Example sentences of "[det] [noun] [verb] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They had grubby overalls on , and caps with protective masks , through which each gang peered at the other . |
| 2 | Ensure each male arrives at the party freshly showered and with a clean shirt . |
| 3 | She saw the old man who had accosted her on her walk that afternoon proceeding at the head of a little posse consisting of a neatly dressed man , a woman with untidy hair and a couple of children . |
| 4 | Leave five minutes before each interview to look at the candidate 's application form/letter , and any particular questions noted down while first reading it . |
| 5 | That light travels at the speed of five times around the earth in the time it takes to say rice pudding is indeed an amazing matter . |
| 6 | For several weeks that fear remained at the back of our minds and we wondered what was behind the brief news bulletins which were issued , and whether the whole fateful adventure would be a success . |
| 7 | The idea that modernization brings about a shift in criminal activity from violence to theft has also been put forward by scholars who do not necessarily accept that violence increases at the beginning of the modernization process . |
| 8 | However , the weakness of setting out to find a compromise is that each side assumes at the start that its own view is the one to be preferred . |
| 9 | This change occurred at the beginning of the Paleozoic era starting with the Cambrian period , about 570 to 700 million years ago . |
| 10 | It re-appeared a few weeks later as Netwise UK Ltd , in what some creditors argued at the time was ‘ an apparent breach of Section 312 of the UK Insolvency Act of 1986 . ’ |
| 11 | It re-appeared a few weeks later as Netwise UK Ltd , in what some creditors argued at the time was ‘ an apparent breach of Section 312 of the UK Insolvency Act of 1986 , ’ ( UX No 375 ) . |
| 12 | They may have been the gigantic reptilian analogue of the elephant , and it may be no coincidence that the elephant also has its nasal openings on top of the skull , with the nostrils in this case sited at the end of the trunk it has been suggested that some sauropods may have had a proboscis of some sort . |
| 13 | Some sedimentation occurs at the chamber floor but crystal concentration increases with time . |
| 14 | Rachel groaned as her alarm sounded the following Monday morning and , rolling over , she flicked the button to silence it , then lay for a few minutes staring at the ceiling . |
| 15 | This study looks at the Housing Benefit review system , drawing on data collected from a number of sources . |
| 16 | Part of this study looks at the effect , using such fine-grained phonetic descriptions , of this kind of ambiguity on the whole utterance . |
| 17 | This study looks at the labour force in domestic service in Tanzania . |
| 18 | Subsequent research has documented that this effect occurs at the B- and T-cell levels . |
| 19 | He says : ‘ Was this flame kindled at the altar of the Lord ? ’ and she answers : ‘ This flame was kindled at the holy fire . ’ |
| 20 | This chapter looks at the rise in the secondary labour market , studies what the future trends are likely to be , and examines how limited the scope of traditional trade union action will be in countering the consequences of this job market restructuring . |
| 21 | This chapter looks at the development of a conservative fascist tradition and the following one assesses racial nationalism . |
| 22 | This chapter looks at the relationship between genes and organisms in a new way . |
| 23 | This chapter looks at the way in which overseas trusts are made subject to UK income taxation . |
| 24 | and if you look in the blue box , bottom left to begin with it says this chapter looks at the way in which human beings treat animals . |
| 25 | This chapter looks at the debate over aggregate demand . |
| 26 | This dilemma lies at the heart of the ethical choices facing every society as the 20th century draws to a close . ’ |
| 27 | Another issue raised at the workshop was that of creches . |
| 28 | As all water contains some ‘ heavy hydrogen ’ ( deuterium ) , where the single proton of the conventional hydrogen nucleus is accompanied by a neutron , there should be some deuterium produced at the cathode too . |
| 29 | After 1986 , therefore , interest in EMU revived and in 1988 the Hanover summit set up another committee to look at the idea . |
| 30 | Another village nestling at the foot of the wolds , not far from Claythorpe and adjacent to extensive woodlands , is Willoughby . |