Example sentences of "[verb] at particular [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the other hand , for a task such as fault diagnosis he will be thinking about it in various structured ways which he can reveal by talking about it and exploring verbally why he looks at particular indications or takes particular actions . |
| 2 | But many of the advantages of using brochures can be achieved only if two types are produced , a general brochure conveying basic information and general argument and specialist brochures targeted at particular groups , e.g. parents , parent-governors , governors , local employers and of course potential students . |
| 3 | Once this map has been plotted , interventions can be specifically targeted at particular areas . |
| 4 | Instead , she suggests introducing devices such as tolls for driving in specific , badly congested areas or for driving at particular times , such as rush hours . |
| 5 | Were there species adapted for living at particular depths ? |
| 6 | Er , now the the point I really want to refer to is erm just what role an auditor ought to play er in the er insurance and financial service industry in looking at particular firms , erm I have several interests which the honourable member for Edinburgh central knows about , er the one that I think is relevant er to tonight is that I am an elected member of the insurance brokers registration council and the way that erm the way that we regulate insurance brokers erm is laid down by statute but it does actually demonstrate the advantage , the benefit of erm of having a statutory requirement for audit and for er a proper oversight of what then follows in terms of the way that the regulator reacts to what the auditor may say . |
| 7 | ‘ Further , as the minister of state , Lord Fraser , said recently , we currently have a major interdepartmental working group looking at all aspects of criminal justice legislation besides some eight other working groups looking at particular aspects of the system . |
| 8 | Acupuncture conceives of a kind of ‘ bioenergy ’ , which flows along channels in the body and can be manipulated by acting at particular points on those channels ( by needles , heat or pressure ) . |
| 9 | Continuous time means that observation is unceasing , such as a continuous record of river discharge ; quantized time is when imaginary sections are used to subdivide time , as when precipitation amounts are measured daily or weekly ; discrete time is when interest focuses upon time duration and frequency of events per unit of time ; and sampled time is when observations can only be made at particular periods , such as weekly measurements of plant growth . |
| 10 | The chairman requested that the departmental reports be considered one by one and the governors went through it section by section , specific comments being made at particular stages . |
| 11 | The working groups will look at particular topics , consider the existing legislation and help prepare a discussion document for wider public consultation setting out the various options for reform . |
| 12 | Well , no , I mean er you have to look at particular areas . |
| 13 | Each came separately to look at particular aspects of the collections and the project , then there were several group sessions . |
| 14 | Once we had begun to look at particular steps in the biochemical cascade in more detail , however , I became persuaded that reasonably specific inhibitors might help cast light on relevant mechanisms . |
| 15 | Astrology is based on many empirical observations about the positions of stars and planets , and about certain vague characteristics of people born at particular times and places . |
| 16 | They would visit to see what it was doing at particular times , like haymaking . |
| 17 | As yet , the robot has no way of knowing whereabouts its gripper will be , when its joints are set at particular angles . |
| 18 | If , as a result , a particular chemical substance is concentrated at particular places , it may induce the cells in those places to differentiate in particular ways , just as the presence of galactose in the medium can induce bacterial cells to produce proteins they would not otherwise make . |
| 19 | Should an instrument come with an option attached allowing investors to buy or sell at particular prices ? |
| 20 | It is known as a demand curve and this graph shows the relationship between the price of a product and the amount of it which consumers demand at particular prices . |
| 21 | The basis of payment was the subsidy assessment of 1334 , but although this remained in use for the following two centuries , the variations in the extent to which relief was granted in the fifteenth century to communities which had declined in size and wealth since that date suggest that a genuine effort was made to judge their capacity to pay at particular times . |
| 22 | In part it is directed at particular features of the standard treatment — notably the assumption of an aggregate production function . |
| 23 | The analytical results may not tell the whole story because they depend upon samples taken at particular times , whereas supplies . |
| 24 | The fixed duration , the stereotypy , of the growth phase , makes it possible for particular things to happen at particular times during embryonic development , as if governed by a strictly observed calendar . |
| 25 | The implications of the very sharp fall-off with increasing distance from Kent are that such items were controlled at particular centres which maintained a near monopoly over their supply . |
| 26 | The Green Paper , said the IPM , ’ is primarily aimed at particular abuses which it is the duty of Government to address in order to protect the rights of the individual . ’ |
| 27 | Still more complex behaviours , such as the spinning of an orb web by a spider , or the singing of the species-specific song by a bird , depend on an interaction between innate structures generating particular movements , on innate tendencies to be reinforced by particular sensory inputs , and on experience , which may have to occur at particular times during development . |
| 28 | Purchased at particular shops . |
| 29 | They represent the product of a number of other factors as well , including political , economic , and demographic ones as they intersect at particular moments in history ( see Howe , this volume ) . |