Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] [pron] [noun] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | it will attempt to establish that there is one human history , with one truth and one intelligibility — not by considering the material content of this history , but by demonstrating that a practical multiplicity , whatever it may be , must unceasingly totalise itself through interiorizing its multiplicity at all levels . |
| 2 | So you can take this even further if you want , by saying : why go to the trouble of using your hands at all ? |
| 3 | It was hot and clammy , accentuated by the constant pain of keeping his body at critical pitch , ready for instant action . |
| 4 | Interest cover , for example , would not be so appropriate — the shareholder would be more interested in dividends and may need to look at alternative investment opportunities as well as the possibility of selling their shares at this stage given the results of Belper . |
| 5 | Because of the added pressures that often occur at work and in the family at midlife , people are particularly at risk of increasing their drinking at this stage . |
| 6 | Each group had the opportunity of changing its membership at quarterly ‘ cavils ’ — events jointly supervised by management and union when faces were allocated to gangs by lot in order to even out differences in the ease of winning coal from particular seams . |
| 7 | Although he has no intention of exposing his limitations at any of the Grand Slam tournaments this year , Borg is taking wild-card entries into Monte Carlo and Munich as well as playing in several 35-and-over events . |
| 8 | If foreign bankers thought that the UK was not serious about balancing its books at some future time , they would be reluctant to lend their money at low interest . |
| 9 | I join the hon. Gentleman in expressing our sorrow at that tragic loss . |
| 10 | In determining its position at any stage of the legislative process , and particularly when the proposal is still in draft , the Commission may be influenced by reasoned argument and a factual analysis by the business community . |
| 11 | The Schroeder case was applied in Davis ( Clifford ) Management Ltd v WEA Records Ltd [ 1975 ] 1 WLR 61 , in which Lord Denning MR pointed out that the agreement was not in restraint of trade in the traditional sense because : It does not preclude a man from exercising his trade at all . |
| 12 | I was just silently congratulating myself on tumbling her secret at last when I realized who the man in the photograph was . |
| 13 | ( She told a gathering of women in a Mayfair hairdressers that Andrew loved fooling around — with her feet — and insisted on painting her toenails at all times . |
| 14 | Dada was overcome by natural embarrassment on meeting his daughter at that moment . |
| 15 | Dogs Today will be there in force , and look forward to meeting our readers at this prestigious event , which promises to be a fascinating day out for all . |
| 16 | You see in British Steel we we have seventy thousand deferred pensioners and er it is a group of people that I feel extremely sorry for , because er in nineteen eighty-six British Steel introduced into their pension scheme while it was still in the public sector , retirement at sixty where with a pension credit spaced on length of service , so if you had thirty-five years service in , you could retire at sixty as if you were sixty-five and there was nothing done at all for deferred pensioners and in certainly our submission to British Steel for seeking improvements , we we asked that they er they look at deferred pensioner with a view to paying their pensions at sixty , recognising that it was a very high-class plane that might have to be er achieved in stages . |
| 17 | Jim , 58 , from Blackpool , had suffered constant jokes since losing his hair at 24 . |
| 18 | As the story of a collapsing school filled the headlines of press , television and radio , many teachers responded by retreating from the more informal approaches to learning which non-selection at 11 had encouraged , into the safety of more traditional methods . |
| 19 | Carolingian sources usually refer to counts without specifying their civitates at all ( which explains why it is impossible to give a complete list of counts for any ninth-century county ) . |
| 20 | By seeing their work at first hand , they 're hoping he 'll be convinced of the need for more officers . |
| 21 | When the weather is very cold they can not fly at all , but can warm themselves by deflecting their wings at right angles to the Sun ( as do , for example , locusts ) . |
| 22 | Again , you should ignore the dog , changing shoes without looking at it , by turning your back at this stage . |
| 23 | The prescription of glasses may not help their reading distance , but they may be able to read adequately by holding their books at closer than the normal distance . |
| 24 | Thanks to pooled data , lenders have become much more effective by aiming their products at those who are most likely to respond , more likely to use the credit offered and be more willing and able to pay . |
| 25 | He combines the occupations of rent collector , moneylender , and shipbreaker , and gets Nell 's grandfather into his power by advancing him money at exorbitant interest . |
| 26 | Then as you progress , measure your aerobic improvement by taking your pulse at several points during the walk and immediately upon finishing . |
| 27 | He gets a great deal by showing his landscapes at one shilling each visitor . |
| 28 | It is mid-way through the afternoon of Friday August 23 and a band called Nirvana have just completed their allotted 40 minutes at the annual rock festival by throwing their equipment at each other . |