Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [vb -s] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The issue is whether a civil action for defamation lies at the suit of a corporate public authority . |
| 2 | Unfortunately no single governing body for hypnosis exists at the time of writing . |
| 3 | If you look through all the short stories you know , I think you 'll find that the element of change lies at the bottom of each , like an insistent ground bass . |
| 4 | The systematic blurring of the lines between information , entertainment , and promotion of products lies at the heart of this practice . |
| 5 | The assimilation of moderate levels of complexity into higher levels of orderliness lies at the heart of Smith 's aesthetic , in which excitement is generated by complexity whilst delight results from the apprehension of an overriding sense of order . |
| 6 | We may even suggest that the theory of contracts presents an ideal terrain for an examination of these fundamental issues of political philosophy , for the law of contract lies at the intersection of the market and the state , using the coercive power of the latter to reinforce the discipline of the former . |
| 7 | In a similar manner , various other studies have indicated that a wide and diverse range of crime occurs at the workplace . |
| 8 | Although studies of land use like those outlined above provide useful overall data , they only produce a limited picture of what the countryside actually looks like and how it is changing in appearance , and this type of study remains at the heart , if not the mind , of many of even the most socioeconomic quantitative geographers . |
| 9 | The Bank of England stands at the centre of the UK financial system . |
| 10 | When the current round of licences expires at the end of 1992 , new licence-holders will be ( more or less ) the firms that have paid most for them . |
| 11 | ( A list of texts appears at the end of the chapter . ) |
| 12 | Indeed , the symbolic consumption of wine lies at the heart of Christianity , in the form of Communion and Mass . |
| 13 | Based on the idea that the service of God is incompatible with the service of Mammon and that true spirituality involves the renunciation of the material world , this view produces a dualism in which one set of principles applies at the level of personal relationships and an altogether different set to the affairs of the world . |
| 14 | When a bright ring of solder appears at the end of the fitting , the joint is made . |
| 15 | The holiness of God lies at the root of his self-revelation as Yahweh ( Exodus 3:5 ) . |
| 16 | The native of Japan arrives at the station two or three hours before the train is due . |
| 17 | The promotion of legislation comes at the top of the catalogue of his responsibilities listed in Table 3 . |
| 18 | A line of girls sits at the bar , ready at the jerk of a head or the flick of a finger to minister to the solitary Somerset Maughams at every table with drinks , smiles and conversation in carefully-broken Americanisms . |
| 19 | This issue number control of modules lies at the heart of LIFESPAN and offers the framework for a highly reliable basic level of software management . |
| 20 | ( 9 ) In Stage 2 , schools are assisted in putting together their orders by the organisation of book displays at the county library and visits to library suppliers ' showrooms in London . |
| 21 | The second non-sexual mode of transmission occurs at the time of childbirth . |
| 22 | Accordingly , his cause of action for an infringement before the date of sealing accrues at the date of the infringement but can not be enforced until the procedural requirement of sealing is met . |
| 23 | This issue of NI looks at the car 's impact on our lives , our health and our environment . |
| 24 | Differentiating ( 8–60 ) , setting , ( 8–61 ) A dollar of debt displaces at the margin a dollar of private capital ( the case taken by Modigliani ) if and only if f'= n . |
| 25 | THE first exhibition in Scotland of watercolours by the Prince of Wales opens at the Palace of Holyroodhouse tomorrow . |
| 26 | His niece , Emma , was apparently entering such a stage and owned a signed copy of Briony Rides at the Horse of the Year Show . |
| 27 | Markby said , remembering the signed copy of Briony Rides at the Horse of the Year Show . |
| 28 | To say more precisely whether these cuts produced something like the optimal solution to the level of investment ( though with the inconvenience of power cuts at the peak ) , is problematic in an economy which ( even in the 1950s ) was subject to considerable disequilibrium in prices and inherited production patterns . |
| 29 | Initially the switching between phases occurs at the rotor positions corresponding to positive " crossovers " of the characteristics , so the motor is developing the pullout torque and the excitation sequence is . |
| 30 | Hull 's most important Humberside derby for years comes at the end of a sad week for the club which saw defeat by Widnes on Sunday , and the sacking of Noel Cleal as coach on Monday . |