Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] [noun sg] at [art] [noun sg] " 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 | 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 " . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The roadside drinkers stare open-mouthed at the sight of the awesome Ford GT40 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | We 've got twenty five schools taking part at the moment . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | To intrude political criteria into military decisions risks reducing efficiency at the cost , conceivably , of disaster . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Thorns snagged his sweater from behind , and splinters hampered progress at the front . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | By 1800 the only females were girls of eleven to sixteen years picking coal at the surface for 6d ( 2½p ) a day . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | THE first heat for Splash Promotions ' NorthWest Battle Of The Bands takes place at the Cavern on Monday , with heats every Monday this month . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | The President has promised to allocate $15.2 million from impending Western credits to complete construction at the Gallery . |
| 18 | Clayton 's acclaimed feature films include Room At The Top , The Pumpkin Eater , The Great Gatsby and The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne . |
| 19 | 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 ] . |
| 20 | 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 ] . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | ( There are , it must be said , changes taking place at the level of examination syllabuses and question papers where the role of women appears with increasing frequency . ) |
| 23 | Employers and pension providers expressed dismay at the freezing of the earnings cap since this means that as salaries rise , more employees will gradually be caught by the restriction . |
| 24 | A number of the firms express concern at the length of the proposed report . |
| 25 | Since most pastes contain fluoride at a concentration of 1000 parts per million , a daily intake in excess of 0–5 milligrams fluoride from this source alone is common . |
| 26 | While stadium staff spent the day clearing up at Brafield , the organisers expressed regret at the number of arrests , but insisted that Saturday night 's rave is the shape of things to come … |
| 27 | Dealings take place at the price quoted plus or minus days ' accrued interest . |
| 28 | Several delegates expressed disappointment at the delay in the electricity privatisation timetable , but Mr Wakeham said he would make no apology . |
| 29 | Nothing in Emma 's actions suggested alarm at the deterioration of her resources , says her biographer Hugh Tours ( The Life and Letters of Emma Hamilton , 1963 ) . |
| 30 | Patients taking sulphasalazine at the time of onset of relapse continued on this drug . |