Example sentences of "[verb] at [art] [adj] [noun sg] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A trader seeking to buy dollars ( for example ) in the forward market will buy at a forward rate which is less advantageous to him ( that is , if the exchange rate is defined as the sterling price of a dollar , f t may be greater than ) . |
| 2 | The two girls totter to the lavatory door , laughing at the funniest thing they 've seen since Grandma sat on her chihuahua . |
| 3 | Thus , if changes appear at an early stage it may be necessary to carry out more frequent testing ; alternatively , the reverse situation may apply . |
| 4 | The stage hands grumbled at the furious pace they were expected to work . |
| 5 | It is because of this fact , that ‘ DEAC ’ the manufacturer states that if a battery is being discharged at the 110 rate you should not discharge it to a voltage of less than 1.1 volts per cell . |
| 6 | And I mentioned at the last meeting I think what has actually been said in the erm meeting I could repeat that , but I mean it confirms exactly what you 're saying . |
| 7 | To say they were worshipped would be overstating the case but , as in so many cultures where people are dependent on an animal for existence ( the Plains Indian and the buffalo , for example ) , the forerunners of the modern Koi were respected at the same time they were exploited . |
| 8 | We stopped at the first bar we came to and walked inside , to where Johnson and Fleming , two English legionnaires , were drinking . |
| 9 | Whichever way I try to come at the Unknown Substance it remains just beyond my grasp . |
| 10 | One project looks at the diagrammatic system which Euler , the great German mathematician , invented in the eighteenth century to teach a German Princess syllogisms , and which is still the basis of much teaching of elementary logic and mathematics . |
| 11 | Have you looked at the daily chart she fills in that records all those details ? ’ asked Tom . |
| 12 | She paid him eight shillings — or 40p — a week to work at the 16-room house she had inherited . |
| 13 | It is possible that time-gap experiences represent driving at the tactical level which is conducted without controlled processes being involved , the assumption here is the common one that unless a stimulus event receives conscious attention it will not be stored in long term memory ( e.g. Bargh , 1984 ; Broadbent , 1958 ; Moray , 1959 ; Shiffrin & Schneider , 1977 ) . |
| 14 | Comments will be considered at the next meeting which is on 10 December . |
| 15 | The reason lies in what happens at the insulated gate itself . |
| 16 | In Mark and Luke , the betrayer is not named at the Last Supper itself . |
| 17 | It 's very interesting to note that in contemporary political philosophy there is almost no room left for democratic decision making because in most theories that we 're given , more or less everything is already decided at a constitutional level I mean think of theory of justice , it 's the theory of justice that decides the basic nature of a constitution so the role of members of a government is simply to interpret and apply the constitution so they can make the most efficient tax policies given the basic constitution , but no individual has the authority to challenge that constitution and change it by democratic means . |
| 18 | However , the damage was done at the discontinued line which simply reflects the fact that we had er , Elserver in for two and a half months in nineteen ninety one , as opposed to twelve months the year before . |
| 19 | Only the violet shadows beneath her eyes , so out of place in her tanned and glowing face , hinted at the emotional upheaval she was enduring . |
| 20 | Fred Jarvis of the National Union of Teachers has already hinted at the fundamental difficulty which arises when the professional is set within tightly prescribed guidelines . |
| 21 | He officiated at an official weigh-in which launched biscuit backstamper Pat Bennett 's slimathon to shed three stones before the August Potters ' Holiday . |
| 22 | I struggled to keep my love pure , remembering at the same time something Madeleine had told me and that Rena was to repeat : ‘ What you need , Jimi , is the love of a bad woman . ’ |
| 23 | Remembering at the last minute her policy of poise and control , she straightened up and formed what she hoped was a suitably businesslike expression . |
| 24 | Er increasingly , we 're also looking at a new market which has a holiday in the summer overseas and in winter goes skiing . |
| 25 | I turn to face the cop , but find I 'm looking at a black guy I ai n't seen before . |
| 26 | So when we look at Paul as he writes about himself , we are looking at a Christian man whose life and words have parallels for each one of us . |
| 27 | In fact towards the end of the book looking at the overall picture it seems that everyone else 's life ends happily in marriage apart from Pip 's , and him meeting Estella in the end completes this sort of feeling of his life not being complete.fulfilled . |
| 28 | By looking at the key rack it is easy to see , if the key is there , that the guest is out of the room or that the room is vacant . |
| 29 | You will now be looking at the actual design which is to be etched into the copper foil . |
| 30 | Looking at the front panel it appears fairly basic until you realise that the seven rotary pots sited under the LCD display are double function editors . |