Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [vb -s] at the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 The writer works at the impossible task of creating a poem , a narrative , which tries to narrow the gap between the signal and what is signalled : tries to reverse the separation between the world and what we write about the world .
2 The route begins at the bonny little village of West Burton , climbs on to Penhill and then descends by drove road and field path to the ruined Crusaders ' chapel , returning at last by leafy lanes to the village .
3 The chapter looks at the formal regulatory approach as adopted in the UK and the US .
4 Despite the recent re-issue of Rewald 's classic monograph , we still lack a true catalogue raisonné , bringing together all the visual and documentary material and engaging with the fundamental issues ; for example , after the sensational exhibition of the Mellon waxes at the National Gallery in Washington in 1991 , there is an even greater need for a study of the relationship of the waxes to the 1,500 or so bronze casts scattered throughout the world ; more understanding of Degas ' techniques and the reproductive processes used by his founder is urgently required ; a consideration of the images themselves , and their place in contemporary sculpture , is conspicuous by its absence ; and , the biggest question of all , the role of these wax figures in the wider oeuvre cries out to be examined .
5 Second , the study looks at the emotional reactions that young children actually display .
6 As the killer strikes at the retreating reptile it is the victim 's tail that is most likely to be caught in claws or jaws .
7 When you electrolyse water it splits into its constituent hydrogen and oxygen : positively charged hydrogen ions are attracted to the negatively charged terminal , the cathode , where they react to form hydrogen gas , and the oxygen forms at the positive terminal , the anode .
8 As long as the differential remains at the present level incorporation can not be justified on fiscal grounds .
9 These movements are preprogrammed " ballistic " responses whose velocities are determined by the anticipated distance of travel , ensuring that the eye arrives at the right place after a fixed period of time .
10 The junction lies at the far end of Junction 6 of the M6 , Gravelly Hill Interchange or Spaghetti Junction , the most complicated motorway interchange in Britain , offering freeflow routes between the M6 , A38M and A5127 and also linking in various local roads .
11 The dummy is nonetheless a vital element in the scrum-half 's armoury in order to buy that odd half-second of time ; for example , in a scrum where a flanker or scrum-half is set to pounce as the ball lies at the opposing no.8 's feet , a dummy for the no.9 would ( 1 ) remind the players where the off-side line is , and ( 2 ) buy him an extra second of time to distribute the ball , and ( 3 ) avoid potential injury from being flattened by his opponents and , controversially … ( 4 ) earn the chance of a penalty .
12 The race starts at the Royal Oak , Owl Lane , and finishes at the maypole in the high street .
13 The court looks at the whole circumstance of the transaction and considers whether the true nature of the transaction when viewed as a whole is that it is a disguised dividend .
14 If the rate remains at the current rate of 25% ( which is currently equal to the basic rate of Income Tax ) the benefit will be as outlined in the Introduction .
15 The exhibition opens at the National Gallery 2 May and continues until 15 August .
16 The exhibition continues at the Grand Palais until 14 June .
17 A book of Madame Yevonde 's pioneering work has just been published , price £14.95 , and the exhibition runs at the National Portrait Gallery until September 30th .
18 The good thing about ‘ The Curse ’ is the way the music strains at the sociable leash ; the lyrics are frequently impossible to fathom simply because Kristin 's guitar is cranked up so high , creaking across ‘ Furious ’ and ‘ Snail Head ’ like a particularly malevolent bulldozer .
19 On the other hand , if the class struggle going on inside the state originates at the economic sphere , then surely there is no separation of the economic and the political — ideological levels at all ?
20 I know , er , well where the path is , the only problem is where the edge finishes at the other end , at the bottom end , right , there 's gon na be a gap there and I wan na close that gap off somehow .
21 After passing Cross House and noting its sundial , the road arrives at the sad ruin of Gibb 's Hall , once a handsome building with literary associations ; it was here that Mary Howitt wrote a novel about Dentdale called Hope On , Hope Ever .
22 to collect the card but did Ms Sutton gracefully rise from her seat to hand it to her , no , she tossed it over the rim of the platform onto the floor below leaving the poor woman to scrabble around for several minutes looking for it and the , and the punch line is a little later an embarrassed Ms Sutton is contesting Cambridgeshire South West for the Lib Dems at the general election , apologised for her cavalier behaviour , let us hope she learnt from the experience yeah
23 The film looks at the domestic horse 's herd instincts , translates what it 's really trying to signal to us , and explains the natural behaviours exploited in horses on sentry duty , in dressage or in the rodeo .
24 The visitor , seeing an orchard in blossom , thinks wistfully of the autumn fruit harvest , knowing that by then he will be far away ; but the resident looks at the pink and white flowers with delight , for when these lovely petals fall he will see the young fruit growing until , when September comes , the orchard is once again beautiful .
25 Act aeon leans sharply across the field from the right bottom corner , struggling against three hounds , while the goddess stands at the left , quiet , head a little bent , lending a curious still beauty to the cruel scene .
26 The deposit occurs at the sheared contact of a shallow dipping felsite dyke ( ‘ elvan ’ ) and killas ( Devonian metasediments ) .
27 In 1883 she and Ann won the consolation doubles at the Northern Championships in Manchester .
28 Again , if the speaker 's lowest pitch is reached before the end of the tail , the pitch continues at the bottom level .
29 The production continues at the Civic until Saturday .
30 This coordination of two developmental events , crucial to the formation of the eye , is achieved in some animals by the approaching eyecup inducing the lens to develop just where it touches the surface , and so the lens develops at the right place .
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