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

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1 Children have to learn that it is easier to start at one end of a line of objects and finish at the other .
2 As a fellow Chairman of these Tribunals I find myself in general agreement with him , although is until some way is found to eliminate obviously frivolous appeals from the Local Appeal Tribunal 's decisions I doubt the practicality of having appeals to a Tribunal of Commissioners and blanch at the thought of their Lordships of the Court of Session 's comments if asked to deal with some of the material placed before a single Commissioner at present .
3 The west pediment ( fig. 126 ) shows the fight of Greeks and Centaurs at the wedding of Peirithous .
4 In1984 he became secretary to the Museum Advisory Board for Scotland , then worked with Robert Anderson , now director of the British Museum , at the National Museums of Scotland before before being put in charge of Museums and Finance at the Office of Arts and Libraries .
5 A shadow fundholding exercise was agreed that would be independently evaluated to assess the effects on the care of patients and look at the administration structures , consulting patterns , and use of doctors ' time .
6 ( a not unusual event ) he leaps up the six flights of stairs and arrives at the top as cool as a cucumber , followed by a very out-of-breath Orderly Officer .
7 Sometimes I look through the catalogue at the men 's clothes , or wander into shops like Principles and look at the menswear .
8 They would instantly begin questioning the way the world had been running since their enforced absence , and they would not approve ; whereas those who lay softly beneath the blowing grasses , the quiet slate , had long since turned over in rest and when they woke would wake like children and smile at the sky .
9 It was agreed to harmonize fiscal incentives for investors and to aim at the creation of a monetary union by 1995 .
10 He died at a friend 's flat in Rock Ferry after going into convulsions and frothing at the mouth .
11 This degree of knowledge will not guarantee immunity from mistakes or deceit at the hands of unscrupulous dealers , but it will help to combat the more obvious attempts at misinformation — far more likely than outright deception — and assist in assessing the integrity of any dealer or expert whom one may need to rely on for advice .
12 Each wheel was made in sections and assembled at the mill , paddles made of wood being retained .
13 The row about Catholicism got her out of the house and carried her through two euphoric days , during which she thought about the Trinity , existed on lollipops and stared at the Celebration of the Mass from the back of Westminster Cathedral .
14 Gradually we re-evaluated ourselves as women and looked at the way we had always put ourselves down .
15 One reason was for communications , but another reason that was rather intriguing to scientists was that they could actually look at stars and look at the space between the stars and use a different region of the spectrum , in particular the radio region .
16 Surrounded by hills and set at the mouth of the lush Foglia Valley , this is an attractive resort and an interesting town in its own right .
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