Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [verb] at [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Labour fingers jabbed at the Liberal Democrats , while Tory order papers were waved in the air . |
| 2 | Mandeville sneered as his strong teeth tore at the coarse rye bread . |
| 3 | 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 ) . |
| 4 | Behind the glass an official from the Political Branch scowled at a worried-looking black . |
| 5 | The UK experience since 1979 does not provide convincing evidence in support of the thesis that monetary policies determined at the national level and with disregard for policies in the country 's main economic partners can yield significant benefits . |
| 6 | Despite these difficulties , regional activities remained at a high level . |
| 7 | Their primary concern was the possibility that the decline of American influence in Southeast Asia could still precipitate an American-sponsored military pact of ASEAN states directed at the Soviet Union . |
| 8 | The Labour dissidents failed at a private meeting of the Parliamentary Labour Party , by 112 votes to 46 , to commit Labour to oppose an independent bank during the passage of the European Communities ( Amendment ) Bill . |
| 9 | In one of the most enthralling finishes seen at a European Tour event this season , the 33 year-old Mancunian held his game together , coming down the stretch , to record his first Tour triumph in the European Open at Walton Heath . |
| 10 | The public flogging anticipated at the annual general meeting of the City watchdog , Fimbra , may well fail to materialise . |
| 11 | Among those noting Xu 's habit of using just one board ( ingredients are so fresh and so quickly prepared that food poisoning is not considered a threat ) is Keith Mitchell , team captain of the British chefs competing at the culinary Olympics in Frankfurt next year , and head chef at the Grand Hotel , Eastbourne , East Sussex . |
| 12 | Thus those with good ideas would still keep credit for having them , and researchers would benefit from a source of interesting proposals generated at the front line . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | In the special election to complete Heinz 's term , his platform had emphasized the need to switch from social programmes aimed at the poor to programmes offering something to average non-affluent US citizens , especially on health care ; to cut middle class taxes ; to boost unemployment benefits ; and to protect jobs from low-wage Mexico 's competition ( a reference to the North American Free Trade Agreement currently in the final stages of negotiation ) . |
| 16 | Despite similar appeals by government officials , public discontent remained at a high level , and most workers continued their strike . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | In the distance , ponies in long-shafted light chariots trotted at a spanking pace , the wheels spinning around . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 ) ) . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | On Oct. 8 the German Bundestag approved at a first reading the ratification of the Maastricht Treaty on condition that it be given the final say over the introduction of a single European currency in the final stage of European monetary union ( EMU ) . |
| 25 | Yoghurt Muesli is a unique product with a crisp bite aimed at the many consumers who eat yoghurt with muesli . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | SCOTTISH fencers excelled at the British Age Group Championships , Croydon . |
| 28 | 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 ) . |
| 29 | Even the fascist is laying claim to membership of this community , as he seeks to rebut ‘ the favourite accusation thrown at the National Front ’ . |
| 30 | The tegulae ( paraptera of some authors ) are a pair of small scale-like sclerites carried at the extreme base of the costa of each fore wing : they are rarely present in connection with the hind wings . |