Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun pl] [verb] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 These are the questions which I sought to answer through my fieldwork which began in November , 1981 , as part of two research projects based at the University of York .
2 Are your accounting policies shown at the beginning of the notes to the accounts ?
3 A mix of short term policy oriented research and longer term projects aimed at the development of theory is pursued , which reflects the Centre 's intention to promote contacts between researchers and those more directly involved in policy and practice .
4 • Very apparent blood vessels appearing at the skin surface
5 As the monster rats charged at the girl , I aimed my wristband blazers and blasted large fiery holes in both of them .
6 Now the job is done by vast machines , which , with their great bulk and ponderous gait , resemble elephants travelling in reverse , the chute for the reject stalks hanging at the back like a canvas trunk .
7 The railway 's team crane , which was part of a demonstration goods train at the time , turned from game-keeper to poacher as it became derailed and had to be rescued by another crane .
8 Just as the rhymes , assonances and phrasal structures hover at the edge of identification , so the poem as a whole offers romantic glimpses of ‘ old unhappy far-off things ’ ( to cite Wordsworth ) , or ‘ magic casements opening on the foam/Of perilous seas , in faer y lan ds for l orn ’ ( to remember Keats ) .
9 However , the New York Times of July 12 , reporting on hitherto secret State Department cables provided at the request of the Senate foreign relations committee , found that they included no such clear warning on Glaspie 's part .
10 Today college friends congregated at the place in Lower High Street where Murray was attacked .
11 The Cuban exile forces landed at the Bay of Pigs ( 17 April 1961 ) , but no rising took place and Castro 's forces easily rounded up the invaders .
12 Behind them a young man with a paint-flecked beard followed the designer about the set , twitching the hem of the velvet curtains hung at the window and rearranging the ornaments on the mantelpiece .
13 Although many Carlists and Falangists naturally disliked the Unification , with their fighting men busy at the front there was little they could do to resist it , especially since they shared the general Nationalist respect for ‘ authority ’ .
14 Because of the results of blood tests taken at the time of your accident , Len . ’
15 The force representatives agreed at the meeting at Leith Police Station that the hunt for the bomb maker should be co-ordinated by Det Supt Ron Coutts , the depute head of Grampian CID .
16 They arrived on Christmas Eve 1924 , proving that high-quality electrical test recordings existed at the end of 1924 , although it is not known that any of these survive today .
17 Following extensive refurbishment , which includes shop floor reorganisation , a new lighting system and distinctive new green shelving , St George 's Gallery Books reopened at the beginning of the summer .
18 It is difficult now for many people to grasp , let along appreciate , the depth and strength of the feelings of loss , defeat , and outrage which mining communities felt at the time .
19 The core participants work at the University of Salford , the Erasmus University of Rotterdam , the Polish Academy of Sciences and the Charles University of Prague .
20 Experienced angel breeders look at the length difference of the finnage — males have slightly longer fins and sometimes show a marginally lumpy head , though these are not reliable features .
21 Bar codes scanned at the check-out counters of Kmart 's new store at Auburn Hills , near Detroit , for example , are not just recorded in the store 's point-of-sales computer to keep the finances straight .
22 Using the stock concept , at a point in time an investment project is profitable if the present value of net operating benefits the stream of future operating profits discounted at the interest rate at which firms must borrow funds — exceeds the initial purchase price of the new capital good .
23 The resolution on nationality relations adopted at the conference reflected very similar concerns .
24 You 'll find there are bar numbers given at the beginning of each line .
25 I have even tried knitting the pattern without taking the yarn out of the yarn feeder to do the transfer rows indicated at the side of the punchcard .
26 All of the many degree courses offered at the University of Edinburgh are listed in the tables of the section ‘ Degree Course Requirements ’ .
27 Mr Searle also likes Quattro Pro for Windows ' object inspectors : dialogue boxes appear at the click of a mouse button to lead you step by step through all the options available in a particular context ; you do n't have to select umpteen menu options .
28 A useful starting point is the reference sections appearing at the end of each major entry in The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church already mentioned .
29 Mrs Dixon , of Haxby Road , Middleton St George , was upset by new work practices introduced at the home after it was bought by businessman Praby Sodhi .
30 And within hours Darlington council workmen arrived at the house and fixed all the various problems .
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