Example sentences of "at [art] [noun pl] [prep] [noun] of " in BNC.

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1 Cast iron superseded lead as the main material used for gutters and downpipes but cast iron systems are now likely to be showing signs of leaking at the joints between lengths of guttering or at the joints in downpipes .
2 Kegan looked up from the paper he had been reading and looked a little hopefully at the faces in front of him .
3 Before the Digital Servo Interface is described it may be worth looking at the principles of operation of these model servos .
4 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 .
5 14 The impulse finally arrives at the biceps by means of the motor end plate .
6 She frowned with concentrated interest at the titles in front of her , seeing nothing .
7 Bedford was already bursting at the seams with refugees of all kinds .
8 Brian Adair , the president of the Law Society of Scotland , said that with underfunding and undermanning the country 's criminal and civil courts were creaking at the seams in spite of efforts to shore them up .
9 He said the country 's criminal and civil courts were creaking at the seams in spite of efforts to shore them up .
10 ‘ Tell me , ’ he said at last , conversationally , stretching out along the cockpit seat and crossing long hard legs at the ankles in front of him , ‘ is blatant prejudice a temporary flaw , or a permanent feature of your personality ? ’
11 Looking at the claims in terms of types of damage .
12 We 've brought forward the Readers Poll slightly this year so that we can swoon and rail and curse at the results as part of our New Year offensive .
13 Others looked at the drinks in front of them .
14 This small-scale study aims to look at the impacts of deregulation of passenger transport in the United States and to examine the way that transport suppliers have responded to the new environment .
15 She glanced at the books in front of her , then at her watch .
16 As a result of this work the Coordinating Committee for Under Fives ( CCUF ) , an umbrella organisation of statutory and voluntary sector groups and individuals providing a service to under fives , decided to organise a conference to look at the issues of integration of special needs children within mainstream provision .
17 It accepts unsustainable projections of growth , tries to soften the consequent massive impact on the environment and on communities , and only tinkers at the edges in terms of the way planning and other controls will be used to dampen demand .
18 It accepts unsustainable projections of growth , tries to soften the consequent massive impact on the environment and on communities , and only tinkers at the edges in terms of the way planning and other controls will be used to dampen demand .
19 Kate sat in her office staring at the files in front of her .
20 Kate stared back at the files in front of her .
21 But in moving to a second order analysis they looked at the relations between groups of signs in discursive systems .
22 Some claimed that the operation had been a reprisal for losses suffered two days earlier by the army at the hands of guerrillas of the Front for the Restoration of Unity and Democracy ( FRUD ) , as fighting continued around the government-held towns of Tadjoura and Obock ; a five-day ceasefire , announced by the FRUD on Dec. 15 to allow for the deployment of French troops [ see p. 38565 ] , had collapsed the following day .
23 I do not wish to know how to bring up my children , what view to have about drug addicts , how much Shakespeare should be taught in comprehensive schools or how much I must marvel at the achievements of members of the Commonwealth countries .
24 As I said earlier , during our presidency we shall be looking particularly at the prospects for enlargement of the Community .
25 It is not only the soldiers who express in East German television programmes their outrage at the revelations of corruption of former political leaders .
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