Example sentences of "[adv] at the [adj] [noun sg] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The treaty of Brest-Litovsk , which the military superiority of Germany forced upon the young Soviet State at the end of the year , revealed the limits of its power : ‘ The past keeps fast hold of us , ’ Lenin observed gloomily at the 8th Party Congress , ‘ grasps us with a thousand tentacles , and does not allow us to take a single forward step , or compels us to take these steps badly . ’ |
| 2 | Government should review the present low standard of internal audit within all levels of public sector administration , especially at the central government level . |
| 3 | Researchers , especially at the Gerontological Research Center in Bedford , Massachusetts , are at work exploring another property of centrophenoxine that is causing excitement generally among gerontologists . |
| 4 | Twenty years earlier , R. A. Butler had shared the same fate , recalling the ‘ blood curdling demands ’ made annually at the Conservative Party Conference for the restoration of corporal punishment which had ‘ quite clouded ’ his time as Chairman of the Party . |
| 5 | On the wall at the end of the Long Room hangs one of the few remaining copies of the Proclamation of the Irish Republic , which was read aloud at the General Post Office on Easter Monday 1916 . |
| 6 | Then Saturday morning she 'd load up again and start off round down at the round Mill Corner along the Piste for the and back and then across to the where you come from Ely and all those houses along there and she 'd get home about one o'clock from there . |
| 7 | It 's right down at the far south west . |
| 8 | Lisa sighed in frustration and sat back in her armchair , scowling down at the flickering gas fire . |
| 9 | Sophie looked down at the unconscious West Highland terrier and saw that his breathing was rapid and shallow . |
| 10 | As they reached the door she glanced down at the small flower bed which gardeners in the congregation were trying to cultivate with more optimism than success in the unrewarding soil at the side of the path . |
| 11 | Thomas was motor-crazy , she thought , gazing fondly down at the small dungareed figure . |
| 12 | Peering down at the faint blood trail staining the grass , he strode angrily away towards the jungle with his son at his heels . |
| 13 | Someone kicked his washing-bag over and stared down at the spilled shirt sleeve , the maroon-edged handkerchief . |
| 14 | David sat looking down at the empty wine glass that he was turning round and round between his hands . |
| 15 | But even then , when she was standing upright beside him , he made no attempt to release her hand and Rachel was only too aware of his appraising glance as he glanced down at the wet jade swimsuit tightly moulded to her slight , almost boyish figure before abruptly she snatched her hand away and walked quickly to the changing-rooms . |
| 16 | She looked down at the diminutive Time Lord , her eyes full of quiet sympathy . |
| 17 | They sat down at the big kitchen table and Mrs Wood put the food on three hot plates . |
| 18 | Daniel looked down at the big paddle wheel on the side of the ship . |
| 19 | In fact , all our theories of science are formulated on the assumption that space-time is smooth and nearly flat , so they break down at the big bang singularity , where the curvature of space-time is infinite . |
| 20 | In the classical theory of general relativity one can not predict how the universe would have begun because all the known laws of science would have broken down at the big bang singularity . |
| 21 | ‘ Certainly , miss , ’ said Bob , looking down at the brown paper parcel and the little box that Charlie had left on the floor by his side . |
| 22 | He stared down at the white damask tablecloth ; I sipped my wine and studied the faces of the others . |
| 23 | She looked down at the white plastic loop that now bound her wrist to the brass rail on the table . |
| 24 | Ellie said nothing , deciding to stare down at the polished wood floor instead . |
| 25 | Galvone glanced down at the wall-to-wall shag carpet , shrugged . |
| 26 | The Sphinx of Giza gazed down at the red velvet couch . |
| 27 | In an uncomfortable silence Nathaniel Sherman and the others gazed down at the dead buffalo cow . |
| 28 | Which means , ’ he added , glancing quickly down at the slim gold watch on his wrist , ‘ I want you to pack a suitcase as quickly as possible , because we have very little time in which to catch the plane . ’ |
| 29 | Notice now that the range is compatible only at the virtual computer level and not at the hardware level . |
| 30 | Can you co up again if you can co I 'm going back to The reason being that the approach to the business was one of quality and a large amount of hand-finishing , and , the leathers were aimed mainly at the , saddlery and leather goods trade and also only at the very top end of the shoe trade . |