Example sentences of "[noun sg] [be] [verb] at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The discovery in 1958 that sodium uptake and glucose uptake are coupled at the luminal surface of the intestine marked a turning point in the oral administration of electrolyte solutions . |
| 2 | Changes in roles over the year and changes in emphasis in areas of responsibility are outlined at the meeting . |
| 3 | In fact , had the cinema been invented at the time . |
| 4 | Downland Housing Association are building at the Larch Cottage site , Portsmouth Road , while the second site is at Lynchborough Road , Passfield . |
| 5 | In some cases this can be achieved by obtaining an order that an affidavit by the witness be read at the trial in place of oral evidence . |
| 6 | The judge or district judge may also at any time order that at the hearing of any action or matter any particular facts may be proved by affidavit ( Ord 20 , r 8 ) , or that the affidavit of a witness be read at the hearing on such conditions as he thinks reasonable ( Ord 20 , r 6 ) . |
| 7 | Africa 's needs in the area of remote sensing were highlighted at the conference by Bernard Sikilo , director general of Kenya 's remote-sensing centre in Nairobi . |
| 8 | Other unusual works by Carel Weight were executed at the height of the London blitz , and recorded events which showed how civilians were often more at risk than the forces . |
| 9 | Other unusual works by Carel Weight were executed at the height of the London blitz , and recorded events which showed how civilians were often more at risk than the forces . |
| 10 | During a visit to Spain yesterday , the Prime Minister declared he will not allow the French to stop the deal being ratified at the EC 's Edinburgh summit later this month . |
| 11 | The raindrops against the window sounded like a handful of gravel being hurled at the glass by the strong wind . |
| 12 | Many players automatically roll the wrists at the start of the backswing , with the club being laid at the top as a result . |
| 13 | Hess did not appreciate the significance of these strip reversals , but Vine and Matthews did , and they suggested that while the ‘ sea-floor spreading ’ concept was basically right , it could be refined and that instead of the simple kind of gigantic conveyor belt that Hess had conceived , with oceanic crust being generated at the ridges and moving away in opposite directions , the situation was much more like that of a conveyor belt-cum-tape recorder . |
| 14 | In 1836 , the Bill now having been passed , he suggested to Gladstone that there ought to be more enfranchisement to cure the effects of it ; if the pyramid were extended at the base and the lower classes given some power , this would counter the preponderance of the manufacturers . |
| 15 | The Green Card is issued at the start of the international journey . |
| 16 | Such structures also seem to provide a kind of elementary momentum in periods where a discipline is in the doldrums , and not a great deal is happening at the research level . |
| 17 | Today it is the turn of the youngest members of the community to get into the picture , when a Bonny Baby Contest is held at the Youth Centre . |
| 18 | Difficult to see which way the wind is blowing at the moment it 's quite swirling . |
| 19 | Usually , the contract will mention the fee , but this provision might be useful if the supplier takes on additional work at the request of the other party and no mention is made at the time of agreement of the charge for this extra work . |
| 20 | A cracking performance at the Lytham Trophy , where he finished fourth , could have heightened his chances , but a great deal more needs to be done before the side is chosen at the end of June . |
| 21 | But South America itself is moving away from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge , since the Atlantic Ocean is widening steadily as new oceanic crust is generated at the ridge . |
| 22 | It appears that British secondary legislation follows a similar practice , whereby the date of coming into force of a statutory instrument is stated at the beginning , just after the title . |
| 23 | IBM Corp has a less than impressive record in turning developments in its laboratories into commercial products , but perhaps that will change when an outsider is installed at the helm , and IBM researchers say they have developed a polymer film that can capture and hold vast amounts of data in the form of hologram images at speeds 100 to 1,000 times faster than current Winchester disk drives . |
| 24 | The research is looking at the issues from a variety of angles . |
| 25 | An example of such an exercise , where students and salespeople can apply some of the techniques outlined in this chapter is given at the end of Chapter 10 . |
| 26 | One of the aims of this chapter is to look at the effect on word discriminability in continuous speech of increasing the depth of the phoneme graph . |
| 27 | The purpose of this chapter is to look at the infancy stories about Jesus as recorded by both Matthew and Luke . |
| 28 | The study is aimed at the victims of maturity diabetes , which affects 600,000 people in Britain , and will try to find ways of preventing or delaying the disease . |
| 29 | A pad of glass wool is used at the bottom of the column to prevent the slurry from running out ( see figure 6.41 ) . |
| 30 | ‘ My car is parked at the back . |