Example sentences of "[art] [adj] [verb] at [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Television is at least one escape and just like all the other trivial pastimes , should allow the unemployed to participate at a reduced rate . |
| 2 | The Non-Proliferation Treaty , however , was the last occasion when the British sat at the top table to discuss nuclear questions with the superpowers . |
| 3 | It is one thing to recognise that the interests of producers and consumers are likely to be opposed : for the first will wish to sell at the highest , the second to buy at the lowest price . |
| 4 | Paul Newlove , a Featherstone player who did gain a place in this week 's Test squad , scored the first try at the other end , following Barry Drummond 's kick . |
| 5 | The court heard that Mr Hale 's crew was one of the first to arrive at the underground station after the fire broke out . |
| 6 | The first looks at the mixed feelings children have after they have disclosed . |
| 7 | It also conducted two air raids on " terrorist " targets on Feb. 22 and 23 , the first aimed at a pro-Iranian Islamic grouping and the second at the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine ( PFLP ) . |
| 8 | The first happened at the local cinema . |
| 9 | Air Chief Marshall Sir Neil Wheeler , for example , was Flight Commander of the Fairy Battle aircraft , the first to fly at the new airfield . |
| 10 | Nupe said the offer was the same made at the Advisory , Conciliation , and Arbitration Service , several weeks ago . |
| 11 | Similarly , 4414 West Ham residents worked at Tate & Lyle 's sugar refineries , 4171 ( 94.5 per cent ) of whom lived in Canning Town or Plaistow , while of the 3880 employed at the LNER locomotive works , 3444 ( 88.8 per cent ) lived in Stratford or Forest Gate . |
| 12 | The equivalent of larval stages are completed within an egg capsule so that the young emerge at the crawling stage when they are easily visible to the naked eye and can be fed in captivity . |
| 13 | But , I think the major difference between the two comes at the very end of the books . |
| 14 | When the two arrive at the head teacher 's office , Joan explains the situation to the head , Lydia . |
| 15 | The third looks at a different way of providing collective security , and centres on friendly societies bidding for the social security work the Government intends handing over to agencies , or hospitals opting for trust status within the NHS . |
| 16 | Australian Daryl Beattie , 23 , covering for Gardner , set himself up for a top-three finish at the first attempt as a factory-supported rider . |
| 17 | He felt a throbbing strain at the outer corners of his eyes , and pressed them with his finger-tips . |
| 18 | Without any recourse to molecular interpretation Boltzmann proposed that " the forces which act on the surface of an elementary parallelepiped at the given time but also on the previous extensions , with the promise that the longer the time since they took place the smaller their effect . " |