Example sentences of "[conj] [noun] [verb] at [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We now have to pass the wire all the way through the sleeve so that its bend or fold emerges at the other end . |
| 2 | To be eligible an enterprise should be registered in an EC member country and have a product or process aimed at a transnational market . |
| 3 | It is most unlikely that a mother or father looking at a new-born child will be saying : — ‘ We have here a potential villain , who could , in a few years time be getting a living by robbery , violence or some other criminal activity . |
| 4 | Because people seem either to write or commission reports at the slightest excuse you must assume that in most cases a formal , written report is not in fact wanted . |
| 5 | The category of ‘ further academic study ’ is a relatively broad one , comprising all full-time further education or training aimed at a higher or other degree at home or overseas . |
| 6 | The physical body or matter vibrates at the slowest or densest frequency ; the subtle body , like electricity , vibrates much faster and for this reason we are usually unaware of its existence . |
| 7 | Firstly , any lingering gossip about scams or hype evaporated at an impromptu set for Windsor 's assorted scruffians last summer , where Flowered Up revealed themselves to be well drilled in jazz funk slinkiness ( ! ) . |
| 8 | These and other observations have led to the obvious speculation that plumes arise at the core-mantle boundary . |
| 9 | Valuable experience can be gained in small agencies anywhere because you may have to turn your hand to any job that needs doing at a given moment . |
| 10 | Magdy Yacoub was summoned , and decided the only way to save the man would be to boost his heart with part of a cardiac support system that Yacoub borrowed at an international congress last October . |
| 11 | ‘ And the Angus men , I can tell you , were too busy to do more than yell insults at the other Angus men . |
| 12 | There was one who told his wife , ‘ The reason I 'm late is that Harry died at the third hole , so we had to go all the way round the other fifteen holes on the course , dragging Harry . ’ |
| 13 | The simplest models assume that earnings grow at a constant rate of g per cent per year . |
| 14 | When I raised it as Chairman at the General Management Committee , I was disgusted to find that people laughed at the very subject that was so important to women who 've come up here today to let us know the consequences of what was happening . |
| 15 | It was argued that Britain stood at a historic point ; a new urban future was at hand . |
| 16 | There 15 some evidence that children perform at a higher level in their reading when they are really interested in what they are reading about ( Belloni and Jongsma , 1978 ) , and project work would seem an ideal area in which this could happen . |
| 17 | Arafat went on to urge the world to take action to halt " the massacre Israel is currently committing against the Palestinian people in Rafah " ( a town and camp lying at the southern tip of the Gaza Strip ) . |
| 18 | Cattle and sheep move at a leisurely pace over the earthworks that mark where men once lived and worked . |
| 19 | Thus the pilots may be found in the Engines Section absorbing the means whereby the aviation spirit and flames arrive at the right place at the right time to produce the urge for forward movement , or they could be watching in some fascination an array of lights and switches on a array known as ‘ electrics ’ which behave themselves so well under the persuasion of the engines instructor , but which flash and fail to respond in such heart-breaking fashion when the student is urged to demonstrate that he has ‘ got ’ it . |
| 20 | Cricket is played , much food and wine consumed , and penance paid at the local village church . |
| 21 | The seasoned rockers and cabaret bores at the local pub would appreciate the fact they have travelled up and down the country , playing every decrepit club and hovel on the way . |
| 22 | Unfortunately , at that precise second , the makeshift platform gave way and Bobby disappeared at the very height of his rhetoric with the chairman , the union secretary , the workers ’ deputy and the four constables who by now had infiltrated the platform party . |
| 23 | Despite the fact that representatives of both Korea and Taiwan appeared at the public hearing on the issue to argue their case , Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt is expected to grant the request for certification . |
| 24 | This requires that capital and labour grow at the same rate ; i.e. , and . |
| 25 | In side-streets , special Stasi units and paddy-wagons waited at the ready . |
| 26 | They sat for hours drinking tea in Mrs. Mounce 's flat downstairs , while Mrs. Mounce talked about her affairs with moustached men in export-import , and Tessa looked at the little bit here and the little bit there which Mrs. Mounce had done herself to brighten her own place up . |
| 27 | Thérèse and Léonie stared at the steep wall of rock , at the grass and weeds at its foot . |
| 28 | Tess and Angel arrived at the old d'Urberville farmhouse . |
| 29 | Britain benefited from such a programme when they finished third at the Los Angeles Olympics and England did at the 1986 World Cup . |
| 30 | Salt was making a meal of Jess 's shortcomings and Nancy stared at the new kitchen wench while her mother nodded in her easy-going way as she took off her shawl and recaptured her dropping hairpins . |