Example sentences of "of [noun sg] [verb] at [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The problem with trying to make any general evaluation of support teaching at this stage , however , is that no generally agreed definition of support teaching actually exists .
2 The six-monthly reviews of respite care at the residential home provided a focus for monitoring the level and type of support needed at any stage .
3 If the number of fire engines which turned up was correlated with the amount of damage done at those fires , a positive relationship would probably be discovered .
4 More training of young members should be provided as well as distribution of literature aimed at young people .
5 The lack of base stacking at this step is clear in this view .
6 This abolishes the component of tension acting at right angles to the cut , while the tangential tension remains , suppressing lamellipodia and provoking formation of an actin cable , which in turn presumably reinforces the tangential tension .
7 Howard has suggested that threats of force directed at any person for whom the complainant ‘ has or is presumed to have strong affections ’ should negative consent .
8 Differences between the three main systems in use mainly concern punctuation , use of parentheses and the order of elements which must be cited ; but while these may seem small discrepancies , it is one part of the process of research to assess at some point the different conventions governing the listing and presentation of sources , and to present work accurately according to whatever set of conventions you are following .
9 There 's another piece of research looking at unemployed people around the whole country , which was titled ‘ Out of sight and at home ’ .
10 Astronomers can estimate how much neutral sodium gas lies in front of the star from the precise amount of light absorbed at these wavelengths .
11 To create a sense of occasion that is in keeping with the depth of emotion felt at such times is very difficult without recognized formalities and strong ritualistic content .
12 The correlation between median age at first marriage and infecundity at ages 20–24 years is negative and as strong as in the case of proportion married at exact age 16 years .
13 But in the absence of an increase in the speed of mechanization in the early seventies , the peak rates of accumulation achieved at that time generated peak intensities of demand for labour .
14 Gorbachev , speaking to the Central Committee in December 1989 , professed to welcome the ‘ positive changes ’ that had taken place in Eastern Europe , but it was difficult to disguise the fact that the sphere of influence acquired at great cost during World War II had disappeared , probably for good .
15 The presentation of a pair of binoculars will help in pursuit of his hobby of aeroplane spotting at numerous airfields in the locality .
16 It has performed superbly on the Swanage Railway where it is ideally suited to the kind of work undertaken at that location .
17 The evidence , whether in the form of a time series or a cross-section of individuals , industries or regions , comes not from taxation directly but from hours of work supplied at different wages net of tax — which , of course , is not quite the question at hand .
18 What differs between projects is the complexity and scope of work required at each step .
19 ‘ There 's a body of work aimed at non-problematic representation , ’ Giannaris explains , ‘ the genre of ‘ coming out ’ films .
20 But when the action of splash and spray is considered , there arises the possibility of the rock bench extending above this , or , if the rocks are suitably stratified , of subsidiary benched at higher elevations .
21 A transparency sent round in a cab or a special piece of artwork produced at short notice can be just as valuable as an exciting launch or a slap-up lunch .
22 The experiment , known as the Isotropic Lead Experiment , involved substituting a special isotope of lead mined at Broken Hill in New south Wales , Australia for the normal additive in all petrol sold in the area .
23 The fuel gauge is a bent-wire-and-float arrangement in front of the windscreen , and the fuel pump actually keeps the header tank full during flight until no fuel remains in the wings , whereupon you have an hour's-worth of fuel left at normal cruising speed .
24 The fundamental types of landform created at convergent plate margins are orogens and island arcs .
25 Court told of cash paid at M-way services meetings
26 The project will also seek to examine the differences in the nature of service provided at different fee levels .
27 The greater the fraction of atoms with that speed the greater the intensity of metal deposited at that place .
28 The extent of the warranty of title implied at common law is that the possession given to the purchaser will be undisturbed by the vendor or auctioneer and that the latter knows no defect in the vendor 's title ( see Chapter 7 ) .
29 For it was still universally accepted that the academic type of education offered at such schools was the best .
30 In 1890 , Beatrice Webb referred caustically to ‘ individualists , reinforced by a batch of excellent ladies ( eager for the Right of Woman to work at all hours of the day and night with the minimum space and sanitation ) ’ who opposed any attempt to regulate conditions in workshops and the homework trades .
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