Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [v-ing] at [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Is that ambition functioning at a high level or is it just a sense of obligation or is it idealism ? |
| 2 | The reason that you use hot air is to keep that combustion going at a good temperature . |
| 3 | Among those noting Xu 's habit of using just one board ( ingredients are so fresh and so quickly prepared that food poisoning is not considered a threat ) is Keith Mitchell , team captain of the British chefs competing at the culinary Olympics in Frankfurt next year , and head chef at the Grand Hotel , Eastbourne , East Sussex . |
| 4 | His plan was based on the marine lieutenant landing at the Old Quay slipway in the North Harbour and creating a diversion there , while Jones himself landed , undetected it was hoped , on the south foreshore , put the battery there out of action and then , passing round the town , knocked out the North Battery , before joining up with the other party to burn the shipping in both harbours . |
| 5 | Erm , the simulator will be developed er for this aircraft starting at the same time as we enter the production investment phase . |
| 6 | Chest x ray showed evidence of previous tuberculosis and some pleural thickening at the left base , which was thought likely to be long standing ( Fig 1 ) . |
| 7 | There have been few studies looking at the sexual risk of HIV infection for women who have sex with women and so there are few reported cases of women infected in this way . |
| 8 | The plot comprises two linear portions meeting at a critical chain length c . |
| 9 | Was silly old Eli sitting at the wrong gate ? |
| 10 | He saw two German troopers spurring at the second Frenchman . |
| 11 | This tin of Day and Martins metal polish gave me some trepidation looking at the vast areas of iron ferrous . |
| 12 | As yet , industry hereabouts may not fully have ‘ taken off ’ , but at the same time the many £2 assessments downgraded for tax purposes in the Vale region indicate a degree of recession , the state of some towns hinting at an uneasy period of relocation . |
| 13 | I laughed silently as I sat against a hard cushion in the palm-frond house looking at the brown eyes around me . |
| 14 | His unsuccessful serious plays had drawn on the Harold Pinter trick of having two different conversations continuing at the same time , and they were often returned with the comment that he had copied the playwright . |
| 15 | She cackled , delighted with the queasy mixture on the plate , hot brown coffee lapping at the pale wedge of sugared pastry . |
| 16 | Benchmarking represented a period of enforced introspection beginning at the strategic level and percolating through the organization as the change process progressed . |
| 17 | So all in all an excellent result for Washroom which now looks to be a good stable portfolio increasing at a respectable rate . |
| 18 | The different frequencies of light are what the human eye sees as different colors , with the lowest frequencies appearing at the red end of the spectrum and the highest frequencies at the blue end . |
| 19 | Rocky , busy waving his charges on board , glanced over his shoulder in time to see a small group of dark shapes disappearing at a fast lope round the bend of the curving driveway . |
| 20 | Luther Reynolds clenched the sides of the chair , his large fists curling and uncurling , and his fiery dark eyes glaring at the determined face of David Miller , the stepson he had come to resent with such bitterness that he could taste it . |
| 21 | Symptoms were regarded as mere signposts pointing at the real target . |
| 22 | Nice , quiet bed , with a cool , cotton pillow for my throbbing brow and a playful breeze puffing at the open window , lifting its frilly skirt like a peeping Tom . |
| 23 | When cleaning carpets and tiles always keep the multi-purpose nozzle moving at a steady pace . |
| 24 | A former executive officer with the civil service working at the National Engineering Laboratory , East Kilbride , she was now physically and mentally handicapped . |
| 25 | The Liverpool chief has also recouped £16.4m in sales , leaving his overall dealings standing at a staggering £47.9m . |
| 26 | The so-called " excretory system " is very primitive , consisting of a canal within each lateral cord joining at the excretory pore in the oesophageal region . |
| 27 | From the corner where she squatted on a stool , she watched Midnight quietly serving the six people sitting at the long table ; n the centre of the room and , in spite of her hunger , was impressed by the careful , unobtrusive way he worked — standing always on the left of each person , never knocking against them or even brushing the backs of their tall chairs . |
| 28 | They quote the comprehensive review by Haggard and Hughes , which states that glue ear probably causes considerable disability only if it results in persistent impaired hearing starting at an early age . |
| 29 | Only the dark Porsche squatting at the far end of the drive gives some indication that a local does not live here . |
| 30 | I 'm usually too absorbed in my work to spend much time looking at the other students . ’ |