Example sentences of "[noun sg] [is] [verb] at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Green Card is issued at the start of the international journey . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Difficult to see which way the wind is blowing at the moment it 's quite swirling . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | The research is looking at the issues from a variety of angles . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | The purpose of this chapter is to look at the infancy stories about Jesus as recorded by both Matthew and Luke . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | A pad of glass wool is used at the bottom of the column to prevent the slurry from running out ( see figure 6.41 ) . |
| 16 | ‘ My car is parked at the back . |
| 17 | A good rule is to look at the shape and size of the flower before you press it , and then imagine what it will look like once it is flat . |
| 18 | Water is normally paid for via the water rates , but the water industry is looking at the feasibility of water metering in the future . |
| 19 | The exact rate for the investment is fixed at the time the deposit is made and then runs through the period chosen . |
| 20 | Further investment is needed at the colliery , which reopened last year when 160 miners invested £10,000 each to form the consortium . |
| 21 | ‘ It could be , ’ Hawkins said , ‘ that the key is held at the missile base where the bombs were due to be delivered . ’ |
| 22 | A floral chintz fabric is used at the windows and for the upholstered seat and valance under the white bed linen . |
| 23 | By taking part , individuals also put direct pressure on the Government to ensure that some real action is taken at the Earth Summit — politicians will only act when enough people demand that they do something . |
| 24 | Gene action is controlled at the level of transcription , and whether a gene is on or off is whether or not it is transcribed . |
| 25 | However , circling before the horse is presented at the obstacle is not penalised — unlike showjumping . |
| 26 | For the more expensive models , a downpayment is required at the start of the scheme , but it is still possible to obtain a car with little or no downpayment with the hire charges being met entirely by the mobility allowance . |
| 27 | The rock is received at the factory in rough hewn , cylindrical shaped blocks , each weighing about 100 lbs . |
| 28 | The slope is found from and the intercept from Once a and b are known then the value of y corresponding to every integer value x lying between xmin and xmax is calculated from the equation of the line and a dot is printed at the point x , y . |
| 29 | The Cemetery Club 's showing at the Wyvern until Saturday night . |
| 30 | So this boy is looking at the irises and I 'm doing the VAT on a multiple despatch but I 'm also looking out of the corner of my eye and thinking , ‘ You 're a Monday to Friday . ’ |