Example sentences of "[verb] at [det] length " in BNC.
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| 1 | I thought it particularly nice of them to write at such length , as I had mistakenly called Roy Griffiths Mister ! |
| 2 | This was a little unfortunate , the topic being one close to his lordship 's heart and one he was inclined to explicate at some length . |
| 3 | We need not consider at any length the methods used for measuring flow parameters other than the velocity , since these methods do not differ significantly from those used in other branches of physics . |
| 4 | We shall consider at some length below circumstances under which this condition is met even when enforcement through the courts is not available . |
| 5 | The distinctions between kinds of complex idea are considered at some length in the Essay . |
| 6 | The union treaty was considered at some length by the Central Committee plenum in December 1990 ; it approved a resolution calling for the ‘ renewal and preservation of a unitary Soviet Union ’ , a renewal that was ‘ socialist in character ’ . |
| 7 | My right hon. Friend then said : ’ I understand that in this instance Dr. Beer 's request was considered at some length by an assessment panel of six which included the District Chair , Chief Executive and District Director of Public Health . |
| 8 | Further improvement in the sharpness of the cut-off response of practical filters can be achieved by cascading sections and the design of filters comprising multiple identical sections was considered at some length in chapter 9 . |
| 9 | The paper addressed at some length methods of accounting for convertible debt that seek to address the hybrid nature of such debt by accounting separately for its debt and equity components , although it did not propose that such methods be required . |
| 10 | The episodes related at any length , alas , are mostly very familiar , and available , dare one say it , in a number of other easily accessible books : the terrible saga of the first ascent of Eigerwand ( liberally intercut with Bonington 's reminiscences of his own exploits on this wall ) , or the carnage exacted by the Matterhorn on Whymper and party . |
| 11 | The lectures which he delivered in America on this visit are not of crucial critical significance and , like other addresses of the same period , they are chiefly remarkable for the fact that he felt able to talk at some length about himself and his work — as if he realized that audiences came to see him , rather than hear anything he might care to say . |
| 12 | The case for immediate shelf representation in a public library is made at some length by Ranganathan , in his fourth library law — ‘ save the time of the reader ’ . |
| 13 | ( The SPIES die at some length , rather well . |
| 14 | The latter has led to serious distortions in the administration of justice which are argued at some length in Chapters 7 and 9 . |
| 15 | This was a remarkably-thorough and penetrative survey of the WEA 's work in a predominantly-rural area ; worth citing at some length because it encapsulates much of the spirit of the Eastern District at this time . |
| 16 | The deputy judge accepted their evidence about what had happened and , in his judgment , rehearsed at some length the relevant evidence . |
| 17 | Erm at that time erm we did erm report at some length on the question of fostering and exactly what the commissioner 's asked for was the burden of the advice that we gave . |
| 18 | They had never talked at any length before and Seb found the gipsy stimulating and amusing company . |
| 19 | Despite being exercised at such length , Crookback 's histrionic powers show no abatement . |
| 20 | The point I am labouring at such length is that there is a large and complicated repertoire of non-verbal behaviour without which it is impossible to communicate meanings through the medium of spoken words and although it is tempting to regard this non-lexical repertoire as something which can be painlessly removed without any significant loss of meaning , the experience of reconstructing talk from a medium in which the representation of this aspect of speech is so poor is a salutary reminder of its importance . |
| 21 | An example may , in consequence , be worth considering at some length . |
| 22 | Brenda Thompson talked at some length about her daughter , her friend who was poorly and her ever so humble beginnings . |
| 23 | We have dealt at some length with these important , if abortive , proposals because they throw a great deal of light on the complexities surrounding the financial control and management of public sector higher education and because they have influenced the subsequent debate concerning the need for some form of central control . |
| 24 | We have dealt at some length with Haycocks I and its aftermath because of the relative importance of full-time teachers to the further education colleges . |
| 25 | I have dealt at some length with the arrangements for mandatory support because they have been in the limelight recently and because they are the direct responsibility of my right hon. and learned Friend the Secretary of State . |
| 26 | We have just dealt at some length with the interpretation of the Phillips curve as a trade off , as a ‘ menu for policy choice ’ . |
| 27 | We also discuss at some length the issue of occupational control — that is , that way of organising work where control over the work process resides in the hands of members of the occupational group rather than in the hands of a management hierarchy . |
| 28 | Her mother had reacted to the subject in a predictable way , and had expatiated at some length about the absurdity of taking a dress all the way to Paris and back for the sake of one evening 's amusement , but in the end she had consented to do something about it . |
| 29 | This research has been expounded at some length here to demonstrate that despite some limitations it is informed by a relatively subtle and complex analysis . |
| 30 | The Enham material has been discussed at such length because it suggests much about contemporary conditions , and is essential to an understanding of the documents which Wulfstan wrote under Cnut , some of whose actions must have been disapproved . |