Example sentences of "[det] [noun sg] [verb] at [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the Netherlands , however , it appears that for much of the past 30 years , a substantial reduction in levels of imprisonment occurred with no greater rise in crime than occurred in Britain ; and that reduction occurred at a time of rising crime in Holland . |
| 2 | They had grubby overalls on , and caps with protective masks , through which each gang peered at the other . |
| 3 | Ensure each male arrives at the party freshly showered and with a clean shirt . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Each programme looks at an area of the Church 's teaching , through the stories of individual Catholics , while wider issues raised are discussed by Catholic Theologians and commentators . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | This change occurred at the beginning of the Paleozoic era starting with the Cambrian period , about 570 to 700 million years ago . |
| 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 | This study looked at the responses of more and less arithmetically-able pupils . |
| 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 perceptions of parents of their role in the assessment of their child 's special educational needs as part of the Statementing process carried out under the 1981 Education Act . |
| 24 | This chapter looks at the way in which overseas trusts are made subject to UK income taxation . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | This chapter looks at the efforts of philanthropists and defenders of women 's rights to expand the range of employment for both working-class and middle-class girls who needed to earn a living . |
| 27 | This chapter looks at the roles video can have in teacher training and at materials associated with these roles . |
| 28 | This chapter looks at the debate over aggregate demand . |
| 29 | This chapter looks at the uses they may put it to . |
| 30 | Another study looked at the consequences of family conflict and a ‘ new wave of teenage girls breaking away ’ ( Willans , 1976 ) . |