Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [verb] at [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Under the revised code new principles were introduced , notably ( i ) the penal responsibility of legal entities of public and private law such as companies , trade unions and political parties ( a measure aimed at new crimes such as fraud , hazardous working conditions and pollution ) ; ( ii ) the concept of an " instigator " of a crime ( who would be liable to criminal prosecution and punishment on a similar basis as the " perpetrator " of a crime ) ; and ( iii ) the extension of " legitimate self-defence " to cover defence of property . |
| 2 | It transpires that Grant is a Texan oilman with a boat moored at Grand Isle Marina who is a regular at Sand Dune Apartments . |
| 3 | Todd , 43 , is keen on renewing a partnership forged at Ayresome Park and will seek his release from Bradford City . |
| 4 | Q. — A fire-engine driven at full speed to a fire knocks down and kills somebody . |
| 5 | The whirring sound of a tape rewinding at high speed confirmed her guess . |
| 6 | She was run over by a car travelling at excessive speed and overtaking on the wrong side . |
| 7 | Minutes before three youths had been seen in a car driving at high speed … as they crossed a junction they collided with another car and spun into Mr James . |
| 8 | But , especially , they show that whenever a siege occurred at neighbouring villages invariably suffered a s a result of heavy billeting , garrisoning , or even the mustering of armies on their greens and in their fields . |
| 9 | The problem was not evading capture — it would take a very alert human even to see a nome running at full speed , let alone catch one — but simply avoiding being trodden on by accident . |
| 10 | The sense of the Canadiens ' insecurity is indicated by the belief that Canada 's now official multiculturalism is simply a plot aimed at crushing francophones ' special needs under the political weight of multiculture , and it is , reinforced by the patent preference of the 3.5m post-1945 immigrants to have their children educated in English , which opens far wider career perspectives in North America than French . |
| 11 | The motion asks the C E C to initiate a campaign aimed at changing legislation , giving workers the right to refuse to accept changes to previous agreed contracts . |
| 12 | So the Department of Health has started a campaign aimed at young people and parents . |
| 13 | In the run up , DEC will put in place a campaign aimed at independent software vendors , OEMs and other technology partners which will stress the ability to run the catalogue of Unix SVR4 applications on the personality , plus OSF/1 software , from within the same environment . |
| 14 | In further Sendero attacks , three police officers and two civilians were killed in the town of Manaso , in the southern department of Puno , in the first week of December and 20 " dog bombs " ( high explosives attached to dogs ) were exploded in Lima on Dec. 26-27 , in what was seen as a campaign aimed at local officials . |
| 15 | In the main , the UKCC 's proposals had two principal elements : a package of education and training reforms , and a package aimed at improving manpower supply and retention . |
| 16 | The Assembly on the other hand met only four times in each prytany ( tenth part of the year , i.e. a bit longer than a month ) ; extra meetings could no doubt be called ( though the word usually taken to refer to such meetings , sunkletos , may just mean a meeting called at short notice ) . |
| 17 | On Oct. 27 Reggie Hadebe , deputy regional chair of the ANC , was killed in an ambush as he left a meeting aimed at restoring peace in the region . |
| 18 | And there 's a swot meet at New Earswick on |
| 19 | THREE second half tries in eight minutes from Wigan put paid to any hopes the ambitious Eagles had of grabbing a shock win at Central Park last night . |
| 20 | It 's released a video aimed at encouraging people to take a holiday — in Swindon . |
| 21 | I am delighted that the Association of British Insurers , an organisation committed to a reduction in car crime , has recently issued a video aimed at young males , particularly in the 12-to-16 age group . |
| 22 | Nationally NATFHE had voted by two to one in favour of a strike to protest at new contracts being introduced without consultation . |
| 23 | Further education is a service delivered at local level by education authorities and colleges , who have often had room for independent action but little commitment to a coherent policy . |
| 24 | In his first interview as Prime Minister on July 25 , Jasray stressed that his administration 's first priority would be to implement a policy aimed at halting production decline and economic recession . |
| 25 | A guide aimed at improving training within the Scottish tourism industry was launched by the Scottish Tourist Board and Highlands and Islands Enterprise and Scottish Enterprise . |
| 26 | I 'd never heard of Knudsen until earlier this morning when I was somewhere over the North Sea on my way from England and I happened to open a magazine aimed at Nordic Airport passengers . |
| 27 | And now , under the new syllabus , it is a topic set at Intermediate level . |
| 28 | Jim Smith , a manager whose tactical knowledge is sometimes overlooked in appreciation of his bonhomie , had devised a strategy aimed at frustrating Liverpool 's passing game — and it worked . |
| 29 | It is said that as he left , blood flowed from the nostrils of the dead king , a fact which some took as a sign since the body of a murdered man will bleed in the presence of his murderer ; but Henry 's death was the outcome of a life lived at full tilt . |
| 30 | A version made at reduced scale about AD 150 of an original of the 5th century BC by the Greek sculptor Polyclitus . |