Example sentences of "[verb] at a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Educated at a private school in Norton near Sheffield , Gaskell was apprenticed as a clerk to Yates & Cox , Liverpool iron merchants and nail-makers , in 1827 . |
| 32 | Helena was educated at a French boarding-school in Neuville , and then at Notting Hill High School . |
| 33 | He wo n't have to go to the two language schools being set up by Volvo and Renault in France and Sweden to teach English to engineers and designers ; le Quement was educated at a public school in England . |
| 34 | It was true that he had been educated at a public school , but he managed to disguise this handicap very well . |
| 35 | Most Hoorays you are likely to come across will have been educated at a public school . |
| 36 | The deconcentration of administration where an activity is located at a more' local level as with field offices . |
| 37 | Using the special version of the DIM statement to reserve an area of memory is the simplest way for short programs which do not have to be located at a particular memory address . |
| 38 | The other party would then win at a subsequent election , enter office and largely undo the work of its predecessor , implementing instead its own program . |
| 39 | On April 6 Parys had claimed at a televised meeting with army officers that politicians were preparing to use the army for " political intrigues " , offering officers promotion in return for their support . |
| 40 | The MoD had claimed at a public inquiry in 1988 that they needed the land for training and in 1991 asked to extend the area further . |
| 41 | That was after Joe , HISY 's lawyer had claimed at a previous hearing that yet another G Tec rival , Scientific Games , had been told not to bother bidding by lottery officials . |
| 42 | She has suffered poor health from time to time , but has fought back to establish a variety of activities in her retirement including stewarding at a National Trust property and giving practice interviews to pupils from Tiverton school . |
| 43 | However , landing at a natural rock jetty is possible in good conditions . |
| 44 | Flat-footed water lilies balance at the far end , quivering at a sudden movement , a bird diving . |
| 45 | Schizophrenia , or split personality , is the most common serious mental illness and studies carried out so far hint at a genetic link , although no susceptible genes have yet been identified . |
| 46 | The six have admitted the charges , committed at a rented factory in Burn Road , Hartlepool . |
| 47 | In spring , either dig up the shrub and replant at a deeper level , or mound soil round its base so that only the upper half of stems is exposed . |
| 48 | Since you are not connecting up at this stage , the rising main can be installed at a leisurely pace . |
| 49 | They carry the Government Class 1 BS476 Part 7 fire ratings and can be installed at a lower cost than conventional re-roofing . |
| 50 | This task is approached at a general level , and also by reference to specific legal concepts . |
| 51 | Herman , whom Erika had already been keeping at a safe distance from her feet , backed away . |
| 52 | emergency lighting system redesigned to operate when immersed and tipped at a severe angle |
| 53 | TWO Argentinian airmen who fought in the Falklands died yesterday when their plane crashed at a British airport . |
| 54 | ‘ ( 2 ) Where the company has at a relevant time … entered into a transaction with any person at an undervalue , the [ administrator or liquidator ] may apply to the court for an order under this section . |
| 55 | ‘ ( 2 ) Where the company has at a relevant time … given a preference to any person , the [ administrator or liquidator ] may apply to the court for an order under this section . |
| 56 | ‘ ( 1 ) … where an individual is adjudged bankrupt and he has at a relevant time … entered into a transaction with any person at an undervalue , the trustee of the bankrupt 's estate may apply to the court for an order under this section . |
| 57 | For a continuously varying trait ( let us use human size as an example ) , the value of the trait in an individual is probably determined by what genes it has at a large number of genetic loci , together with the effect of the environment . |
| 58 | Today , the Games ' record in this event stands at a superb 48.63 secs , while Ireland 's record-holder , Willie Johnston ( 52.25s ) , would have given Devitt a three-metre start and beaten him ! |
| 59 | The nine-foot figure stands at a new development in Dockwray Square , North Shields , Stan Laurel 's home for 10 years . |
| 60 | CONFIDENCE in the housing market stands at a 15-month high , according to a Gallup report published today . |