Example sentences of "[verb] at regular [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Throughout the Student 's Book , 12 units called ‘ Everyday Conversation ’ appear at regular intervals . |
| 2 | And Hugh Schonfield 's on-going series of studies of first-century Palestine was appearing at regular intervals throughout the 1970s . |
| 3 | ‘ I Tavole del Giudizio : Composizione in sei tempi ’ is an installation composed of eight mirror-topped tables , which for the duration of the exhibition will be rearranged at regular intervals in six different positions , each signifying a different concept : division/multiplication ; dispersion ; eliptical organisation ; self-reflection ; refectory/social life ; absolute/relative . |
| 4 | The notion of rhythm involves some noticeable event happening at regular intervals of time ; one can detect the rhythm of a heart-beat , of a flashing light or of a piece of music . |
| 5 | When you 're keen to push something through , summarise at regular intervals : ‘ So are we at the point where we 've got agreement over this ? ’ or ‘ Can I ask if we all accept that more money is needed ? ’ |
| 6 | The fog-horn , its sound now muffled by the houses , continued to bleat at regular intervals . |
| 7 | Traditionally , the holes have been spaced at regular intervals along the tube — but Western Electric says it has discovered that this is not the ideal approach . |
| 8 | Light pillars were spaced at regular intervals . |
| 9 | They guarantee you a known minimum cash fund and/or pension on your retirement and , while the guaranteed amount is not usually very high , bonuses are added at regular intervals , according to how the investments in the fund perform . |
| 10 | It means that the stressed syllables in an utterance tend to come at regular intervals with a varying number of less stressed syllables in between . |
| 11 | In the store room next to the kitchen were a long table and shelves always covered with all sorts of provisions ; large earthenware jars full of confits of pork and goose , a small barrel where vinegar slowly matured , a bowl where honey oozed out of the comb , jams , preserves of sorrel and of tomatoes , and odd bottles with grapes and cherries marinating in brandy ; next to the table a weighing machine on which I used to stand at regular intervals ; sacks of haricot beans , of potatoes ; eggs , each one carefully dated in pencil . |
| 12 | I tried at regular intervals throughout the night and first thing this morning . |
| 13 | He may be required to report to a particular individual or place at regular intervals as part of a monitoring process . |
| 14 | For decades women have agonized over their breasts — either too big or too small ; their overall body shape — no waist , bum too big , legs too short ; and the various component parts of face and hair , all of which have to be altered , enhanced or de-emphasized at regular intervals . |
| 15 | Even where workers moved away from their villages for good , most maintained contact with their places of origin and visited at regular intervals . |
| 16 | The road ran straight ahead , the telegraph poles passing at regular intervals to the right . . |
| 17 | The mist still limited visibility to less than a hundred yards and the fog-horn continued to blare at regular intervals . |
| 18 | Both methods suffer from the problem that performance of the file degrades as additions are made , and in consequence they both require that the file should be reorganized at regular intervals . |
| 19 | Data to address these questions were collected largely by interview , and in order to study changes over time , they were collected at regular intervals . |
| 20 | The usual procedure is for a sample , which is then referred to as the ‘ panel ’ , to be selected in the usual way , as described on pp. 35–9 above , and for data about this sample to be collected at regular intervals over a period of years . |
| 21 | Data collected at regular intervals from the child 's utterances will be used to analyse the nature of both the phonological and syntactic systems being acquired , and to test the specific predictions of the theory of universal grammar . |
| 22 | New editions of Applied Pharmacology were prepared at regular intervals , first by Clark himself and then by his successors at University College London . |
| 23 | ‘ We intend to keep it in its present immaculate condition and to taxi her up to take-off speeds at regular intervals to keep the engines and flight systems in perfect working order . |
| 24 | They were all the same size , and pushed at regular intervals into the soil . |
| 25 | Additions were made at regular intervals and there was a pleasing rule that , even if a Sunday School scholar was unable to read , a book might nevertheless be lent out for the benefit of the family . |
| 26 | A re-assessment noting the effective use to which the child has put the low vision aid or the reasons for his inability to do so should be made at regular intervals , so that adjustments can be made or more intensive training given . |
| 27 | ( d ) Payments should be made at regular intervals , preferably weekly . |
| 28 | From July 1972 a Committee of Officers met at regular intervals . |
| 29 | Trains will run at regular intervals from 11am to 4pm . |
| 30 | A confrontation with the child can work when food is offered at regular meal-times and if it is refused it is thrown away but nothing else is offered in its place . |