Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] [noun sg] at [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Doctors ' desires to advance specialisms that they find intellectually exciting , university lecturers pursuing research at the expense of their teaching commitments , engineers wishing to develop technologically advanced products such as Concorde , are just a few examples of the kind of professional aspirations that lead to the misallocation of resources from the clients ' or taxpayers ' point of view . |
| 2 | Jeremy 's natural joy in the festivities found fulfilment at the Youngs ' house , where a children 's party and innumerable presents helped to put his father 's tragedy into the background . |
| 3 | The " over-cohesiveness ' in adjacent sentences ( c ) and ( g ) was commented on particularly , with workshop particpants expressing dissatisfaction at the repetitiveness of the " there were … " construction and the similarity of the phrases " in the courtyard " and " of the courtyard " . |
| 4 | Digestion of the starch into its component glucose units takes place at the luminal surface of the gut epithelial cells , but these glucose units are immediately absorbed by the sodium ion/glucose cotransporter so that they do not contribute to the osmotic activity in the gut lumen . |
| 5 | The roadside drinkers stare open-mouthed at the sight of the awesome Ford GT40 . |
| 6 | As a result , the purchaser can now be held responsible for all dismissal claims by employees dismissed in connection with the sale even if the dismissals took place at a time earlier than literally " immediately before " the transfer . |
| 7 | We 've got twenty five schools taking part at the moment . |
| 8 | ( In good humour he has already turned back to the mime : the two SPIES awaiting execution at the hands of the PLAYER ) Audiences know what to expect , and that is all that they are prepared to believe in . |
| 9 | Anyway , keen to cash in on this burgeoning demand , the car manufacturers are offering a range of pick-ups aimed smack at the jugular of America 's youth . |
| 10 | The invitation by the BDDA to these distinguished brothers to take part at the Glasgow Congress reflected the respect for the achievements of the American deaf-mutes felt by Francis Maginn and the Association 's early leaders . |
| 11 | Many readers expressed surprise at the findings , but I was not among them . |
| 12 | To intrude political criteria into military decisions risks reducing efficiency at the cost , conceivably , of disaster . |
| 13 | Sponsored crazy ball bounces took place at the Kent Rally and in all 's classes to support the ‘ Be a Sport for Comic Relief ’ campaign . |
| 14 | At their annual trade show today , cable companies expressed alarm at the prospect of competition from B T. There 's a government ban on the phone company sending television pictures over its network but the regulators believe the ban does n't cover video on demand . |
| 15 | Thorns snagged his sweater from behind , and splinters hampered progress at the front . |
| 16 | Mature bulls stand 142–147cm at the withers and weigh 1,000–1,320kg , and cows are 130–137cm and 635–735kg . |
| 17 | Also on Dec. 20 the general view was expressed within the TNC that the scene was now set for the major effort necessary to secure a substantial result over the next 11 months , although both within the TNC and ( on Dec. 19-20 ) within the Group of Negotiations on Goods ( GNG ) various participants voiced concern at a lack of balance in the progress achieved in certain negotiating groups , at developments in the market access groups ( especially relating to tariff reductions ) and at the devotion of insufficient attention to development issues in many parts of the negotiations . |
| 18 | The Essex University sports award dinner at the Embassy Suite saw Adrian Chew , assistant coach and vice captain of the University Fencing Club , presented with the award for services to University fencing . |
| 19 | In the early 1840's it was computed that some 240 or so adult male workers found employment at the mines . |
| 20 | By 1800 the only females were girls of eleven to sixteen years picking coal at the surface for 6d ( 2½p ) a day . |
| 21 | When you are catching pond animals , take some of the pondweed and the stems of plants growing half-submerged at the water 's edge too . |
| 22 | Interviews with riot participants indicated bitterness at the media 's failure to highlight prior police-community relations : ‘ They do not show people being stopped and searched in their cars , in their homes and whilst waiting at bus stops ’ , one interviewee complained . |
| 23 | THE first heat for Splash Promotions ' NorthWest Battle Of The Bands takes place at the Cavern on Monday , with heats every Monday this month . |
| 24 | Sterling lost ground against a buoyant German mark as dealers took fright at the prospect of a fall in exports leading to a widening of the current account deficit last month . |
| 25 | The President has promised to allocate $15.2 million from impending Western credits to complete construction at the Gallery . |
| 26 | Clayton 's acclaimed feature films include Room At The Top , The Pumpkin Eater , The Great Gatsby and The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne . |
| 27 | In communal elections in North Rhine-Westphalia on Oct. 1 , 1989 , the Republicans gained support at the expense of the two largest parties , especially in the towns ; in municipal elections on Oct. 22 they gained seats on the councils of most major towns in Baden-Württemberg [ for success in Berlin Land elections — see p. 36403 ] . |
| 28 | The hours undergoing questioning at the police headquarters were an added strain ; but it had been an extra strain , too , waiting to be questioned , and not knowing when or if it would happen . |
| 29 | The attempt to impose stricter limits on arms exports followed criticism at the time of the Gulf War of German weapons sales to Iraq over a long period [ see pp. 37639 ; 37471 ; 36498 ] . |
| 30 | In Ceylon , stations ranged from those which served the elegant bungalow coastal suburbs of Colombo and those used by Europeans seeking refreshment at the hill stations or at Mount Lavinia to special ‘ coolie ’ stations , where the Tamil labour migrants introduced from South India to the tea plantations could be detrained and kept in quarantine until health requirements could be met . |