Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] [adv] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the dip of the beds is fairly steep towards the sea , there is a tendency for blocks of rock to break off at the joint planes , usually at right angles to the bedding , so that the cliff profile tends to be dominated by the dip of the beds . |
| 2 | Sarah Bamfield seized on a loose ball and swung the ball across the D for Lucy Youngs to poke home at the far post . |
| 3 | For the work to flow smoothly at the integrated session the homework of the leader catechist , activity catechist and the helper catechists must be done well . |
| 4 | This course is designed to produce graduates conversant with the techniques of physics and chemistry and armed with the necessary mathematical skill to work effectively at the chemical/physical interface . |
| 5 | Then he turned and went out , leaving Ellie to stare speechlessly at the most money she had ever seen in her life . |
| 6 | This technique retains the constant mean heat input but instead of measuring the temperature difference during a change a servo-system immediately increases the energy input to either sample or reference to maintain both at the same temperature . |
| 7 | This month I 'd like to take the opportunity to look back at the current series of articles featuring the Pentatonic scale , taking stock of our command of the scale all over the fretboard . |
| 8 | Miss Probst points out that the law gives the private sector a strong incentive to clean up at the lowest possible cost . |
| 9 | It may be questioned whether this change achieves very much of a practical nature since ( a ) one still needs to look back at the common law of detinue to determine what constitutes the new form of conversion and ( b ) there still survive two torts of interference with property which have a considerable overlap with conversion , i.e . |
| 10 | Moving back to the bridge , she halted for a moment to stare down at the sluggish water , and the wavering reflection thrown back at her made her feel like weeping forever . |
| 11 | For those who have an eye to practise eventually at the Parliamentary Bar a scientific qualification is a help , and in patent work it is a necessity . |
| 12 | There he lifted a corner of the curtain to peer out at the bright patches of daylight filtering through the trees . |
| 13 | While it might be to your advantage to do so at the earliest opportunity , there is nevertheless no legal urgency for you to make the journey other than at your convenience . |
| 14 | ‘ We leave winter behind us , it seems , ’ Tagan said , turning in the saddle to look back at the still-white hills . |
| 15 | As was usually the way when the magnificent horses were offered for sale , they sold within the hour , leaving Seb to look around at the other animals and sample the pleasures offered to the fair-goers . |
| 16 | My third bus dropped me two streets away from home , which gave me a chance to call in at the local florist 's and buy a twenty-quid bouquet on PKB 's Amex card . |
| 17 | Once she raised her head to glance across at the still figure of Travis . |
| 18 | It worked until the 64th minute , when Saunders at last found some space to cross for Atkinson to head home at the far post . |
| 19 | ‘ I am afraid I took pains to look out at the other side so as not to see him , ’ she had said . |
| 20 | Therefore both information availability and the authority to move forward at the front line are musts . |
| 21 | Strachan who played only the first half engineered Leeds ' first goal with a 29th min cross for Noel Whelan to head in at the near post . |
| 22 | If each overlay were drawn on transparent paper then a light table could be used to allow the viewer to look simultaneously at the spatial distribution of each attribute and to pick out by eye the areas of interest . |
| 23 | Wright knocked the free kick head high across goal and Wilkinson escaped his marker to nod home at the far post . |
| 24 | Doctors who treat food intolerance have observed the mental symptoms to clear up at the same time as the physical ones during an elimination diet , and to reappear when the patient tests particular foods . |
| 25 | Kenneth Grayston introduces an opportunity for graduates to get together at the latest in a series of University concerts . |
| 26 | Instead he put her feet to the ground , then took a clean handkerchief to dab gently at the broken skin , saying as he did so , ‘ There 's a first-aid kit in the minibus . |
| 27 | Charlton had the decency to colour up at the bare-faced plugs for his product that the worthy representing British Gas had been able to lever into his opening peroration . |
| 28 | He had , as Dalgliesh knew , grudgingly respected Kate 's ability to look down at the butchered bodies in St Matthew 's vestry and not be sick , but he had n't liked her the better for it . |
| 29 | The door was opened almost immediately by a tiny grey-haired woman , who looked past Collins to stare hard at the two strangers standing behind him . |
| 30 | In order to deal effectively at the front line of enquiries it is essential that these are dealt with by experienced and capable staff at the Administrative Assistant level . |