Buda Penta Hotel rather than the grander Grand Hotel overlooking the Danube . |
| 14 | Bernice almost laughed at the comical expression of shock that passed momentarily over Molassi 's normally impassive features . |
| 15 | It would thus be only for those films with generally low levels of subjective risk or few moving objects that subjects actually looked at the fixed information even in the recognition phase and were thus able to be biased by it . |
| 16 | The work of Freud , and subsequent psychoanalysts , has indicated that when the pain of unexpressed feelings is not recognized or acknowledged , the subconscious mind ensures that such recognition never re-emerges at a conscious level , but it can nevertheless be a major subconscious influence on the social performance of the individual . |
| 17 | In his assessment of the problem Hauge also points to the fate of some 118 nuclear vessels currently stationed at the Russian port of Murmansk . |
| 18 | The judge effectively looked at the overall plan and examined the position before and after the plan in order to see where the element of bounty lay . |
| 19 | ‘ If corn etc. continuing at the high price 't is now , 't is to be left in the breast of the churchwardens and overseers to advance what they think proper — if corn etc. falls during the year no deductions to take place … ’ |
| 20 | With rents normally frozen at an obsolete level , entry fines were either certain , or , if technically arbitrary at the will of the lord , required by custom to be reasonable , which amounted to much the same thing . |
| 21 | Lucille absently brushed at the dried blood on Sharpe 's threadbare jacket . |
| 22 | ‘ The only thing I ever have nightmares about , ’ Andy says , his gaze still directed at the unseeable loch , his eyes still wide . |
| 23 | Organic activity is closely related to climatic controls , but vegetation type also varies at a local scale as a result of topographic factors and soil properites . |
| 24 | Ever demonstrative , Markus Stenz clearly aimed at the dramatic in Beethoven 's Symphony No4 and digging deep , uncovered hidden orchestral reserves bringing a satisfying degree of tension and thrill to the first movement . |
| 25 | ‘ The Robin ’ was originally created in 1862 , and is one of 367 rare colour plates now held at The Natural History Museum , London . |
| 26 | The same argument can explain why different functions often decline at a similar age : synchronous collapse does not imply a single mechanism of senescence ( J. Maynard Smith , personal communication ) . |
| 27 | One of the criticisms sometimes levelled at the whole group drama approach is that it always seems to involve lots of meetings and discussions , and that this disadvantages those children whose grasp of language is uncertain ; that this " type " of drama can rapidly become nothing more than a heated discussion involving only the teacher and the more articulate members of the class . |
| 28 | Maggie almost cringed at the outright challenge but Candace said nothing at all . |
| 29 | We have just introduced a new law specifically aimed at the so-called ‘ joy-rider ’ . |
| 30 | The policing of Northern Ireland therefore stands at a tense crossroads . |