Example sentences of "of [noun] [vb pp] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some like to work from a diagram where there is a brief description of technique used at the start , then the remainder of the pattern consists of the diagram of the various garment parts , with figures that relate to stitches , rows and sizes . |
| 2 | This was not of course found at the scene , but it was probably a flat plastic box pack , smaller than a crush-proof cigarette-packet , with a single flush button depressed by the ball of the thumb to effect detonation . |
| 3 | The fruits of Barclays ' policy are clearly visible in Cambridge , one of the leading centres for small firms , many of which started as a result of technologies developed at the city 's university . |
| 4 | She often told me of the nightly air-raids , her parents worn out from fire-watching , houses in the familiar streets suddenly plunged into dust , people suddenly gone , news of sons lost at the Front . |
| 5 | At the present time , it is not possible to distinguish between the other alternative explanations , though it may be that both factors operate to modulate the pattern of frequencies recorded at the body surface . |
| 6 | As has been shown above , blood was perceived to be the life-giving force of the universe — an obvious conclusion on empirical grounds , but one which was elevated from the pragmatic to the sacred in Hebrew thought by the belief that in humans it was also the seat of the soul , hence the choice of terminology noted at the outset of this essay for murder and death in the Old Testament . |
| 7 | A programme of ballets created at the workshop . |
| 8 | Visitors to PAS are known to have been totally ‘ bowled over ’ by the amount of stock contained at the South Benfleet facility . |
| 9 | If the company 's business involves dealing in goods the records must also contain a statement of stock held at the end of the financial year and statements of stocktakings from which that was prepared , and , except in the case of goods sold in the ordinary course of retail trade , statements of all goods sold or purchased , in sufficient detail to enable the other party to be identified . |
| 10 | There is a selection of books listed at the end of this book , but this is just the tip of the iceberg . |
| 11 | There were further difficulties when one began thinking about the numbers of animals required at the Creation . |
| 12 | The sign ( - ) used to join two words together , to join separated syllables of words broken at the end of a line of writing and to divide a word into parts or to represent hesitant speech , eg b-b-but . |
| 13 | Indeed the Department of the Environment issued in 1976 a code of practice aimed at the prevention and abatement of smells from animal wastes which states that ‘ in any proceedings brought because of an alleged odour nuisance it may be a relevant consideration if the company has adhered to the code of practice to the best of its ability ’ . |
| 14 | She sat behind a stream of cars stopped at the traffic intersections till they surged onwards and then stopped again . |
| 15 | The Committee of Directors of Polytechnics decided at the end of 1982 to discuss plans to deal with applications for the 1985 intake , involving the appointment of staff and the compilation of application forms and a polytechnic equivalent of the UCCA booklet . |
| 16 | Compared with a supplemental dose of OPV , one dose of IPV administered at the time of measles vaccination at 6 or 9 months of age induced significantly higher seroconversion to one or more serotypes at the time of vaccination . |
| 17 | For a trial distance of 50 steps the number of steps executed at the maximum is obtained by subtracting the steps executed during acceleration and deceleration . |
| 18 | Another solution is the so-called " high-level assembler language " , or " machine-oriented high-level language " ( Van der Poel and Maarssen 1974 ) , for example BCPL ( Richards 1969 ) and PL360 ( Wirth 1968 ) which provides such high-level facilities as block structure and loop control , but with some concessions to the type of manipulations required at the machine level . |
| 19 | Neither the gun nor the money had ever been found , nor was there any forensic evidence linking Kearney to either a hat , a bag or a pair of shoes found at the scene . |
| 20 | Measured by the government 's official poverty line — which counts as poor a family of four with an income below $12,675 , in 1989 dollars — the proportion of blacks stuck at the bottom has refused to budge from around a third for the past 20 years , compared with a tenth of all whites . |
| 21 | About 30 tons of turf and top soil , and several tons of burned tarmac , were removed from the area over which the aircraft had broken up and come to rest ; the tyres of vehicles , footwear of personnel , and all items of equipment used at the site , were taken to the hanger and cleaned of mud and grass . |
| 22 | Completing our coverage of the Laboratory exhibition , held at Earls Court in November , below are some further items of equipment launched at the exhibition . |
| 23 | Regular exercise helps to strengthen and thicken bones , especially the amounts and types of exercise discussed at the beginning of this chapter ; and for those less agile , there are exercises recommended for the prevention of osteoporosis . |
| 24 | During the 9-day culture period , the lobe receiving mesenchyme cells increased in size and when collected showed a fourfold increase over the number of precursors added at the initiation of culture . |
| 25 | If we go back to the criterion of incompetence described at the outset , their actions are incompetent in the sense that they produce what they do not intend , and they do so repeatedly , even though no one is forcing them to do so . |
| 26 | He is being buffeted from all corners — a victim of circumstance trapped at the centre of a party more divided even than in the final days of Lady Thatcher . |
| 27 | Serialled N240 , the Severn first flew in July 1930 , and a series of trials followed at the MAEE . |
| 28 | Was the vexed question of extradition discussed at the Council ? |
| 29 | 8.4 left Fake ‘ Lombardic ’ brooch ( MLA 1930.11–6.1 ) , one of a number of pieces made at the beginning of the century . |
| 30 | Shrimp cultivation , an important source of foreign exchange , was washed away and vast quantities of fuel stored at the oil refinery in Chittagong were contaminated by sea water . |