Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [verb] at [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In agreement with the strong protection observed at the central guanine residue , DNase I footprinting analysis of the same fragment reveals that digestion at the corresponding phosphodiester bond is severely impaired by the bound protein ( Figure 1C , left panel ) . |
| 2 | Behind the glass an official from the Political Branch scowled at a worried-looking black . |
| 3 | The public flogging anticipated at the annual general meeting of the City watchdog , Fimbra , may well fail to materialise . |
| 4 | His plan was based on the marine lieutenant landing at the Old Quay slipway in the North Harbour and creating a diversion there , while Jones himself landed , undetected it was hoped , on the south foreshore , put the battery there out of action and then , passing round the town , knocked out the North Battery , before joining up with the other party to burn the shipping in both harbours . |
| 5 | I also found certain sections of the press grossly biased ; and when a representative of the Daily Express called at the New English Weekly office and asked for a copy of the relevant issue , I thought I might be involved in a libel action . |
| 6 | Despite similar appeals by government officials , public discontent remained at a high level , and most workers continued their strike . |
| 7 | Brief Ecstasy ( 1937 ) , for example , is a powerful drama centring on a woman who has married her professor and abandoned work for a life ‘ sitting all day knitting jumpers for my husband ’ , who is then thrown into a whirlpool of desire when her one-time lover arrives at the marital home . |
| 8 | And this can so easily be the case , for such premises are instilled into the scientific mind set at an early age , becoming accepted points of reference , though really they are often nothing more than habits of thought . |
| 9 | Racing : Prix de L'Arc de Triomphe : Britain 's faith in Class value : Europe 's richest race brings another opportunity for Britain 's most fearless trainer to tilt at a top prize . |
| 10 | In the United States government support for organised labour came at a later date than in Europe ( only in the mid-1930s ) , and even then it still remained open to employers to try to persuade their own workers ( short of using overt coercion ) not to vote for union bargaining rights ( i.e. they still maintained ‘ an ethical mandate to continue with their belligerent behaviour towards unions ’ ( Adams , 1981 , p. 287 ) ) . |
| 11 | Old Den stood at the opposite side of the grave with Tommy Drennan , each with a cord ready to help lay Celia and Dermot Murphy to rest . |
| 12 | The same groups of women are at risk : those of a promiscuous nature , and particularly those whose first sexual intercourse occurred at an early age . |
| 13 | Yoghurt Muesli is a unique product with a crisp bite aimed at the many consumers who eat yoghurt with muesli . |
| 14 | When the security forces mounted check points at every key road into Belfast , commuters soon became angry at the lengthy delays , and the cost was enormous . |
| 15 | It began with the statement : ‘ Perhaps the favourite accusation thrown at the National Front by its multi-racialist critics is that we are simply a bunch of bigots , that our stance on Race , the very heart and core of our political being , is no more than ignorant prejudice against Coloured people ’ ( Vanguard , April 1987 ) . |
| 16 | Even the fascist is laying claim to membership of this community , as he seeks to rebut ‘ the favourite accusation thrown at the National Front ’ . |
| 17 | Needless to say , electronic interviewing remains at an early stage in its development . |
| 18 | Was silly old Eli sitting at the wrong gate ? |
| 19 | A major exhibition of Tibetan art opened at the Royal Academy on 18 September as reports are coming out of Tibet that the Chinese have recently completed the ‘ restoration ’ of the Dalai Lama 's Potala Palace and the Jokhang Temple in Lhasa . |
| 20 | Sometimes , in His slow journey across the shores of Infinity , He moves His country-sized head to snap at a passing comet . |
| 21 | ‘ All I 'll say is that only a foolish dog barks at a flying bird . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ All I 'll say is that only a foolish dog barks at a flying bird . ’ |
| 23 | It is quite a different matter to produce a weekly or daily paper aimed at the widest possible audience , with the aim of informing it about national and local , as well as African and international , news . |
| 24 | A TEENAGE student appeared at a special youth court yesterday charged with murdering his 38-year-old mother and 67-year-old grandmother . |
| 25 | A TEENAGE student appeared at a special youth court yesterday charged with murdering his 38-year-old mother and 67-year-old grandmother . |
| 26 | Once again we return to the old advice to practise at a safe height . |
| 27 | Although her much earlier work of semi-architectural constructions on a theatrical scale hinted at a different sort of audience participation , away from that of the story telling object , it has taken till now for her to challenge the viewer in an open way . |
| 28 | The back garden ended at a short steep scarp falling away to a small stream crossed only by a footbridge . |
| 29 | In a report which it described as " definitive " , the US Justice Department confirmed on Oct. 8 that Josef Mengele , the German doctor based at the Nazi death camp in Auschwitz , had drowned in Brazil in 1979 [ for German announcement see p. 38891 ] . |
| 30 | And I was fortunate that my scientific reputation increased at the same time that my disability got worse . |