Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [to-vb] at [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | The governing body will almost certainly need to set up sub-committees or working groups to look at different aspects of the school 's development . |
| 2 | television are obviously having trouble rousing experts to appear at ungodly hours to comment on the morning 's news . |
| 3 | For corporatist arrangements to survive at local level , at least according to Cawson , state agencies must be ‘ capable of making and delivering bargained policies , so that a potential local corporatism depends upon strong local state institutions ’ ( 1985b , p. 146 ) . |
| 4 | It has taken several years of animated discussions among the members and their respective lawyers to arrive at these terms and conditions , which are also intended to be in line with the code of conduct adopted last year by the European federation of art dealers , FIDOAO ( Federation Internationale des Diffuseurs d'Oeuvres d'Art Originales ) . |
| 5 | Bell and his colleagues now believe these were caused by head-on fights with opponents , who appeared to lunge at each other in much the same way that present-day crocodiles do , but with more apparent gusto , using strong jaws to tear at each other 's snouts . |
| 6 | There are two closely connected points to make at this stage about these Marxist accounts . |
| 7 | The fixed duration , the stereotypy , of the growth phase , makes it possible for particular things to happen at particular times during embryonic development , as if governed by a strictly observed calendar . |
| 8 | Although the Constitution contained guarantees of human rights and freedoms , it also stated that it " shall be the overall responsibility of the Republic of Fiji Military Forces to ensure at all times the security , defence and well-being of Fiji and its peoples " . |
| 9 | Each operating region is visited once every three months and in between , he visits other countries to look at specific projects . |
| 10 | We do not , for a simple example , examine heat directly but through , for instance , the property it has of causing certain metals to expand at uniform rates : a property which enables us to construct mercury thermometers which are capable , within reasonably precise limits , of measuring heat . |
| 11 | HP 'S NEW WORKSTATIONS TO LAP AT 150 SPECMARKS |
| 12 | It 's only natural for defeated parties to grab at such explanations , but there are some reasons for believing that the result of the general election in Scotland owed more to Conservative skill at exploiting the mechanics of registration and demography than to any ‘ principled ’ decision-making by voters . |
| 13 | But although Mr Redwood agreed to allow the West German competition authorities special rights to look at sensitive mergers , he obtained a commitment from the Council of Ministers that this could only be used ‘ in exceptional circumstances ’ . |