Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] at [adj] [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We were on a lonely stretch of road just outside London : it was late in the afternoon , darkness was about to fall and we were arguing about whether we should hurry on to the city or stay at some roadside tavern for the night . |
| 2 | The Family Division of the High Court has jurisdiction to hear public law cases which have been transferred up the court system or issued at High Court level . |
| 3 | Recognised junior equipment is also available to buy or hire at many RYA centres . |
| 4 | The action stage of ASAP has included many student projects , such as peer teaching with lower grade students , developing videos on their own communities , writing a rap song to play on a local radio station , or testifying at tribal council meetings . |
| 5 | If facilities were not provided or routes were withdrawn or changed at short notice consumers should have a statutory right to go to a statutory body to seek redress . |
| 6 | Thus a stream of pulses lasting 1 second each and given at 10 second intervals could be the ‘ background ’ ( they could be sound pulses or pulses on a screen , for example ) ; the ‘ signal ’ being sought could be the absence of a pulse , one that was shorter or longer than the standard value or one that appeared too soon or too late . |
| 7 | Clearly , in order to obtain this kind of information it is necessary to conduct three assessments under similar conditions so that they are directly comparable and spaced at equal time intervals . |
| 8 | After his appointment in 1631 as Chief Justice of the southern forests , the Earl of Holland took over the direction of the Forest Eyre , and presided at subsequent justice Seats . |
| 9 | Pesticides : Missing the Target says that rather than regulating pesticides on a chemical-by-chemical basis , the government should adopt a comprehensive policy that compares the costs , risks and benefits of chemical and non-chemical control and looks at appropriate pest control for sustainable agriculture . |
| 10 | I 'll go and look at that potato thing and the meat and then I 'll see . |
| 11 | Sabine welcomed Marie-Christine 's suggestion that they should take their coffee up to her room , and look at some furniture catalogues . |
| 12 | Phasic rectal contraction and anal relaxation were present but exaggerated and induced at lower distending volumes than in normal subjects . |
| 13 | He heard a fountain play , and marvelled at white stucco terraces ablaze with a riot of assorted bougainvillaea whilst smartly uniformed staff served a wealthy and sophisticated clientèle . |
| 14 | In the static methods , changes in the temperature dependence of an intensive property , such as density or heat capacity are followed and measurements are carried out slowly , to allow the sample to equilibrate and relax at each observation temperature . |
| 15 | The first , shown at the beginning of October , included an interview with Corporate Affairs Minister Neil Hamilton , discussed the Institute of Taxation 's fears about the ICAEW Tax Faculty 's proposals to set its own examinations , and looked at three training issues : cashflow statements , the new Inland Revenue rules on company cars , and the Government proposals on compulsory competitive training . |
| 16 | One afternoon she had lurked in the medical bookshop at the top of Gower Street and looked at glowing colour plates of carcinomas . |
| 17 | The mosfet is less than 1µm wide and operates at liquid nitrogen temperatures ( -196°C ) . |
| 18 | h/b £7.95 Shortlisted for the 1992 Times Education Supplement Senior Information Award , and aimed at secondary school students . |
| 19 | Mr Havel , who has a genius for pinpointing the absurd , smiled gently and sipped at some mineral water . |
| 20 | He continued as a civilian in GCHQ after the war and retired at assistant secretary level in 1954 . |
| 21 | He clocks approximately 1hr 10mins for a 25-miler on the bike and runs at seven-minute mile pace , and is keen to improve on his weakest activity , swimming , during the summer . |
| 22 | There are two problems with the type of stack found in the KDF9 computer : ( a ) it is of fixed size , so that the programmer or compiler has to take care to keep within its bounds ; and ( b ) in a multiprogramming environment the stack has to be emptied and refilled at each process switch ; the latter could be done on the KDF9 only one element at a time ( although suitable stack dump and restore instructions could be envisaged ) , and the problem was solved on that computer by providing multiple nesting stores . |