Example sentences of "of [noun] [conj] [v-ing] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sea waybills have reduced some of the above uncertainties by limiting the number of qualified issuers , minimizing the possibilities of fraud and arriving at the port of destination prior to arrival of the goods . |
| 2 | She saw a young man squatting on a rucksack , eating a bar of chocolate and looking at the board . |
| 3 | Biological materials always operate in the saturated state : this gets rid of the problem of shrinkage and swelling at the expense of a reduction in strength . |
| 4 | But the real start to his career came in 1875 with an appointment as professor of geology and mining at the Imperial College of Engineering , Tokyo . |
| 5 | To choose between individual partnerships which feed benefit into the school and large associations which have potential value for a larger community is a matter not of managerial choice from day to day but of planning and drafting at the level of the institutional development plan . |
| 6 | Still sucking in lungfuls of air and wincing at the detonating roar of Duvall 's automatic pistol , Cardiff began to haul himself to his feet again by one arm , his gun hand hanging limp . |
| 7 | For the people of Pakistan to enjoy the huge benefits of heating and cooking at the press of a switch , then praise be to the Darlington firms of Head Wrightson and Whessoe . |
| 8 | Bernard Villette is a friend of Claudine and staying at the château . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ No , ’ said Greg , looking towards an elderly female colleague in a drab woolly frock , hunched over piles of marking but twitching at the ears for anything of scandalous human interest . |