Example sentences of "[verb] at the [adj] [noun pl] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gratefully Gina covered her nakedness , marvelling at the strange circumstances in which she found herself . |
| 2 | Its aim , according to Vice-President Al Gore , is to " ensure that environmental considerations are brought to bear at the earliest stages in the development of economic policy " . |
| 3 | He peered at the tangled convulsions in the Daemon card . |
| 4 | In the first of his ‘ State of Grace ’ reports he looks at the current crises in the Kirk . |
| 5 | This month Cathy Bryan looks at the best buys in sandpits and paddling pools |
| 6 | In practice , since philosophy often proceeds by paying attention to past philosophers and their ideas , the two categories overlapped to some extent with each other , and with a third category , political philosophy , which looks at the political philosophers in the light of the practice and experiences of feminist politics ( see Okin , 1980 ; Elshtain , 1981 ; O'Brien , 1981 ) . |
| 7 | David Goldsmith looks at the latest developments in equipment technology |
| 8 | If one looks at the continuing difficulties in eastern Europe and the disintegration of the Soviet empire , which some now call the UFFR — the union of fewer and fewer republics — one sees that those troubles could trigger off large movements of displaced persons across national frontiers . |
| 9 | With that problem out of the way , he carefully examined her , frowning at the obvious ascites in her abdomen . |
| 10 | He 'd have spent all his time looking at the bloody birds in the Jungle instead of reading his cue-cards . |
| 11 | Quite often , this begins with looking at the enticing pictures in the catalogues . |
| 12 | As Pyke got me a half of bitter I stood there regarding the rows of inverted bottles behind the barman 's head , not looking at the other actors in the pub , who I knew were all staring at me . |
| 13 | Looking at the near-sensational claims in the press release — whoring ? smuggling ? — I see that Mary Kingsley is not alone in being economical with the truth . |
| 14 | Lying in bed , looking at the stiff poses in the pictures , I began to want to see the living reality — and the only reality to begin with for me was the singing that I heard through my sickroom window . |
| 15 | Looking at the relaxed poses in our photographs , it will come as no surprise to learn that Clarissa modelled for a few years back in the 60s . |
| 16 | He fingered his jaw thoughtfully , eyes glittering at the scarlet patches in her cheeks . |
| 17 | The structure of this argument is important because we find it repeated when we look at the traditional ways in which it is sought to legitimate private power . |
| 18 | If we look at the two charts in figures 21 and 22 , we can see how they intermesh . |
| 19 | Well I think if you look at the main jobs in Britain , all the managers are male , and I think it 's , it 's gon na change when we do have females and males in all these erm , these jobs that are managing the main N H S , social work |
| 20 | The implication needs no further explanation and there was a widespread belief that if Krabbe does run at the Olympic Games in Barcelona and wins , it would tarnish one of the greatest titles . |
| 21 | Still more horrors — if rugby under the new law is difficult to play and to control on a dry day in South Africa , imagine the effect in marshy old England in the mud and rain of January ; imagine the shambles the game will become at the lower levels in those conditions with the sanctuary of the next scrum no longer available to the team carrying the ball . |
| 22 | Participants will look at the major trends in communication today , with special emphasis on the issue of the right to communicate and the relationship between evangelisation and culture . |
| 23 | Let's now look at the various ways in which you can improve the insulation of your home , giving each one a rating that indicates how cost-effective it is . |
| 24 | I shall then fourthly look at the various ways in which Christian feminists try to relate to and to appropriate the biblical material . |
| 25 | Let us look at the three processes in more detail — the hopes and the fears invested in the processes and the inherent problems if one process is too predominant over the others . |
| 26 | Then they felt that the most effective way of dealing with it would be for each main committee to look at the various aspects in detail , rather than take the and miss everything , best for each of the main committees to look in detail at each part . |
| 27 | One only has to look at the diminishing casts in productions all over the country . |
| 28 | If we think of linguistic analysis as usually being linked to the sentence as the maximum unit of grammar , then the study of discourse attempts to look at the larger contexts in which sentences occur . |
| 29 | Croatia and Slovenia proceeded during October with steps to dissociate themselves from federal Yugoslav arrangements , refusing to extend beyond Oct. 7 the three-month moratoriums on implementing their independence declarations to which both had agreed at the Brioni talks in July [ see p. 38374 ] . |
| 30 | Earlier today she 'd been jealous because he 'd smiled at the three women in a way he 'd never smiled at her . |