Example sentences of "[noun sg] at [art] situation " in BNC.
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| 1 | You , meanwhile , have been biting your nails ( an adaptor ) betraying your anxiety at the situation . |
| 2 | During the mid-1980s there had been a decline of organized violence inspired by the PLO but an increase in individual acts , a register of growing popular frustration at the situation and , in retrospect , a register of the growing internal pressures . |
| 3 | Even if you are coping well enough overall , you may sometimes be provoked into anger against the patient , either because of his behaviour , or because of your mutual frustration at the situation his illness has created . |
| 4 | We have just taken a quick overall look at the situation , one that I hope will enable the reader to form a clear picture of the scope of the French nuclear programme and the unique way in which we implemented it . |
| 5 | Cautious and practical , he took one look at the situation and advised Vincent to get out at once , while he still had a shirt on his back . |
| 6 | Bullets bounced off the rock with alarming frequency as he tried to get a look at the situation . |
| 7 | The Turkish leadership were urged to take ‘ a fresh look at the situation ’ . |
| 8 | I have n't had time to get it up on the machine to change again quickly but I 've had a quick look at the situation with regard to the five per cent increase . |
| 9 | ‘ I asked him to take a fresh look at the situation , because my gut feeling is that the decision that 's been taken is not the right one . ’ |
| 10 | Chinese Vice-Foreign Minister Liu Huaqiu expressed unease at the situation , stating that " China 's reunification is an irresistible historical trend " and that the Chinese government was " opposed to any official relations , contacts and exchanges of an official nature between Taiwan and countries that have diplomatic relations with the People 's Republic " . |